Posted on 03/24/2002 1:25:38 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
A whole lot of black folk have come and gone in this life without ever seeing another black person do a thing.
As long as we can make such statements, we still have a way to go.
Unless, of course, you believe that there are some things black people should not be allowed to do? Or that they are unable to accomplish?
Everyone here needs to get over themselves.
You might not like who won (Halle, Denzel) but they won and the time they spent in the spotlight was theirs.
Can we still gripe about really horrendous dress choices and the apparent dearth of available hairdressers in Hollywood?
If mafree can reconcile that with being a conservative, then she should run for office.
Pretend you're the policeman who stopped him driving 10 miles over the speed limit. What box will you check on your report when it asks for a description of the man driving the car?
I'll still carry the two of you over hot coals, yes they're hot, and deliver you to the SM In and Out in fine fashion.
Or as the short version warrants, "As you wish."
any watching Barbara Walters?
Oh no no... when Oscar's credits came on my TV went off. I, personally, can only take so much.
;^)
Thai African Indian American. They do have a box for that one, don't they?
Yes, I totally agree. RC should have won tonight. While LOTR was my choice for best movie, I am glad that ABM won, just because I thought RC was robbed of the oscar he deserved.
I second that. She is not attractive to me at all and never has been. And especially after the almost vulgar, over-dramatic grossout speech she did in her "win" tonight. She is just so fake. And then she carried the "disadvantaged oppressed black child" speech backstage. She's probably got at least 20 million in the bank from all the movies she's been cast in. I bet Sissy Spacek probably won more votes, but the "guilty-white-liberal" powers-that-be changed the winning name to the "vessel" and "trail-blazing history maker" Halle Berry. Sissy Spacek probably told the Academy to take her name out of consideration.
And all the guilty-white-liberal actors/actresses in the audience and their pained expressions trying to empathize with poor Sydney Poitier and Halle's "horrible" life as a multi-millionaire priveleged BUT black "African-American" actor.
Now as for most attractive woman tonight, I think Jennifer Connelly is gorgeous. And Marisa Tomei is beautiful as is Nicole Kidman.
A great many people would deny it, if given the opportunity. She would not be classed as "black" in Brazil, certainly. In South Africa, under apartheid, she would have been a classic "colored." In black Africa, she would be considered an American, not an African, and would probably be thought of as white by most Africans.
I would be labeled similarly but both of us were born and raised in America, where racial classifications are a whole different ballgame. She doesn't seem to want to run from being Black and I know I don't.
You say she looks like a "black woman." I say, with I think a great deal more accuracy, that she looks like a beautiful blend of European and African ancestry, with the mix trending strongly towards the European side as far as features go. She is also obviously considerably closer to the extreme of "white" than the extreme of "black" in skin color.
Close doesn't cut it in this society- Halle is a Black woman and anyone with half a brain knows that the skin color, features and hair texture of Black people vary greatly. Halle is not white.
I have noticed something particularly fascinating about black TV shows and movies. Most of these shows are made by blacks, for blacks. Almost without exception, the woman in every couple is noticeably lighter in color and more "white" in features than the man. What do you think drives this phenomenon?
The persistent belief that "white" is somehow more desired, more pure. I'll never deny that a lot of Blacks feel that way- it's hard not to after a few hundred years of living in a society that says white is better and purer.
As far as gender goes, I see a lot of ads and shows featuring whites where the woman is paler than the man is too. She is often blonde and he is often brunette (tall, dark and handsome). I think that can be attributed to women being considered the "fairer" sex, as if that should refer to coloring.
Or as the short version warrants, "As you wish."
Speaking of me 'n Red... did you see our latest collaboration?
Hope all is well.
xo
I did see your latest and I was damned proud to know the both of you.
Keep fighting the good fight and tell the sock salesmen in Venice I've got their number.
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