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Old 06-13-2001, 12:40 AM
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Watz up, Soror Kim!

I must say that this observation is right on point. The media seems to think that the light-skinned woman/dark-skinned man is the ideal representation. You rarely see the opposite pairing like me and my husband. In fact, in real life, I observe the brown- or dark-skinned woman/light-skinned man more often.

I also have observed that when two Black females are paired as buddies or even sisters, the 'good/nice/rich' one is light-skinned and the 'bad/mean/poor' one is dark-skinned. One of the most glaring examples is "Martin" (or any other show/movie w/ Tisha Campbell!).

We cannot let the media define who we are and how we should view the beautiful range of hues in our race!

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Originally posted by Kimmie1913:

Another quick observation- In the media, they almost always pair a couple in advcertising so that the nman is darker than the woman.


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