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Originally posted by DELTABRAT
RE: the provocative pictures of Ruby Dee, good point. I don't however, think that when Ruby and Ossie started out the same "types" of pressures were present as they are today. We have always been under pressure to conform, etc., but in this day and age, I think it is different. I haven't seen provocative photos of Angela Bassett either and she seems to be working for the approval of the same audiences as Ruby Dee (somewhat), basically, the Black audience...less "mainstream." I have seen provocative photos of Halle Berry. I think when you are trying to get the white folks' approval or a sh%#load of duckets/dollars, anything is possible. Kudos for Ruby Dee for giving them the finger, same for Angela B. Something is going on with the Vivica's, etc. and that's the problem.
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I think one of the biggest differences is the Internet. We are just not aware whether such pics of Ruby Dee or Angela Bassett ever existed or not. And like Senusret said these pics could have been superimposed for whatever magazine it is (does anyone know where the pics orginated?) or for the Net. Can you imagine how much worse it would have been for Vanessa Williams if that scandal had hit today? Yet she did not take those photos for mass distribution.
To All: To be clear, I am not passing judgement on the photos or Keisha (if they are truly all her.) My whole argument is, if she took them then let them be distributed by her in the way she intended. That's all.