Hmmmmm....I never really paid that much attention to the light/dark thing on BET (but I guess that's because I really don't watch it that much) nor on Martin. Truthfully, I've always thought Gina was a bit ghetto. I'm not "light, bright.." but I am reddish brown and fluctuate depending on what season it is
and I've always gotten offended whenever I see our people portrayed as ignorant no matter what their complexion was. Daruler made a good point about the KKK. I saw a white supremists web site once, and they certainly did not discriminate between complexions.
I won't, however, discount the way that my dark complexioned sistas feel by acting as if inner racism doesn't exist because I know it does. That's equivalent to white people that say that racism no longer exists. It's easy to say when you haven't been the direct bunt of it and racism, no matter where it comes from, hurts. On the flip side, I met a dark skinned man several years ago who deeply offended me. We were standing in line, I think, and he began talking about his experiences here because he was new to the country. Then, the brotha went out in left field and basically said that he felt that the lighter a woman was, the weaker she was.
But to answer the original question --- AKATUDE --- I don't care for Cita either. I have a young, impressionable daughter (which is one of the reasons I don't watch BET that often)and Cita perpetuates a stereotype that I do not want her to imitate.
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>>>"Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised... Proverbs 31:29-30
[This message has been edited by tickledpink (edited May 14, 2000).]