To: Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum: Apologize for "redface" photo shoot!
Supermodel Heidi Klum is promoting a Germany's Next Top Model photo shoot featuring white models decked out in "redface."
Redface shoots relegate hundreds of Tribal Nations to a few stereotypical props, embrace the racist portrayal of a "disappeared primitive people" for the enjoyment of non-Natives, and promote a fetishized, hypersexualized view of Native women while erasing the actual people.
Tell Heidi Klum to apologize for mocking an entire group of human beings based on their race and heritage, and to pull the episode and photo shoot immediately.
Redface shoots relegate hundreds of Tribal Nations to a few stereotypical props, embrace the racist portrayal of a "disappeared primitive people" for the enjoyment of non-Natives, and promote a fetishized, hypersexualized view of Native women while erasing the actual people.
Tell Heidi Klum to apologize for mocking an entire group of human beings based on their race and heritage, and to pull the episode and photo shoot immediately.
Why is this important?
Natives aren't costumes white people can take on and off.