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FashionRe: I'm Thinking Of Getting Dreadlocks: by InkedNerd(f): 6:52am On Mar 02, 2011
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CelebritiesRe: Fallout: Beyonce Under Fire For Blackface Photos. by InkedNerd(f): 3:30am On Mar 02, 2011
[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=610995.msg7827179#msg7827179 date=1299030825]being dark skinned is seen as a negative thing more among blacks than among whites. many whites i've met find dark skin to be beautiful. totally opposite of what we blacks think about ourselves!! at least this is my experience anyway
yes whites definitely had a role in the inferiorit complex that we have but we are the ones who have to step up to change it.[/quote]Yes, we really do need to step up and change it undecided
Nairaland GeneralRe: Light Versus Dark Skinned Ladies [who Rocks?] by InkedNerd(f): 2:58am On Mar 02, 2011
Smh, the ignorance in this thread is staggering tongue.
CelebritiesRe: Fallout: Beyonce Under Fire For Blackface Photos. by InkedNerd(f): 8:17pm On Mar 01, 2011
[quote author=A.D.M. link=topic=610995.msg7825003#msg7825003 date=1299006441]Self-hatred exist everywhere unfortunately. In Latin America, black is seen by some as ugly, too (don't know why some only think it's a U.S. thing). Sammy Sosa is just one example. Most Dominicans are of African descent and some recognize it and embrace it. But if you call one black, a lot of them will get offended and say, "I'm not black, I'm Latino." It's not just African descendants and Africans. People in India still think there's a caste system depending on complexion. There was controversy in India a couple years ago involving a commercial promoting a skin bleaching product. It showed a dark-skinned man being sad and depressed. After he used the product, he became happy and women flocked to him.

In Korea, there are women who get plastic surgery to make their eyes look "Western." That's obviously a code word for white or European. No matter how you look at it, it's all very sad. As for outrage about Beyonce, I don't see it, so I guess it'll be buried.[/quote]Yes, you are correct. Self hatred exists all over the world.

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CelebritiesRe: Fallout: Beyonce Under Fire For Blackface Photos. by InkedNerd(f): 7:25pm On Mar 01, 2011
[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=610995.msg7824569#msg7824569 date=1299002058]cap28,

so why do you think white fashion designers prefer to use dark skin black girls sometimes over light skin ones?
whereas black entertainers prefer to use light skin or mixed models.

to me the promotion of mixed race women as being more beautiful (at least presently) is propagated by we blacks ourselves!!! not by whites.
most black entertainers will tell you in a heart beat that they prefer lighter skin, long straight hair girls in their videos etc. majority of their audience is black by the way.

case in point: I think a dark skinned african looking girl with nappy hair will be found more beautiful by whites than by blacks.

which goes back to Ndipe's comment that we need to embrace our selves before asking other races to do the same.[/quote]Jenifa_, I wouldn't say they prefer to use dark skinned models more than light skinned models. Usually the designers who choose to us a lot of dark skinned models are just trying to make a statement gain a lot of attention for their shows--its not necessarily because they prefer the darker models. When I go to fashion week with my sister when she interviews designers , yes I do see some dark models but for the most part, dark skin is still seen as a negative thing. I will agree with you on one thing though, we as black people do perpetuate those about beauty. . .White people do have a role in it though. Initially during slavery [in the US], black people were always made to feel inferior about their features [by white people] and in turn we have internalized it. There were even laws in the us that forbid black people from showing their hair in public because white people felt that black hair was offensive. Those individuals who see people of mixed heritage and admire their beauty because of that do it because of those feelings they've internalized-- people who looked or possessed features that were close or similar to a white person were see as better because to them it seemed that they were closest to being white. Have you ever heard people say "Light and bright and damn near white"? The whole thin is just one sickening never ending cycle.
Nairaland GeneralRe: To 190 Haters. . . . by InkedNerd(f): 8:22am On Mar 01, 2011
190:
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CelebritiesRe: Fallout: Beyonce Under Fire For Blackface Photos. by InkedNerd(f): 8:08am On Mar 01, 2011
ogugua88:
you answered your own question.
lol grin

cap28:
thanks ADM, my response was limited to the situation in the US thats why i focused in on the history of "black face" in america. 

