Why is it that some of the biggest Black American celberites are all light-skinned? What is the media trying to say? It makes me mad when they try to light-face Halle Berry and Beyonce. I feel like they are trying to say that you can only be pretty unless you're light-skinned or mixed with white. If both of them were as dark as Wesley Snipes they wouldn't get any attention at all.
2007-01-08 10:34:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Gabreille Union doesn't get attention and exposure like Beyonce and Halle Berry and vanessa Williams. It's all about skin color.
2007-01-08 11:05:24 · update #1
THE PERSON WHO SUGGESTED NAOMI CAMPBELL BEING FULL BLACK? She's jamaican and chinese mix!
I totally agree with you. All the supposedly "ethnic" famous people are really half breeds!
Oprah is pretty cool but she's rare compared to all the half breed blacks in the entertainment industry.
Not only are the "ethnic" famous people half black, a lot of them are half asian, or half something else, making people think that the only way they can look like a "pretty black girl" or a "pretty asian girl" is too look like Kristen Kreuk or Beyonce, which is unrealistic because like you said they people are half breeds.
2007-01-08 10:42:34 · answer #1 · answered by chocolate_cat 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I do not agree with that comment at all. Actresses like Beyonce and Halle Berry are not praised because they are light skinned. They are still seen as black - whichever way. They are talented and ambitous individuals. Look at Naomi Campbell - she's popular and she is dark skinned. Look at Jada-Pinkett Smith, Gabrielle Union, Oprah, Queen Latifah, India Arie, Eve, Angela Bassett and the list goes on. Check your facts hon and stop hating...
2007-01-08 10:59:39 · answer #2 · answered by GlitznGlamour 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wait a minute, if you're from "Santa Domingo," aren't you considered 'Hispanic?'
Why are you worried about these black women if you aren't even black?
BTW: You cant fault lite skin women because of Hollywood, the women don't dictate the demand, the people dictate the demand. Beyonce is exposed because she has a damn good publicist and because Beyonce is talented. Don't hate, congratulate.
p.s. to "Storm"....Tyra Banks and Meagan Goode are NOT what I would consider light skin, they are milk chocolate.
p.s.s.
with all of the crap Vanessa Williams went through, I think she deserves fame and happiness. Plus, she's very funny in Ugly Betty and has a fantastic singing voice. Oh, and she was the first black Miss America...hello!
2007-01-08 11:15:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
At nearly 50 years old, I've gone through different stages of this observation, and have arrived at the fact that: we live in a western, "if you're white, you're white" society, mindset and frame of reference.
Thank goodness for the abundance of magazines which depict all tones of Black beauty. This was not the case when I was younger. I vascillated between reviling these women, who are not responsible for their skin color, but are as much victims of propaganda and ethnic division.
2007-01-08 10:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ebony Goddess 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rosa Parks, Coretta King, Pearl Bailey, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Oprah
2007-01-08 10:37:48 · answer #5 · answered by LoneStarLou 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm not feeling the love in that comment.
Gabrielle Union is one of the best looking, sexiest women, I've ever seen in my life, I never would have saw her if she wasn't in Hollywood. Also, don't get "mad" because Halle and Beyonce are famous, they are hard working beautiful women and deserve every accolade bestowed upon them. I think you proved your own point in your comments, which clearly reflect an angry black woman. That's how Hollywood sees darker black women, angry. Look at the darker black roles....either angry or loud and obnoxious...and don't get mad at me, I'm merely stating facts.
Actually, if you go thru Yahoo Answers you will see several posts about Beyonce and everytime her name is mentioned, angry black women chime in on how much they hate her.
If you want to break the cycle and stop perpetuating the stereotype of the darker black woman, stop being so damn hateful and angry, otherwise those are the only roles black women will be cast for.
With every hateful word toward your 'own people' (because for as light as they are they are still black and go thru the same things other blacks go thru) you are manifesting your own destiny.
2007-01-08 10:48:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sethco 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
How about Naomi Campbell? I mean, not her recent behavior, but she was famous before that and she's darker-skinned. I don't know if she's American though. Maybe she's English.
2007-01-08 10:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by Stimpy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
that one word u used just answered this question "media" the media always portrays things either in a good way or bad way. its up to u to choose it. many black ppl dont care to much 4 "yella bones" i know i dont. im luvin chocolate right about now--not caramel
2007-01-08 10:54:43 · answer #8 · answered by its my favorite month 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whoopi, Angela Basset, India Ari and me.
What the hey, I'm famous too - everyone on my block knows I'm the lady you don't mess with. lol.
2007-01-08 10:42:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
One answer: Whoopi Goldberg, may not be the "attractive" type, but is sure popular and a successful actress.
2007-01-08 10:42:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