Posted on 11/18/2015 10:26:10 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
People magazine's pick for their annual "Sexiest Man Alive" cover story is ... another white guy.
David Beckham, the 40-year-old retired soccer star, received the nod on Tuesday, making him the latest in a long line of white men so honored since the magazine started awarding the title 30 years ago. Denzel Washington is the only person of color to ever grace a "Sexiest Man Alive" cover, and that was 19 years ago. Meanwhile, four white actors (Richard Gere, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp) have earned the distinction twice.
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"I'm not personally slighted by it, majorly because I don't really expect publications like PEOPLE to acknowledge men who look like me based on precedence. I will say, though, whether done subconsciously or not, it's a reminder that whiteness is centered and anything outside of that remains in the pile of 'less than,'" Ebony magazine columnist Michael Arceneaux told MSNBC via email.
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"I want to look at People's Sexiest Man Alive list each year and see various representations of what sexy looks like, across different cultures. I want to know that being the Sexiest Man Alive doesn't usually mean you have to be blonde-haired, blue-eyed, and, most importantly, white," added Kadeen Griffiths for Bustle.
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How many Asian men have graced it? Maybe we should just name Jackie Chan the Sexiest Man Alive then.
You don’t have a Safe Zone for your White Guilt?
He must be mistaken, I look white and haven’t even been a runner up.
Why is our president/emperor/dictator half white.
Why can’t we have a genuine all black president?
I’m offended.
Actually, shouldn’t there be a “whites only” safe space at colleges so that those who “identify as white” have a place to get away from the constant offensive haranguing, harassment and bullying to which white students are regularly subjected by students and faculty members “of color” who threaten them and make them feel bad about their melanin-deficient skin tone?
Why does JET magazine almost ALWAYS have blacks on ITS covers???
Oh, just SHUT UP with the cry bullying.
Because whites are sexy???
Because black males can’t stay out of prison long enough for a photo shoot.
Because People magazine is racist of course. Duh.
Yep, dats da one
And post #14 suggests a pretty good reason why.
Hint: It has everything to do with the respective magazine's target audiences.
Imagine that!
“Because they want white women to buy their magazine.”
I resemble that remark! (-:
When will Obama Ban whites from running for political office , I think this is where all this is going
Oooooooh. There’s a deliciously awesome idea!!!
I would suppose the frequency that a black man is selected fairly accurately represents the ratio of white vs. black readership among females who read that rag.
Essence magazine never ever has white guys as their sexy profiles. We at least had Denzel.
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