Today I am REALLY proud to be an African American woman.
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Alarmed by the lack of ethnic models on the catwalk, Vogue Italia will feature black models almost exclusively in the July issue of what's often called the most influential fashion magazine in the world.
"This idea came about as a reaction to the models of today," Franca Sozzani, Vogue Italia's editor, said in a phone interview. "I go to a fashion show and every girl is blond and blue-eyed and they all walk the same and look the same.
"I thought we needed to break away from this type of thing," she said. "There are so many beautiful black women not being used."
Sozzani said the time also seemed right for an all-black issue now that Barack Obama will soon become the first black nominee for president of the United States.
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Window Snyder, chief of security at Mozilla Foundation, the unconventional non-profit whose popular Web browser Firefox underwent a major facelift this week, Snyder cuts an unconventional swath. Snyder's rising star is sure to ascend even more this week, with the release of Version 3.0 of Firefox on Tuesday. The release is packed with new features, most notably stiffer security, faster speed and improved ease of use.
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Democratic lawyer and nonprofit executive Donna Edwards won a special election Tuesday to become Maryland's first black woman elected to Congress.
Edwards beat Republican Peter James in the race to serve the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Albert Wynn's term in Maryland's 4th District. Wynn left office May 31 to take a lobbying job after losing to Edwards in February's Democratic primary by 22 percentage points.
Edwards, 49, will hold the seat for the rest of the year. James also won his party's primary in February, meaning he and Edwards will face each other again in November's general election.
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I remember when so of the most employed black models were very African looking. I thought more progress was being made. Oh, well. I guess black models are in "vogue" again.