There is rabid racism all over europe, England is very racist and blacks here do not have access to the same level of opportunities or even enjoy the same levels of success as blacks in america.  There is also a  racial hierarchy here with whites at the top, asians and other non black groups in the middle and blacks at the bottom, our low population (approximately 3% ensures that we have very little influence in determining policy).

The BNP have a huge following amongst working class whites who have been affected the most by  job losses following the economic downturn, in a bid to blame someone for the economic mess created by the last labour govt and the ongoing brutal austerity measures being implemented by the tory/liberal democrat govt they look for scapegoats and the easiest people to blame are immigrants.   

The reality is that the BNP are  opportunitists who manipulate and feed off the deepseated racism that many white british people feel towards non white people in this country.

You are right the anti muslim sentiment IS huge, it has deliberately been whipped up by the right wing media who created "Islamophobia" (an irrational fear or hatred of muslims) by linking terrorist attacks carried out in america and britain with islam, again this was done deliberately by the media in order to create a divide and rule environment, the more divided you are the easier you are to control as they say.

I think Sammy Sosa is an extreme example of a self hating black person ,  there are however,  a lot of black people in the west who secretely hate being black - this is played out in many ways, one example being the promotion of black beauty by the western corporate media by using mixed race women as a representation of black beauty - almost every "black woman" used to promote black beauty in the west is of mixed race origin (Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams, Beyonce) as opposed to India Irie, Lauren Hill or any black woman who does not have obvious europeans facial features or skin tone.

The years of racism that diasporan blacks have been subjected to at the hands of whites has now manifested itself as internalised self hatred.   
Its gradually spreading to africa as well because of the insidious effect of the toxic western media and many african people now show symptoms of this mindset.
Gradually? These feelings of self hatred have always exiswted since Europeans came and shoved their views on beauty down our throats. Even my own gran mother, although I love her, at times she makes comments here and there about certain features on Black people being unappealing and in the same breath she'll praise the same features of a Caucasian. These views that are nothing new to people of color undecided.
Nairaland GeneralRe: To 190 Haters. . . . by InkedNerd(f): 7:39am On Mar 01, 2011
190:
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Nairaland GeneralRe: Nature Calls. Wrong Place Wrong Time. What Will You Do? by InkedNerd(f): 8:22pm On Feb 28, 2011
Odunnu:
Share the joke babez, i'm all ears. Lol
lol ok, well one day when I was in high school I drank about 3 larges cups of tea in the morning. So, I left my house and by the time I walked to the bus stop, I needed to ummm pee embarassed. I figured I'd hold it in till I got to school. By the time the bus got to the train station, I was ready to explode!!! I then got on the train and normally it takes just a few minutes to get to school by train but since I was running late, I ended up taking the train during the rush hour crowd tongue. The train kept stopping and going because of delays. Unfortunately when I got to the station before my stop, I couldn't hold it any longer and some of it started coming out. I've never felt so sad and embarrassed cry. I had to use my bag to cover my jeans and I ran into the nearest store and use the restroom. When I used finished using the restroom, I had to get back on the train and  so I could take a shower and go back to school cry. I got to school so late that day. It was terrible cry. Now that I look back at it, it was kinda funny. For some reason it felt like the the lights on the train was extra bright and that everyone was looking at me embarassed.
Nairaland GeneralRe: Nature Calls. Wrong Place Wrong Time. What Will You Do? by InkedNerd(f): 7:55pm On Feb 28, 2011
Damn, that is bringing back a really bad memory right now embarassed
CelebritiesRe: Fallout: Beyonce Under Fire For Blackface Photos. by InkedNerd(f): 6:41pm On Feb 28, 2011
[quote author=A.D.M. link=topic=610995.msg7817638#msg7817638 date=1298911504]Excellent comment, but you make it sound like there's no racism or bigotry in other parts of the world. You live in Europe. You mean to tell me there's no bigotry in Europe including jolly old England? Look at the anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe. It's huge! I assume you've heard of the BNP.

By the way, not every black person in the Western Hemisphere, whether they're American or Dominican, hate being black. Most are not like Sammy Sosa.[/quote]I don't think cap28 meant that there isn't racism in over parts of the world. Of course we know it exists elsewhere--its just that the way race is viewed in the US is different from how race is viewed in let's say Europe or Africa.

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