Why did I forget that Chilli was the main vocalist on this iconic song?

Even if her intentions are good, why hasn’t she herself pulled the piece? If my black friends were telling me that one of my works made them feel more traumatized when I was only hoping to help allieviate some of that trauma, I would want to stop displaying it.

You’re a sanctimonious blowhard.

We’re hosting a Selena Sing-a-Long and costume contest in Los Angeles. All proceeds will go to MALDEF - an organization that litigates for Latinx civil rights. Thanks for the article - love seeing all of the Selena appreciation.

Did the Beach Boys have to give Chuck ALL the proceeds from “Surfin USA”, cause that’s got to be the most egregious song rip off ever.

Bikes are an amazing thing. A mile to and from school is no big deal if you’re walking. 5 miles to and from work is no big deal on a bike. If you can’t find a part-time teen job within a 5-mile radius, you’re probably doing something wrong.

Same. Things make so much sense now, including why I would start off singing Shape of You in the shower and find myself suddenly singing No Scrubs while drying off.

Didn’t Lopez lip sync the whole movie because she thought Selena’s vocals should be the star?

My mom to this day thinks Selena’s father had it right. He was all about supporting his daughter and the Los Dinos but within the structure and limits of what he thought was appropriate for how young women should appear in our culture. There are definitely problems with how daughters are treated in Latinx families and…

She looks great and she’s clearly having so much damn FUN

Growing up, I’ve also had people asking me if I was related to Bruce Lee. There was also a guy who asked me if Amy was my real, true, given name. Me: Umm, yes that was the name given to me at birth. Guy: Ok, but what does your mom call you?

As someone that does live in a red state, I promise that I’m fighting the good fight, but it seems really hard. I wish I lived in a blue state and I suppose I could move, but the reality is that I’m needed here.

RE: the asian woman’s comments - I think it just means that we’ve internalized the messages of racism more than we know. I’ve gotten the same exact comment that Padma Lakshmi got “you’re pretty...for an Indian” from a dark skinned black woman. At the time it was super hurtful, but now I’ve realized that she had just…

(sorry in advance, this is kinda long lol) As a dark skinned Black woman, I can attest to the colorism in my family. My mother’s family is my lighter side with hair that’s more wavy than kinky, and I was always too dark for them, hair too nappy.

The best thing about being an adult is being able to unabashedly love the things I secretly loved in my teens and early twenties. Now excuse me while I go sing every Celine song ever CAUSE I’M YOUR LAAAAAAADYYYYYYYYYY.

I loved this. Especially being a dark skinned black woman. I know I still have issues from childhood, and I thought I had gotten over them like other people have said but my preferences and things I do directly correlate to my skin tone and how I feel about myself.

I hid my love of Céline for many, many years. Now that I’m an old I can say without a trace of shame that the Céline show I went to this summer was one of the best I’ve ever been to.

I’m glad Megan Markle addressed the particular racism that is directed towards mixed people, because I think it often gets hidden - partially because it deals in the uncomfortable subject of racism/prejudice among POC themselves, and that’s something that’s hard to address. I grew up with the idea that I was simply…

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