February Italian Vogue's "black allure" is alluring

Obviously Italian Vogue is intrigued by black models, to a degree. There was that amazing issue with 4 different black model covers a few years back. People went crazy over it and it was a best seller. I was in New York the summer it came out and newsstands were raising the price of it like scalpers! It was a sight to behold and historic but it was also naively racist in a way because none of the ads featured black models so the first chunk of the book was starkly white and then suddenly pages of gorgeous blacknicity. This February 2011 issue features the "black allure" section with black models in 1950s (?) styling, dripping with pearls, feathers and shimmer and alas, retro cigarette smoking poses that are un-sexy, unnecessary, just plain un. This section, though abundant and beautiful, is separate from the rest of the magazine's fashion shots. I'm glad so many black models got paid but it will truly be an achievement when they are mixed in with the others like it's no thing rather than a whole separate thing, ya dig?