You make an excellent point. So many aspects of our appearance were initially denigrated before getting the "white stamp of approval," thereby rendering them desirable — see: full lips, full behinds, cornrows (circa 1980) and tan skin. But I somehow see this as distinct. This is one woman (albeit fictional) who for a…

Scandal may be "Dynasty in DC," but its hackneyed dialog still occasionally manages to be groundbreaking. I can't emphasize enough how amazed I was to hear Tom call Olivia Helen of Troy. To suggest that a black woman could be beautiful enough, desirable enough, to inspire crazed devotion by the world's three most…