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Elle Germany's recent issue garnered a lot of negative publicity for the publication. With racist comments, insensitive themes and other mistakes leading to a big controversy, the publication issued a public apology for the blunders that took place.
Here's what happened:
Diet Prada was amongst the first ones to publicly point out the mistakes. From the racist theme, that implied 'black models' as a trend, to misidentifying their white cover star for a black model, the plagiarism reporter laid out some ground facts and strong points for argument.
Check out the post:
Many celebrities, models and other influencers joined the audience across various social media platforms to raise their voices for the cause, while also demanding an apology for the insensitivity and blunders that took place. Take a look:
— Naomi Campbell (@NaomiCampbell) October 29, 2019
To exoticize black women in this way is offensive and irresponsible. To suggest skin colour is a trend that can go in and out of fashion like a print or a bag is dehumanising. This approach is anti-inclusion by default. Thank you Naomi for highlighting #Iamnotatrend
— Naiomi Edwards (@naiomi_edwards) October 30, 2019
elle when they wrote, edited, approved, and published this TRASH! the owner company of elle magazine is lagardere group; @LagarderePNews, come clean up your racist mess pic.twitter.com/RCDTFIVTLq
— (@nahtchristine) October 29, 2019
The very next day, Elle Germany issued a public apology via Instagram. Check out their statement here:
Well, what are your thoughts?
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(Source: Instagram)
