what is some of yall's problems??...i am not making an assumptION ON ANYTHING, but for the other person to respond about miss black USA not being black enough because of her appearance i responded....
of course hair doesnt equal blackness, DUHHHH, but what i was SAYING was that it was ironic that this person is making assumptions on someone when miss USA could be a future leader of the black panthers or something and the others could be uncle toms for all he knows, just because you live in a certain region dont make you "black"....and about the hair, I WAS MEANING SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO APPEARS TO WHITE SOCIETY, HECK ANYONE ACROSS THE WORLD TO HAVE TYPICALLY AFRICAN HAIR, TYPICALLLLLLY PEOPLE!, all those other contestants can come over here and people from all OVER would immediately think they are relaxed , NOT QUESTIONING THEIR BLACKNESS or their original grade of hair...but i was just saying it was ironic he's gonna choose the one person, who's hair LOOKS TYPICALLY of the african nature and try to label her as non-black and not know ONE DAMN THING ABOUT HER she could be either OR, but i was trying to question how he could do that
the thing is the person I WAS RESPONDING to decided to insult someone because of the way they looked which he said "didnt look black enough", ...and somehow cafe, you got offended, even though we are SAYING THE SAME THING, so hell if i know :arrow:
and to phoenix--obviously you need to check your miss america history because previously we have had like 2 or 3 DARK skinned black usa WINNERS, including kenya moore, SOUTH AFRICA ON THE OTHER HAND usually picks white people, or very lightskinned individuals who look white or indian, never in their history have they EVER EVER picked a person like kenya moore, so sorry for you
WHY ARE PEOPLE ACCUSING ME OF ASSUMING, WHEN YALL ARE ASSUMING ABOUT WHAT I MEANT TO BEGIN WITH! gooooodddddddaammmnnnnn....please people, stop the drama *smh*
and IF YOU DONT FEEL LIKE READIN MY RANT AND RAVE UP ABOVE, TO SUM IT ALL UP...what i meant was
how is phoenix gonna talk about miss america not looking "black enough" and then sit around and pick contestants who "LOOK" similarily LIKE HER and praise their "blackness", people have tastes and all...but comeon now, thats almost foolish :roll:
^^^ :lol: :lol: . Woo woo woo Shoya
No, don't get me wrong. I wasn't accusing u of making assumptions. I saw someone else say something about "natural hair" in a post, and i noticed it in yours as well, so i just wanted to speak on it. A lot of my post was more geared towards the perception of "blackness" and how we are so quick to determine if someone is "black enough". I totally agree with you when u say that we shouldn't judge the American contestant from just one lil ole picture. We shouldn't judge any of them for that matter. Fact of the matter is, all of these women have some type of Black/African blood in them. Therefore, they are BLACK. Who am I as a human being to validate someone's blackness? It's time to elevate people
Ms. Megan wrote: phoenix wrote: Shoya,
umm, it has NOTHING to do with her hair-- which actually, is the ONLY thing that looked attractive to me; she look's like all the "black" women that are normally "selected" to represent our women-- light skinned oreos--. O' girl was not "Black" enough for me.
Why couldn't the woman from America look like Lauryn Hill, Erika Baudu, or Lisa Bonet, even, with her locs. Why is the representative from America light-skinned with natural curly hair? I'm just tired of our people always selecting the less-ethnic looking sistahs. Do you have a problem with that, Shoya? Would you complain, too, if I selected one of the sister's with shaven heads? Thn you'd state I like light/white looking women only. Anyhow, the two shaven-headed women were more attractive to me visually, than that typical bi-racial looking chica from America.
Can't please everyone all of the time...oh...I am NOT suppose to please anyone but myself--each to their own, and all that other ish.
Oh, why do you think someone with straight hair DID something to it--you need to check out your African/Caribbean sistas a little more--everyone with beautiful skin in all shades of brown does not have **** hair--mixed or not mixed. There YOU go stereotyping :arrow:
thankyou...but even if it was a black competition and she was still chosen would we have such a problem with her looks??....i really think everyone is beautiful and just for her winning as A BLACK WOMAN is a big accomplishment in and OF ITSELF!...I mean if she won in jamaica, no biggie, but in ameriKKKA, thats a GIGANTIC FEAT!
*PURE*Kindnezz wrote: ^^^ :lol: :lol: . Woo woo woo Shoya
No, don't get me wrong. I wasn't accusing u of making assumptions. I saw someone else say something about "natural hair" in a post, and i noticed it in yours as well, so i just wanted to speak on it. A lot of my post was more geared towards the perception of "blackness" and how we are so quick to determine if someone is "black enough". I totally agree with you when u say that we shouldn't judge the American contestant from just one lil ole picture. We shouldn't judge any of them for that matter. Fact of the matter is, all of these women have some type of Black/African blood in them. Therefore, they are BLACK. Who am I as a human being to validate someone's blackness? It's time to elevate people
lol thanks for clearing that up, i was just trying to say the same thing!
