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Every season, we cover New York fashion week — the clothes, the money, the parties, the putative "trends." But we also cover the racial makeup of the casts of models high-profile brands select to walk in their fashion shows. More »
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Fashion week may have been heavily white (much like always), but that doesn't mean certain non-white models didn't get plenty of opportunities to work it on the catwalk. Here are the top models of color at the just-ended New York fashion week. More »
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Bill Clinton may have popularized the phrase "looks like America" for his administration, but Barack Obama has him beat, according to a new analysis. "More than 70 percent of Obama's confirmed judicial nominees during his first two years were 'non-traditional,' or nominees who were not white males." Bill Clinton's percentage was 48.1 percent, and George W. Bush's was 32.9 percent. Judges were only counted once, meaning that, say, Sonia Sotomayor wouldn't be double-counted. More »
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In an article on BNET.com, "The CBS Interactive Business Network", writer Penelope Trunk says that start-up companies should be as single-gendered as possible — and preferably, men only. More »
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The state of Colorado has proposed a long list of new regulations for day care centers, including a requirement that they provide dolls of at least three different races. Childcare providers aren't pleased. More »
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Overall employment and earnings in Hollywood took a hit along with the general economy, but not everyone felt the sting equally. The latest Writers' Guild report indicates that in many instances, women and minority TV and film writers lost ground in comparison to white males. More »
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It's true — there are Caucasian people with penises who are in charge of things! But these powerful individuals are not simply males or men...they're dudes. Prepare to have your mind blown. More »
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One researcher has found something that should surprise nobody: women want to buy clothes more if they see them on models who look like them. Will advertisers actually take notice? More »
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In January, an email went out, with the subject line: "What if Anthropologie did weddings?" It was a teaser for BHLDN, Anthropologie's new bride-centric venture. We wondered: What did the letters mean? Beverly Hills London? Bride Hates Little Dogs Now? Benedictine Holies Levitate Directly Northward? Babies Help Liven Date Night? Brides Have Large Daunting Needs? More »
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An interview with Google's Marissa Mayer reveals why it is that Google has a slightly higher percentage of female engineers than the rest of Silicon Valley. It's actually a really complicated algorithm. More »
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• Another reason to avoid Wal-Mart the Friday after Thanksgiving: Justin Bieber's foray into perfume, a unisex scent called My World, will be launching to much teenaged squealing. Bieber said over IM (natch) that he personally picked out the fragrance. [WWD]

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Since his days as Project Runway's season two finalist, designer Daniel Vosovic has consistently hired women of color to model his collections—including Selina Kahn for his Spring 2011 show. He explained to us his casting choices. More »
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and three-time editor-in-chief Michael Kinsley clearly have something left to tell us, or so Politico's hiring them suggests. Dana Goldstein imagines the hiring conversation: "Kinsley is not a doctrinaire liberal. That's important because liberals are so boring." More »
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Can we have a conversation about change and diversity that doesn't devolve into defensiveness and namecalling by the people in charge? We'll tell you when it happens. The latest example concerns women in tech. But there's a silver lining. More »
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Is economic and social change fast disadvantaging men, creating a female-dominated society? More »
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What happens when a television show has informally mandated diversity but the people in charge are reluctant to actually listen to the new writers? Not much, apparently, as this interview with television writer Jacqueline McKinley indicates. More »
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At left: June's "size acceptance" issue of American Glamour. Right: An image from a "fatshionista" blogger story in the June issue of French Glamour. As blogger/novelist Erica Kennedy writes: "Why do the French mags always always have to outdo us?" More »
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On Twitter today, Solange Knowles remarked on Nylon magazine's bright-white cover lineup: "Just realizing ive never seen a black girl on the COVER of @NylonMag and its one of my fave mag's EVER! Can we fix that please?" Fair criticism? More »
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After tracking diversity on the runways for several seasons, we took off last September because we thought the fashion industry was finally coming to its senses. Models of color were getting booked! How disappointing, then, to tally this season's numbers. More »
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In an interview with NPR's Michelle Martin, Luke Visconti of DiversityInc. explains his "9 Things NEVER to Say to White Colleagues." Are his tips helpful, or do they minimize the difficulties minorities have in dealing with white coworkers? More »
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Despite all the post-election bluster about the Obama Administration not appointing enough women or people of color, James Barnes reports that less than half of Obama's senior appointees — including in the Cabinet — are white men. [National Journal] More »
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• Adam Lambert put an end to the speculation about his sexuality by going out to a nightclub last night with his boyfriend Drake LaBry. The two held hands and occasionally kissed.

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In a video for New York, Somali models Iman and Ubah Hassan — face of Ralph Lauren — talk about diversity on the runway, and why SI should feature a 32A girl some day. [NYMag] More »
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Everyone's been talking about whether this season, designers and casting directors would be putting more faces of color in their runway lineups. Well! We have the facts and we're voting a qualified yes. Let's explore. More »
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The NAACP released a report yesterday that stated that minorities are underrepresented both behind and in front of the camera on television in Hollywood. [THR] More »
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Nancy Hicks Maynard, the first black female reporter for the New York Times, died on Sunday at age 61. She and her late husband also owned the Oakland Tribune for nine years, making it still the only major daily paper to ever be black-owned. Former colleague Charlayne Hunter-Gault says, "when so many of us were preoccupied with doing stories about black people, [Maynard] paved the way in a new direction." More »
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From a reader: "Did you see the Nordstrom anniversary sale catalog? On page 34 there's not only a black model, but a model in a wheelchair! Model diversity, yay!" (Click to enlarge.) More »
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When New York Fashion Week kicked off, we swore to monitor the diversity — or the lack of — on the runways. CFDA president Diane Von Furstenberg sent a letter to designers, model agencies and casting directors last month, encouraging them to create shows "that are truly multicultural." Well, the NY Daily News reports that despite von Furstenberg's efforts (and the numerous summits held by former model and agent Bethann Hardison), the catwalks were sorely lacking in models of color. According to the News, out of 66 shows at the in the Bryant Park tents, 18 designers had no black models. Jezebel editorial assistant Maria-Mercedes Lara, who went through each and every fashion show posted on Style.com, said that the models were overwhelmingly Caucasian-looking. She notes that von Furstenberg's runway "had the most models of color, but then again she did send the letter. Although Peter Som was quoted in The Wall Street Journal as saying 'I do not want an all-white cast,' his show featured a mere 3 models of color out of 18." A breakdown of the models, some examples of "diverse" shows and quotes from industry insiders (gathered by our own Jennifer Gerson), after the jump. More »
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In the wake of the summits regarding a lack of ethnic diversity on fashion runways being held by Bethann Hardison, the spotlight is on casting directors, reports the Wall Street Journal. Jennifer Venditti, who helps designers find models for runway shows, recently had a client's stylist say he "didn't need" a second black model because they already had one. Ms. Venditti pressed, "They're both beautiful. Why can't you have two?" As we cover fashion week (and start off Black History Month), we'll be keeping an eye out for models of color; stay tuned. [WSJ] More »
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