That’s considered dark in the Latino community and he most definitely would be called out on. Remember that Latinos have a complicated racial history that consists of blood from European colonizers, African slaves and Indigenous people. It is the reason for why there is so much racial tension within the Latin American…
Gina Rodriquez is not an enemy of black people. We have no shortage of real enemies. She’s an actress, not a politician, not a policy maker, not an activist. She makes no claim to be an expert in social science or history or anything. Yet, she gets called out a lot. like A LOT! We have problems. None of those…
Not to defend her (just to give insight into her POV). Colourism in Latin America is all kinds of effed up. I’ve actually known people to call others with dark eyes, dark hair, and tanned skin, “moreno, or morena” referring to their “darker skin.” He dad is definitely not the correct representation of a “dark-skinned,…
For the math portion I submit:
What is three dollars and six dimes?
A.) $3.60
B.) Standard bus fare on the MARTA
C.) True enlightenment per Erykah Badu
note How Black men have no problem portraying black women as warriors or freedom fighters for them (as in Black Panther and this here Glover video )
but he has though.
It’s really lame that the discussion has been reduced to this after one bad comment, when the issues always was how black women are represented in his work.
Unless it’s Amara. Any white person who wants to walk up to me and tell me I look like Amara is more than welcome to.
I swear I was thinking we must have watched two different Different Worlds when I read this. How was a tv show supposed to prepare its viewers for systemic racism? Also, they talked about Blackness and race all the time? Just because they weren’t heavy-handed doesn’t men they ignored it but I can think of 5 episodes…
I think y’all miss some important points... It was the 80's and at the time, this show was ground breaking. You talk about shows that come later and break more ground, but they wouldn’t have existed if not for this show.
Which “A Different World” did he watch?
“Joe Budden is a rapper best known for his beard.”