Horror - Backlash over Vogue April 2008 issue cover

Vogue Magazine is in the hot seat with the Black community over their April 2008 issue which features NBA star LeBron James on the cover. Seems Vogue did not take notice when the community complained over Jennifer Hudson's Vogue Cover. LeBron James - the first African-American male ever to appear on the magazine's cover - is shown with his mouth open in a hulking pose while holding model Gisele Bündchen by the waist. The image has been compared by some to King Kong holding a helpless white damsel in distress, WWD reports.

Emil Wilbekin, editor in chief of Giant, said he felt the cover didn't accurately reflect the athlete, describing him as "cool" and "gentlemanly."

Men's Fitness editor in chief Roy Johnson was taken aback by James' image . "It's a reminder that as African-Americans, we have come very far to have an African-American male featured on the cover of Vogue, but we have very far to go to continue to educate people within our industry regarding the power of images and the potential impact they can have on their readers."

"Every photograph that they've put of a dark person in recent years has never been good. Jennifer Hudson has her mouth wide open. LeBron James had his mouth wide open. We have other expressions," adds Bethann Hardison .