Kanye West comes under fire for putting out a casting call for 'multiracial' models only - cocosista15.blogspot.com

Kanye posted an announcement about the controversial model casting on his Twitter account, which said "multiracial women only. No makeup come as you are."This soon drew the attention of a number of social media users, who were quick to latch onto Kanye's request for multiracial women only. 

The call-out led some people to say Kanye was trying to stop black women from being part of his show, while others said the Famoushitmaker's  request excluded white models.

"This is a major issue. In an industry that consistently cuts Black models out, you do this?! You are the absolute worst. Truly," one person furiously tweeted.

"Hmm @ multiracial women only. Does that include the dark skinned multiracial women or just the light skinned ones?" another added.

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Ᏸecca @MJStarLover

Many multiracial women don't actually look like an actual "mixture" of races.@kanyewest

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Ᏸecca @MJStarLover

@kanyewest Multiracial women come in every shade. I hope your models don't end up looking one way as if that's the case.

12:37 AM - 4 Sep 2016

 
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ebon @tyriquex

Stop telling dark skinned women it's "not that deep" about Kanye West only asking for multiracial women, you don't have the right to do so.

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Despite the controversy, the casting reportedly had a high turn out with huge queues of potential Yeezy models circling Jack Studios in New York. The uproar wasn't ignored at the casting however, as one woman protested outside the casting venue, standing topless with a banner which read "multiracial only... lightskin only... you ain't slick ye, we call them mutts Kanye West.

 Kanye isn't new to a New York Fashion Week uproar - at his Yeezy 3 fashion show in February an image  of his strict model rules did the rounds, which included 'no smile', 'alter between attention and ease', 'do not act cool' and 'do not ever look a the jumbotron'.View image on Twitter

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