A Spanish magazine has found themselves at the centre of racial storm after they featured a picture of a naked Michelle Obama on their frontcover.
The publication, titled Magazine de Fuera de Serie, features an image of the Michelle's head superimposed onto the body of an 1800 portrait of a black slave baring her breast.
With the text on the cover reading: "Michelle Granddaughter of a Slave, Lady of America".
Although the feature - yet to be released - is an uplifting piece on the First Lady's important role, it seems the image has left many offended.
"I find the editorial decision to portray Obama as the embodiment of enslavement and colonisation extremely troubling", writer for Clutch magazine Althea Legal-Miller wrote.
"Let’s be clear: This image has nothing to do with acknowledging Obama’s enslaved foremothers, and everything to do with reinforcing and extending the historical denial of black women’s individuality and agency", she added.
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