FBG is back on YouTube! The first video of 2012: An interview with my professor, Kimberly Collins about black history & self love!- Check it out!!!
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Did you know ?
- Sanaa Lathan is the voice of the mom, & Reagan Gomez Preston is the voice of the daughter.
- I love that the background is purple lol
“Racist” Pepsi commercial that aired during the 2011 Superbowl -“Love Hurts”
I just think it’s plain pointless & stereotypical.
What do you think?
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‘Black Lifestyle’ In Japan
“A pale skin resembles beauty in Japan, but that no longer doesn’t count for everyone. Hina lives her life according to the ‘B-style’, or the ‘black lifestyle’. This includes going to the tanning salon regularly to become as dark as American hip hop artists.”
wow
That cannot be good for their skin
interesting…there’s something about this that doesn’t sit right with me though.
Perhaps the reduction of an entire culture into a handful of stereotypes and having that caricature used as the basis for a subculture in a foreign nation with no roots in and no connection to the culture it’s appropriating?
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Why was there a skin lightening ad in Black College Today Magazine?
Hypercreme. The ad caught my eye because the model was really, I mean really light skinned.
“Hypercreme offers a high quality skin lightening product line that gives a brighter and smoother complexion effect that restores skin equilibrium”
why does it have to be called “lightening”, tho? Their message & real intent will be to advertise skin lightening until someone gets angry or upset, then they’ll say to even skin tone or some bologna like that lol
I think black people need to be oppressed AGAIN
in order to gain our unity back. Ignorant ass generation let skin tone and hair texture separate us when back in the civil rights movement, guns and dogs couldn’t separate us. Stop arguing over stupid shit. You SHOULDN’T have a preference at all with your people. You should love them all equally. dark skin, light skin, brown skin, nappy hair, curly hair, whatever. Stop building your life around the TV.
it started way before the civil rights movement, during slavery
This is a beautiful poem i came across a while back. I’m not sure if people have read it but i was willing to share it :)
Lord …. Why did you make me black?
Why did you make someone the world would hold back? Black is
the color of dirty clothes, of grimy hands and feet… Black is the
color of darkness, of tired beaten streets… Why did you give me
thick lips, a broad nose and kinky hair? Why did you create
someone who receives the hatred stare. Black is the color of the
bruised eye when someone gets hurt… Black is the color of
darkness, black is the color of dirt. Why is my bone structure so
thick, my hips and cheeks so high? Why are my eyes brown, and
not the color of the sky? Why do people think i’m useless? How
come i feel so used? Why do people see my skin and think i
should be abused? Lord, i just don’t understand… What is it
about my skin? Why is it some people want to hate me and not
know the person within? Black is what people are “labeled” when
others want to keep them away… Black is the color of shadows
cast… Black is the end of the day. Lord you know my own
people mistreat me, and you know this just ain’t right… They
don’t like my hair, they don’t like my skin, as they say i’m too
dark or too light! Lord, don’t you think it’s time to make a
change? Why don’t you redo creation and make everyone the
same?
GOD’S REPLY: Why did i make you black? Why did i make you
black? I made you in the color of coal from which beautiful
diamonds are formed… I made you in the color of oil, the black
gold which keeps people warm. Your color is the same as the
black stallion and panther, Oh what majestic creatures indeed! All
colors of the heavenly rainbow can be found throughout every
nation… When all these colors are blended, you become my
greatest creation! Your hair is the texture of lamb’s wool, such a
beautiful creature is he… I am the shepherd who watches them,
I will ALWAYS watch over thee! You are the color of the
midnight sky, I put star glitter in your eyes… There’s a beautiful
smile hidden behind your pain… That’s why your cheeks are so
high! You are the color of dark clouds from the hurricanes I
create in September… I made your lips so full and thick, so when
you kiss… they will remember! Your stature is strong. Your bone
structure thick to withstand the burden of time… The reflection
you see in the mirror, that image that looks back,.. that is MINE!
So get off your knees, look in the mirror and tell me what you
see? I didn’t make you in the image of darkness… I made you in
the image of ME! - Author , Unknown :/
occasionally pensive: Black Love
is special because it is discouraged and attacked on all fronts. There is magic when you see a black man and woman making it work despite the dehumanizing stereotypes and low expectations heaped on both and the racism and sexism (institutionalized, internalized, and otherwise) that has stymied…
« Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can’t we just be the sexy American girl next door? »
Eclectic Spectrum: Dear "Black" People,
Anyone who has ever read any of my posts knows that I put “black” in quotes because it is a social construct.
Now that I’ve said that I’ll say this. Stop waiting for other people to validate you. This is going to sound incredibly pessimistic but I don’t see society embracing us any time soon.
I…
Just a thought_
I wonder if white people reblog pictures of us as much as we do, them..
If this wasn’t “the norm” on tumblr , we would begin to look obsessed, maybe?
