Our own people is also guilty of this. When the black film industry started over time the stars became lighter and lighter. Lena Horne (may she RIP) and other starlets were often chosen over darker skinned beauties that were just as talented. That has mostly gone away culturally for our people but it still appears in entertainment thanks to hollywood's distorted views of beauty.
The question is how do we change that? On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > It used to be sad that in some eras, light skin was associate with wealth > and power, because people who had to labour in fields were darkened by the > sun. Hence, darker skin indicated less noble backgrounds. I know, for > example, that in certain periods in European history, already white > aristocracy used to apply makeup to make their skin even whiter. > > I wonder how much the skin color prejudice is still rampant in this world, > when it's based on perceptions of status, and when it affects women mostly? > Typically in cultures that have the issue, it's bad for a man to be darker > skinned, but almost intolerable for a woman to be so. I continue to hope > that in Africa and Caribbean countries like Haiti, the love for light skin > isn't infecting the populace like so much else of the world. When I see > Asian women having surgery to eliminate their epicanthic folds, non-white > woman getting their broad noses changed, and even some black girls in teh US > starting to suffer from bulemia and anorexia, i get worried... > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, July 4, 2010 2:22:29 AM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Relatives of Harry Potter actress charged in > attack > > > > That reminded me of something a friend told me about. She was from central > America then moved to Mexico. She was a beauty queen winner in Mexico and > had multiple degrees but she still had problems in Mexico because they > wanted fairer skinned women there. In Mexico the lighter skinned, blond hair > blue eyed Mexicans are the ones with power. > > > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:42 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/ >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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! 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