Lebron Jemen Stereotypes

In this week’s module, I find the topic on Lebron James and Gisele Bündchen’s Vogue cover quite interesting. To begin with, the magazine cover is strikingly similar to the King Kong movie poster such that both James and King Kong show angry facial expressions with their mouths wide open, while holding a white woman with one arm. The athlete seems to portray negative stereotypes about black men, one who is barbaric, animalistic, and obsessed with white females.
Personally, I agree with Jemele Hill who states that, “black athletes are presented as angry, overly aggressive and overly sexual. Or… just plain emasculated.” As discussed previously, these characteristics are clearly depicted in James’ Vogue cover. Another example is Odell Beckham