I heard the same thing about Korea after being shocked by a Korean woman saying that Daniel Kim, the actor from Lost, is ugly by Korean standards largely because he is dark. I think she said something about him looking like a laborer.
On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: > It's an issue. Notice at the overwhelming number of stars on Univision and > stuff, and how they all look more Spanish, with women often dying their hair > lighter colors. The darker Latinoes aren't usually played up as stars or love > interests, unless it's the man. Darker women are rare to be seen. And don't > even hope for Latinos who have a more obvious Native look to them to be > anything but servants or soldiers... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:45:58 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Relatives of Harry Potter actress charged in attack > > > Yea I noticed that the biggest Indian stars are fair skinned and have > slightly European looks. That includes Pakistani movie stars as well. > > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > True dat, of course there's the whole dark-skinned prejudice in many > countries where the populace isn't African, such as in India, where dark > skinned women aren't celebrated as much as light skinned ones. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:12:27 AM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Relatives of Harry Potter actress charged in attack > > > There are black middle easterners. That is silly but WE do get crap from all > other races. > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Yeah, you see it a lot. Here in the States, there are still a lot of people > from Asian and Middle Eastern countries who freak if their children date > black people, religious beliefs notwithstanding. (white's okay in many > cases). Here in Atlanta, a trail was just concluded last year in which an > Indian man was convicted for the murder-for-hire killing of his black > daughter-in-law. The dude hired two guys (who were black, ironically) to > attack his daughter in law and murder her. They did so by cutting her > throat--with her young daughter in the room watching! Buddy did it because > the thought of his son married to a black woman was intolerable. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 2:34:05 AM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Relatives of Harry Potter actress charged in attack > > > It is sad. She is a very beautiful girl. The problem is fairly common in the > UK where "fundamentalist" muslims old world ways meet up with the modern > world. In their eyes they have the right to kill her if she embarrasses the > family by having premarital sex, or going on a date without a chaperon or by > breaking a few other rules. > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Wow, this is sad, but not atypical in certain cultures and parts of the > world, sadly... > > > ******************************** > http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/02/england.harry.potter.attack/index.html?hpt=Mid > > London, England (CNN) -- The father and brother of a Harry Potter actress > will appear in court later this month in Manchester, England, on charges of > threatening to kill the young star, prosecutors said Friday. > > Abdul Azad, 54, and his son Ashraf, 28, are accused of attacking actress > Afshan Azad earlier this month because of her relationship with a Hindu man, > a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said. The family is Muslim. > > The father and brother appeared at Manchester Magistrate's Court on Wednesday > and were released on conditional bail, said the spokesman, who could not be > named in line with policy. > > Bail conditions include a curfew and ban on traveling to London, the > Manchester Evening News reported. > > Afshan Azad, reported to be 22, has appeared in four Harry Potter films as > Padma Patil, a classmate of the boy wizard and twin sister of Parvati Patil. > > The alleged attack happened May 21. The father and brother are charged with > threatening to kill the actress, and her brother is also charged with > assault, the prosecutors' spokesman said. > > Afshan Azad had never acted before she was cast in the movies, and admitted > she only went to the auditions with her friends "for a bit of fun," the > Manchester Evening News reported. > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
