Quote:
Originally posted by Neosoulchild
This article was written by a Latina woman. It was a pretty intersting read, and I wanted to get your opinions of it.
|
This article was actually written by a Latino man.
It was an interesting read, but it raised no new points to me. We have been discussing this without our community for some time. People that are on the outside looking in (as we know he is on the outside) cannot really say much. I really don't understand the purpose of the article, except to maybe cause another conflict amongst the races and within the African-American community about Eva being selected because she is light-skinned.
Why can't people just accpet the fact that they were two beautiful women that happened to be Black. They deserved to be the last two standing. Why does it have to be broken down to a Black person "had" to win this year? Why must it be rationalized that Eva won only because her skin tone and hair texture is more accpetable to the world?
To refer to Tyra as a "redbone" is a bit lame, out-of-place, and incorrect. Tyra is far from what I would consider "red." In fact, that "fivehead" is
VERY Nubian. And, NO, she does
NOT "get away with" altering her eye and hair color while still looking "natural."
Show me one black person with
naturally ORANGE hair and I will respectfully withdraw my comment.
