So you are seriously making an excuse for this? You see nothing wrong with it, when there were so many other ways they could have depicted that Black couple without the outright emasculating imagery? He did not have to be front and center, but he also should not have been depicted in a manner that makes it look like Rihanna is leaving him and their child behind.
It's British Vogue, not Ebony, not a Black owned or targeted publication.
As a result of that, I'm not looking for them to project Black love in the manner that I would.
It's a mainstream white women's fashion magazine. Rihanna is the big star, her boyfriend and child are shown playing the back. If it bothered her, she would probably say so.
In the past, when any media outlet did something that I found offensive, I would voice my concern in a letter to the editor. If that was the case here, I would do the same.
I don't have a twitter account, but Musk freeing slurs was all I needed to see to stop posting tweets here.
If straight Black males made up more than 1% of Vogue's audience, I'd be surprised. And if there was notable backlash from those offended, it would affect how they make decisions in the future.
