I'm loving all the positivity in the thread. I want to put up a fist or something.
Tyra discussed this issue on her show last week and I have the online link. I didn't know how well it'd be received (lol, since it's Tyra) but just in case anyone wanted to see it, here it is:
http://www.freewebtown.com/freshtbs/tyra.html
I really enjoyed it. The two sisters (one light, one dark) were sooo me and my sister. The lighter one was upset when darker-skinned people are discriminated against because her sister is so wonderful and beautiful, but she is the one who gets compliments. Although her sister is intelligent, she is getting her Ph.D. while her sister can't find a job (I didn't think she needed to put all her sister's business about being unemployed out there, but she was trying to be real). I also loved the audience's reaction to the woman who felt she was better than women who are darker than she is. First of all, the woman wasn't really light, she was medium and I was DYING for someone to knock her off her high horse and point that out. Second, I was happy to see Tyra put down the talk show host neutrality and give that woman the statements that she did. She did it extremely gently, but she at least told her what she needed to hear. And her 12 yo son saying his mom needs to get over her prejudice was AWESOME; that boy should run for president.
I encourage y'all to watch if you have time, I thought it was a great show and the men in all of their shades were worth a looksy.
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