(CNN) –– A French magazine apologizes for using a white model in black face for an editorial called "African Queen."
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Wow this is actually newsworthy? This seems to me to be CNN implicitly passing judgement on what constitutes valid artistic expression. I guess everyone should quietly and mindlessly stay within the safe and established boundaries of political correctness. Not the world I want to live in...
CNN conspires to judge what is acceptable artistic expression. If you are going to be policing morality, at least title the piece as an op/ed.