tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15094004.post3626384153629799099..comments2014-08-11T05:30:47.215-04:00Comments on Musings of an Anti Diva: Good and Bad HairErika 2004http://www.blogger.com/profile/06760957190572809447noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15094004.post-62777896791734986522007-12-17T17:44:00.000-05:002007-12-17T17:44:00.000-05:00Funny that you mention this... I got thumped on al...Funny that you mention this... I got thumped on all throughout my youth b/c of my skin tone (and the fact that I'm of Nigerian descent, despite the fact that I was born in NE D.C. without even the slightest hint of an accent -- go figure!)<BR/><BR/>For years, we were told that light is right & "black" isn't. It's sad, but it points back to the whole argument about trying to divvy ourselves up Not Your Average Malehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03237588040187547005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15094004.post-41703235371925922612007-12-14T12:43:00.000-05:002007-12-14T12:43:00.000-05:00Seems to me that we have been so beaten down by ot...Seems to me that we have been so beaten down by others that we've started to internalize it as in moest abusive relationships. Teh media, society, has done us a humongous diservice and now we are falling into the traps that they have placed. Magazines don't place dark skinned womens on their covers so we think they aren't pretty. Africans are only shown COPs or BET videos as a form of CC Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13430554149106735210noreply@blogger.com