Monday, April 25, 2011

A Nubian Princess for the Wrong Reasons?

Ladies, have you ever had a brother call you a Nubian princess? Well, I had one call me that the other day, and also tell me he was married to a light-skinned sister, but truly liked women my complexion. What? I truly wanted to smack him, because he sounded like he thought he was doing me a huge favor by paying me this underhanded compliment. 

First off, I would never disrepect any of my sisters, light or dark, by succumbing to such a scandal. Second of all, I am a princess in my mind and probaly the minds of many others, but I am almost 100% sure he was referring to my chocolate skin. 

Should I be offended?

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Open Forum Wednesdays

Yes, it's that time again! Tell me what's on your mind. How has this all-too-common issue impacted your life? Were you on both sides of the issue...a reformed color-struck person? What made you see the light?

Monday, April 18, 2011

Misconceptions Surrounding Slavery Perpetuated

I watched an interview of Terrence Howard on one of the late night programs, and he was talking about a house that he owns. The house apparently has a 300-ft. underground tunnel that leads into the woods, that slaves used as an escape route. He spoke about introducing the tunnel to his children, and she that he explained that it was the escape route for slaves. He asked them if they would like to possibly go in, and he stated, "They said, 'Why do we have to go in? We're light skinned. We can pass.'" He and the host laughed. 

I was thinking how inappropriate the comment was, because light-skinned people endured the hardships of slavery, just as the dark-skinned slaves did. It's this type of teaching that continues to encourage the ignorance in our community about the light-skinned, dark-skinned issue.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Open Forum Wednesdays

Tell me what's on your mind... What are your experiences? How has this issue impacted your life? Were you ever on the other end of the issue...being color struck yourself?

Friday, April 8, 2011

Does Light = Nice?

I was watching a comedian on HBO, and he made a statement I was a little confused by. He was saying a lot of raunchy stuff, then after saying it stated, "I bet the audience is thinking he's suppose to be nice; he's light skinned." Things got relatively quiet after he made the comment, a few chuckled, but most seemed baffled, like I was. Sometimes, I think this problem is bigger than I even thought, because of stupid statements like that. The comedian probably actually thinks he may appear a little less threatening because he has lighter skin. Can someone, anyone, shed some light on his comment?

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Open Forum

Today is an open forum. I would like to hear from you. Tell me some of your stories about the dark-skin, light-skin issue. I would like to hear from people who have had hurtful things said to them about their skin color. Then, on the flip side, I would like to hear from the people who may have said some hurtful things and why.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Black Hollywood

Do you think there are enough dark-skinned actresses portrayed in Hollywood? Stupid question, I know. But what can we do to change that? What can we really do?