Black Lives Matter? Instagram Deletes Half Naked Pictures Of Plus-Size Black Model; Apologizes After Heavy Backlash

Soon a worldwide movement brewed up under the trend #iwanttoseenyome, with many slamming the platform for being racist and fatphobic

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Social media platform Instagram has come under fire for allegedly taking down the half-naked pictures of UK based plus-size Black model Nyome Nicholas-Williams, reportedly citing that it contained "nudity or sexual activity". Nicholas-Williams had recently shared a topless picture taken during her photo-shoot with UK photographer Alexandra Cameron. In the photograph, the model tilts her head back, closes her eyes, and covers her breasts with her arms. The clicks soon started to get an ecstatic response on the platform with people appraising the model as well as the photographer for capturing a powerful photograph.

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I’ve never captured a photo where you can literally feel the energy through the photo...until now. Thank you @curvynyome for, simply, being you and letting me capture that. You just got everything I wanted to capture, you ARE everything I want to capture. I suggest you follow Nyome and also implore you show your support, she has uploaded a number of images from our shoot and some arsehole keeps reporting them and subsequently Instagram keeps removing them. This image is real and bold and beautiful and art and fuck anyone who sees differently. #iwanttoseenyome

A post shared by Alexandra Cameron (@alex_cameron) on Jul 30, 2020 at 11:58am PDT

Calling out the platform for racial discrimination, Nicholas-Williams on her Instagram handle @curvynyome, said, "Millions of pictures of very naked, skinny white women can be found on Instagram every day. But a fat black woman celebrating her body is banned? It was shocking to me. I feel like I’m being silenced." According to the reports, photographer Alexandra Cameron also accused Instagram of playing partial with specific communities. He alleged a disconnect between its positive statements over Black Lives Matter and the apparent unfair targeting of its Black content creators. Soon a worldwide movement brewed up under the trend #iwanttoseenyome, with many slamming the platform for being racist and fat phobic, as they too shared the image on their own accounts, before having it removed. Upon acknowledging the matter, Instagram reportedly apologized and the image, alongside others from the shoot, was reposted on Friday.