After a release of the FHM Philippines' March 2012 cover goes viral online, some of the conservative groups condemed the racist magazine cover after a Filipino Internet user pinpointed out the "other meaning" it may generate and might affect the black and white people comparison.
Victor Bautista of Mandaluyong launched the petition via Change.org who saw the new Cover on his Facebook page last Saturday had already attracted a 210 signatures as of Monday morning.
The Magazine's cover was Bela Padilla, a kapuso Star and niece of Robin Padilla was wearing a bright red swimsuit who position on the center while being sorrounded by 5 drak-skinned models that portrays as her shadows. The Cover has a title "Bela Padilla stepping out of the shadows".
Some of the reactions against the Cover.
"Because no one should ever be judged by the color of their skin," user Marie Yasmin Sanchez said.
"It isn't just the racism, although that is a big reason. It's the perpetuation of the negative perception of darker skin in the country. This is why we keep buying whitening lotions instead of embracing our natural color. Worse yet, everyone involved seemed clueless why people are made about the cover," user Miya David said.
"Since this cover is very racist and would offend a lot of people, especially abroad," user Jim Chungalao said.