tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post2748036776990284395..comments2024-03-08T03:24:19.823-05:00Comments on Where The Hell Am I?: Another Subtle Diss Against The Natural Beauty of Black WomenReginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09024832959937205245noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-63762081925318780872007-07-20T03:35:00.000-04:002007-07-20T03:35:00.000-04:00Yeah, I remember seeing an Indian TV for skin ligh...Yeah, I remember seeing an Indian TV for skin lightening cream.<BR/><BR/>It was NOT subtle. It was a girl looking for a job but the light women literally laughed her out of the store. Well, her father couldn't accept that. So he went to a magical box and got the magic skin lightening cream. She used it. Gained a fairer complexion and zap, bang, boom...her life changed. The ad ends with her walking down the stairs rolled up to a private jet.<BR/><BR/>I know black Americans aren't the only color-struck people. That's for sure.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024832959937205245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-62567828582068827452007-07-20T03:21:00.000-04:002007-07-20T03:21:00.000-04:00This is very sad. There's a similar problem in In...This is very sad. There's a similar problem in India with fair skin. Women spend a lot of money on lightening creams, and the advertising is replete with the not so subtle implication that lighter is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-82928134142844703042007-07-19T18:16:00.000-04:002007-07-19T18:16:00.000-04:00I'll say it bluntly. I think a lot of our people ...I'll say it bluntly. I think a lot of our people are lying. When you have people who will buy fake hair over paying a utility bill, there is a problem.<BR/><BR/>It's real easy to chant along with James Brown's "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud", but actions speak louder than words. <BR/><BR/>With the high rates of black on black crime, our attempts to virtually erase the black features off of ourselves and the rates at which we're destroying our own families indicates to me that we really need to ask ourselves some hard questions and change accordingly.<BR/><BR/>If we don't respect ourselves, then we can't expect anyone else to.<BR/><BR/>When I see more of us being proud of our features, our wonderfully coily hair, our rich colored skin and our strong bodies, I'll believe it. When I see us being proud of our history, our achievements and, most important, our intellects, I'll believe it.<BR/><BR/>Right now, I see a number of us sincerely trying for more and I think that's tied to that subsection truly loving ourselves. However, there seems to be a big percentage that needs some serious group therapy.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024832959937205245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-34711772122927046832007-07-19T13:50:00.000-04:002007-07-19T13:50:00.000-04:00As you said there is big money in black women hati...As you said there is big money in black women hating themselves. I believe that the obession that many black women have with wearing the hair of other people have led some non black people to question how we can claim to be so proud of being black but at the same time are willing to spend our last dollar to buy the hair of non black people.BeautyinBaltimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213041285476494126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-47246019435898592742007-07-15T22:56:00.000-04:002007-07-15T22:56:00.000-04:00I wanted to get across texture and variety and tho...I wanted to get across texture and variety and thought that was a good shot to show that.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the dolls had that texture of hair. I mean nothing wrong with it. We just know the politics dig so deep. Even my black Barbie had long hair instead of an afro. LOLReginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024832959937205245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-43765968879597112172007-07-15T22:52:00.000-04:002007-07-15T22:52:00.000-04:00Hey, nice article. Good pic of the back of my head...Hey, nice article. Good pic of the back of my head too. LOL.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the dolls that oprah sent had long silky hair. Hmmmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com