Azealia Banks Calls Out Dolce & Gabbana for Being "Racist"




Known for her Twitter beef, female MC Azealia Banks recently took to the social media site to voice her disgust with the new collection from fashion label Dolce & Gabbana.

The controversy started last month when the Italian designers premiered their Spring 2013 collection during Milan Fashion Week.

The D&G models embraced the runway wearing colorful garments and earrings with images of very dark-skinned black women that resembled the "mammy" figure of the slave era.

To add fuel to the fire, the representation of black models wearing the designs were slim to none.


D&G Spring 2013 collection:





To justify the collection, D&G claimed that the innovation came from their Sicilian roots and the first Africans to settle in Sicily.

Despite the designers reasoning, Banks, who name drops D&G in her "Van Vogue" track, used Twitter to label the collection as "racist."







Is the D&G collection racially insensitive or is Banks making unnecessary fuss?


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Comment by King Piye on October 24, 2012 at 9:47pm
You know what? I'm thinking about creating a clothing line that incorporates the swastika symbol. After all the swastika is an ancient Indian symbol that means "to be good". After all I'm only representing Indian roots and culture.
Comment by joe simonetti on October 23, 2012 at 12:59am
Come on now, everyone is a little racist . Attention w****
Comment by Brun Da Great on October 22, 2012 at 3:40pm
@DB Your an idiot, you one of the reasons people still cry about racism today! Whats that got to do with me im a 25 year old white guy that had nothing to do with the days of slavery......and i have a black girlfriend and child before you call me racist!
Comment by keepitreal4life on October 22, 2012 at 2:54pm
there wont be a white history month cuz it will be full of violence and bllod shed. europeans have a history of stealing everyone else history. White ppl are a disease to this planet, a cancer. just look at what they do and every where they go its destruction. whites want to control every natural resource on this planet dehumanize all of there enemies which are islamic ppl now. So there is your reason why there is not a white history month. AND THIS>>>>> http://cdn.mediatakeout.com/59144/breaking-news-black-woman-is-burned-alive-by-mitt-romney-supporters-because-she-wore-an-obama-t-shirt-they-called-her-the-n-word-as-she-burned.html
Comment by dee on October 22, 2012 at 12:43pm
that dolce & gabana design is a design of african moors,african moor heads & blackamoor jewerly was made to honor the african moors that ruled the world & civilized the world.if u look at the design.its a design of a black nubian looking women wearing a crown on her head.all the nubian queens use 2 wear that on they head.blackamoor accessories is the most expensive accessories over seas.azealia banks dont know her history but i still give her credit for standing up
Comment by dee on October 22, 2012 at 12:35pm
But i give credit to any black person that stand up 4 whatever they think is racism
Comment by DB on October 22, 2012 at 11:53am
@ Brun Da Great. Why do you think Black history month was created? It was created because the white community didn't acknowledge the achievements & accomplishments from the black community . And as far as white history month, its every other month except Feb.
Comment by Brun Da Great on October 22, 2012 at 10:36am
Black people are always quick to call people racist! What do you think black people would say if there was a "White history month" or a "Music of white Origin"?
Comment by maia on October 22, 2012 at 10:07am
i'ved seen all the post an i am anoyed with the low level of knowledged of the ppl here racism is not a laughing matters it's everywhere and if you don't see it you have a white suppremmasy mentality check your self fools go read a book about the real black history knowledge is power
Comment by Tiff on October 22, 2012 at 7:53am
She is kind of late...Dolce has been doing blackface for a while now...Seems as if it there specialty..she can fight them but...pick and chose your battle sweetheart

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