Essence Hire Leads to a Media Debate on Race
When the nation elected Barack Obama to the presidency, many-a-pundits wondered if we had entered a post-racial society. Well the battles with health care reform and other Obama initiatives, proved otherwise, but what about in the media world?
That’s been put to the test, now that Essence magazine, the fashion title for black women, has hired a white editor. Upon hearing the news of the hire, Keith Kelly reports that founding fashion director of Vibe magazine Michaela Angela Davis wrote a Facebook post that has set off a huge debate about whether a magazine should hire based on race, in some cases.
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