This pose, with Donyale peeking through her long fingers was chosen because it is a great shot, accentuating the make-up and Donyale’s exotic beauty. I have many pictures of her in my collection where she is posing with her hands covering part of her face. It was one of her signature looks. When this cover was shot, Donyale had impeccable credentials with pictures in her portfolio by Richard Avedon.

I am looking forward to the documentary, which I did not know about.

And if you think that a person acknowledging all of their ancestry instead of part of it is “beyond sickening”, then you probably have some self-hatred issues yourself.

Don’t insult people just because they aren’t willing to pigeonhole themselves like you are.

Yes, Donyale Luna was a black woman (among other things), and yes, she helped pave the way for other black models. I’ve read numerous articles about her from the 1960s, and they never failed to mention that she was one of the first Negro models. You might not consider her to be black, but the rest of the world did.