Jada Pinkett has been using her Face Book to give her opinions on everything from parenting to being hard on teen celebrities. Well this one might be her most controversial one. She asked her FB fans what they thought about having white women celebrities on the cover of Essence here what her FACEBOOK page read:
With love and respect to all parties involved, my question is this … if we ask our white sisters, who tend to be the guardians of the covers of mainstream magazines, to consider women of color to grace these covers, should we not offer the same consideration to white women to grace our covers?
Should women extend their power to other women simply because they are women? To my women of color, I am clear we must have something of our own, but is it possible to share in the spirit in which we ask our white sisters to share with us? I don’t know the answer and would love to hear your thoughts.
Will there ever be a day in which women will be able to see each other beyond race, class, and culture?” Clearly that day’s not today. Or tomorrow. Or next week. . .
