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Conspiracy Theory
We can all get carried away with our thoughts sometimes... conspiracies must have some truth!
Joking around, TRYING to be funny, I told someone they looked like Susan Boyle. Not to mention, she was a Black woman that had no features to resemble her. She really took offense and said that, I looked like a field slave with my nappy hair.
I don’t know about yal, but it really hurt my feelings. The whole situation had me lost for words. I think it hurt mainly because, I don’t look at my friends in terms of light skin and dark skin. It also left me with many questions on the mindset of people within 2010. Would it be better if I looked like a house slave? Honestly, to be a descendant of any slave shows the strength and determination that is within our blood. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, 145 years ago. I am proud, in this short time, ‘we as a people’ have advanced, however…‘We as a people’ still have stragglers with a “slave mentality”. They say things like, “She’s pretty for a dark skin girl.”
Movie: Avatar
I have not seen the movie, but its description sounds familiar. Humans go to the planet of Pandora to extract a precious mineral. To extract this precious mineral, the indigenous people Na’vi are asked to leave peacefully. Because the Na’vi feel the land is sacred, they refuse to leave. Greed, power and money start serious conflicts between the two. There is one line in the trailer when one of their humans say something about the Na’vi only having bows and arrows while the humans have machine guns. The graphics seem amazing. If you are into sci-fi this seems like a movie-watchers dream. While watching the trailer I ignored all the amazing graphics. Instead I was focusing on the various hairstyles of the Na’vi including braids and locs.
I finally saw Chris Rock’s Good Hair documentary.
One of the movie previews was Precious based on Sapphire’s book Push. When I read that book in high school, my perception of life changed. That movie/book highlights serious issues we have in our community such as child abuse, and self-hatred. I hated reading the book because it was so painful. By the end, I did believe there is hope. I am definitely going to support this movie by going to see it!
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Have you heard of the “So In Style” Barbie?
“So In Style” is a new project Mattel launched last month. Christie, Barbie’s 1960s previously Black friend was a duplicate of Barbie painted brown. Grace, Kara and Trichelle look very different with fuller lips, wider nose and more pronounced cheek bones. These dolls mentor little sisters and are very career minded. The dolls reflect varying skin tones of light brown, chocolate and caramel. This is good right?
Well creator Stacey McBride-Irby says when playing with her 6-year old daughter, the highlight is playing with Barbie’s long her.
The “So In Style” Barbie is a great step in the right direction, but incomplete. The dolls have received mixed reviews because it ignored the HAIR factor.
Being Black encompasses culture, facial features, color and hair. One can be considered “Black” with just one.
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The hype continues. Thanks Candi for letting me know that even ABC’s day time talk-show “The View” tackled the issue of Natural Hair thanks to Tyra’s “unveiling” of her not so natural hair. If you’d didn’t catch the episode, check out the video. They begin the hair discussion around 12:55.
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