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And it's fine by me if you don't respond to any more of my posts. Good riddance actually.
I do not think that most AAs are as light skinned as my kids.
You said:
"where I live most African American people are not this dark complected - they are lighter, which implies that they have some mixture of races in their background.
So it doesn't surprise me when I see lighter skinned models - I look around me and I see mostly lighter skinned people who identify themselves as African American."
In the above quote you are saying that most black americans are mixed and lightskinned.
Therefore you think people like me, don't exist and are not important.
Your comment is the perfect example of why I feel that biracials are replacing unmixed black women like me in America.
Kathryn I'd like to inform you that there are many darkskin Black people with that girl's phenotype who exist in America. You may refuse to acknowledge their existence but we are here. And we deserve to be represented in the black community.
You said:
"where I live most African American people are not this dark complected - they are lighter, which implies that they have some mixture of races in their background.
So it doesn't surprise me when I see lighter skinned models - I look around me and I see mostly lighter skinned people who identify themselves as African American."
In the above quote you are saying that most black americans are mixed and lightskinned.
Therefore you think people like me, don't exist and are not important.
Your comment is the perfect example of why I feel that biracials are replacing unmixed black women like me in America.
Kathryn I'd like to inform you that there are many darkskin Black people with that girl's phenotype who exist in America. You may refuse to acknowledge their existence but we are here. And we deserve to be represented in the black community.
I thought you weren't going to respond to my posts anymore.
What I SAID clearly was that WHERE I LIVE most AAs are lighter complected than the woman you posted a photo of. That does NOT mean that "most black Americans are light skinned." It does not mean that I "think people like you don't exist or are not important." It does not mean that "biracials are replacing unmixed black women like you in America." It does not mean that I do not realize that there are many dark skinned AA people who exist in America. It does not mean that I "refuse to acknowledge their existence" or that I don't think that they "deserve to be represented in the black community."
Do you suffer from reading comprehension issues or paranoia? I can't decide which.
As for how the mysterious "black community" represents itself to the American community at large - you'll have to take that up with the "black community" - I have no control over anything the "black community" does or says.
So you're upset that biracial women are "replacing" 100% African looking women in the media?
Wow....there are plenty types that are not in the media. Such as the White Latina. Sofia Vergara is naturally blonde but she couldn't get an acting job until she dyed her hair dark and got a tan. Also Jewish women are rarely portrayed in the media. Native American women probably get less air time than women like you. What about Arab women?
Why aren't they here throwing a tantrum along side you?
What do you feel would be the benefit of more women looking like you in the media?
So you're upset that biracial women are "replacing" 100% African looking women in the media?
Wow....there are plenty types that are not in the media. Such as the White Latina. Sofia Vergara is naturally blonde but she couldn't get an acting job until she dyed her hair dark and got a tan. Also Jewish women are rarely portrayed in the media. Native American women probably get less air time than women like you. What about Arab women?
Why aren't they here throwing a tantrum along side you?
What do you feel would be the benefit of more women looking like you in the media?
Heck, I'm mad.
There are not enough 50 year old white women with short, thick, crazy hair in the media.
I'm underrepresented and it's not fair! WE DO EXIST AND WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED!
And I'm tired of wearing a bra too - why should my womanhood be constrained and restrained???
So you're upset that biracial women are "replacing" 100% African looking women in the media?
Wow....there are plenty types that are not in the media. Such as the White Latina. Sofia Vergara is naturally blonde but she couldn't get an acting job until she dyed her hair dark and got a tan. Also Jewish women are rarely portrayed in the media. Native American women probably get less air time than women like you. What about Arab women?
Why aren't they here throwing a tantrum along side you?
What do you feel would be the benefit of more women looking like you in the media?
My primary concern is the fact that biracial women are replacing me. It affects me. It is important to me and should not be undermined by Native American, Korean, or what you think White latinas are going through
you dont see too many mainstream black girls with her phenotype in the media. its almost always the mixed looking kind
Nyanna, you are very off the mark. You can not determine that an African American is "unmixed" by using the eyeball test.
This is Don Cheadle...
His DNA admixture was tested for the PBS program African American Lives and he has 19% European ancestry. (ie 1 out of 5 of his ancestors was European)
I would say the plight of the Native American and African American historically are both pretty bad and we never see Native Americans on TV. Even in colleges I don't know any NA's in my college. I do know a good amount of black kids though.
Maybe you should stop watching TV or start watching African programing. There are a lot of opportunities out there for all people in the U.S. and you can't fully appreciate them when you are constantly worried about being judged because of your race.
Nyanna, you are very off the mark. You can not determine that an African American is "unmixed" by using the eyeball test.
This is Don Cheadle...
His DNA admixture was tested for the PBS program African American Lives and he has 19% European ancestry. (ie 1 out of 5 of his ancestors was European)
Don is a man. It's okay for black men to look very African looking, however black women in the media must look mixed, like Lauren London, Beyonce, and Rihanna.
I want to see more black girls in the media with MY phenotype celebrated as beautiful.
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