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The More Things Change (Vanity Fair and the Whiteness of Whiteness)

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

It should not be surprising that in the year of the triumph of Monique and the lead actress in the movie Precious, Vanity Fair responds with a resounding reprise of the concept of the ultimate and timeless and universal beauty of the thin pale White ingenue on their most recent Feb cover. But I guess it is to be expected, check the source, and Vanity Fair can be no more than what it is. A movie like Precious can only revolutionize as much as the status quo allows; the real revolution and perhaps the most meaningful is taking place in the hearts and minds of so many people of all ages and races who have been touched by this movie and its star.