Basketball Super Star Lebron James posed with Supermodel Gisele Bundchen for this month’s cover of Vogue Magazine. Black readers have complained that this image is racist and depicts the athlete as looking a bit like King Kong and Fay Wray. I am personally not offended by this picture and I see no other way they could have posed. He is a very tall and muscular person and I imagine they wanted to keep it classy as not to frighten their “white” readers and decided to throw a popular model in the mix.

I guess as I Muslim I put things in perspective and I never immediately assume everything is a “black and white” issue. I think culturally Black folk are extremely too sensitive. I’m am finding more and more now that an interesting thing is happening in our communities. We are so easy to call someone on seemingly racist behavior, especially White, however, we are closed mouthed when we see our sisters being pimped out in music videos. Why don’t we call these rappers on their depiction of Black women (big booties, big breasted, weaved heads, and babies mamas).

This reader is Not offended and I take issue with Black folk who are. Get a grip!