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With all the perspicacity to be expected of a borderline IQ, Naomi Campbell has pronounced that there is a slowdown in the hiring of “models of color” due to racial prejudice.  What an idiot.

The primary role of a fashion model is that of a moving mannequin.  They are walking clothes hangars.  Nothing more.  A live model is easier to relate to than a mannequin.  The value of a live model can be increased with celebrity or something about their appearance which is uniquely attractive.  This is because those who see the clothes being modelled by them might relate to them and and as a result, buy the designers items or the magazine in which they are featured.  This, of course would be the reason that no one hires transvestites or the morbidly obese as fashion models – the readers of fashion magazines, and buyers of designer clothing have no desire to relate to hairy transvestites or the waddling obese.

Notoriety can add to celebrity until it gets to the point that people begin to dislike you.  If it gets to that point sponsors begin to shy away from you.  Ms. Campbell is a particularly nasty piece of work.  Just ask PETA or British Airways or Nelson Mandela or the British Police or Ana Scolavino.  Who on earth would want to relate to an attention whore like that?

Earlier this year, she described the fashion industry as “racist”. In a magazine interview, she was quoted as saying “You know, the American president may be black, but, as a black woman, I am still an exception in this business. I always have to work harder to be treated equally.  See full story..

Well now, she claims that the entire industry is racist.  Of course it wouldn’t occur to her that maybe people just don’t like her, don’t want to be connected with her and don’t want to relate to her.   It also wouldn’t occur to her that maybe she is responsible, through her appalling behavior, for casting a shadow over all black models in the eyes of designers and editors.  Here’s a little unsolicited advice for you Naomi.  Quit whining.  Shape up.  Set a positive example for those young black models who follow in your footsteps.  And most of all, stop being a bigot.

Opining on the overuse of the race card and all it implies.  Just an average guy who is sick of the perpetuation of racial conflict by the inappropriate or unjustified use of the race card.