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Old 05-25-2006, 01:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
NoSoup
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Pretty In Pink... Er, I mean White.

I was reading this thread regarding Dove's "Real Women" campaign, and it jogged my memory of what I believe is a rather disturbing trend I have been noticing lately.

Now, to kick things off, I'm first going to get all my disclaimers out of the way - I'm not racist nor anything of the sort. I realize that this may turn into a controversial thread, as it does deal with race indirectly, but please keep it civil folks. I'm trying to look at the bigger picture from the societial point of view.

Also, I just threw these together in photoshop real quick. A picture here or there may be misleading because of the lighting/flash or whatever, but by and large I think that this holds true.

So, with no further ado....








And it doesn't just apply to women... (I'm gonna leave Michael Jackson out of this... for obvious reason )





Notice anything? As my ultra-subtle background conveys, often times "beautiful" black people are becoming whiter and whiter - especially when they are being photographed for a magazine, or in a movie, ect. Granted, there are exceptions, but this seems to be the general rule of thumb.

Don't get me wrong, I think all the chicks pictured are pretty smokin' hot, but it surprised me that the photos taken for a larger audience, they consistantly show up lighter in color.

Now I ponder, what does this mean? Could it be that although America "accepts" black people in the entertainment industry as a whole, they still must go through the utter ridiculousness of making themselves appear whiter? If that's the case, has America as a whole really accepted black people - or are we just a bunch of closet bigots?

I'd go on, but I want to see where the discussion leads before I pipe up again - I look forward to the responses...
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