What could the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d have looked like for the Black woman in the 1950s?<\/p>\n
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Although Black America contributed broadly to popular culture throughout the 20th century, the 1950s were a decidedly \u201cwhitewashed\u201d decade as seen by the mass media at the time. Black women were hardly, if at all, portrayed in pop culture.<\/p>\n
The exclusion of BIPOC communities in the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d born of this era can be clearly seen in the media produced at the time. Magazines were a major contributor to this narrative, especially as the concept of the \u201cNuclear Family\u201d spread and women were portrayed as housekeepers.<\/p>\n
From the lens of 1950s Vogue Covers, we depict a rewritten history that is inclusive and inspiring. As the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d was intended only for whites, our vision of opportunity and freedom that is equitable and inclusive to all of humanity.<\/p>\n
Photography for this Sch\u00f6n! online exclusive is by Sezen June Sinan, Model\u00a0<\/span>Friday Chuol<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>wears pieces from Vishruti, Pier Antonio Gaspari, L.K. Bennett and others styled by\u00a0<\/span>Rebecca O\u2019rourke<\/a>, who also creatively directed the piece. Hair is by\u00a0<\/span>Yu Nakata<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and make up is by\u00a0<\/span>Tomoyo Shionome<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”782,783,784,785,786,787,788,789,790,791″ posts_number=”50″ orientation=”portrait” show_title_and_caption=”off” show_pagination=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The un-American Dream<\/p>\n Please visit our story : The un-American dream for @schonmagazine<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/schonmagazine.com\/the-unamerican-dream\/<\/a> –<\/p>\n From the lens of 1950s magazine covers, photographer Sezen June depicts a rewritten history that is inclusive and inspiring \u2014 one that resists the era’s whitewashing to redefine the American Dream for everyone. What could the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d have looked like for the Black woman in the 1950s? Although Black America contributed broadly to popular culture throughout the 20th century, the 1950s were a decidedly \u201cwhitewashed\u201d decade as seen by the mass media at the time. Black women were hardly, if at all, portrayed in pop culture. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sezenjune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Photography.<\/a> Sezen June Sinan
Fashion + creative direction.@byrebeccalux<\/a>
Model.@balangnyal<\/a>
Hair.@yunkt<\/a>
Make up.@tomoyomakeup<\/a>
Retouch.@kiwi.retouch<\/a>+@sezen.tezic<\/a>
Photography assistant.@agustina__sol<\/a>
Fashion assistant.@imagerybyryan<\/a>
Lighting assistant.@sr_shilling<\/a>
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