soundahfekz
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And of course, the funniest for last:
My dude looks like a dehydrated duke ellington
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My dude looks like a dehydrated duke ellington
Zoramon089
Banned
Skin lightening is the least of Lil Kim's problems...
B1gg_Randall
Member
I gotta see her in more tv shows or movies before she takes the crown.She gotta leave that House of Payne show..
LOL, I was thinking current day Smokey Robinson.
That's what Vybzz Kartel claimed to be using, I should have put it in quotes, he's just straight up bleaching his skin as far as I can tell.
What exactly is the process of skin bleaching?
in my mind i always imagine them buying bleach and rubbing it on themselves lol
thank you man. that was hilarious
yeah, its her slowly turning asian.
you buy a cream and rub it on your skin frequently and it lightens your skin over time
if you just bought bleach and rubbed it on your skin youd get chemical burns, and itd leave scars that would just leave you darker than you started out lol
PhoenixDark
Banned
god damn. she actually looks more asian than she did before. her face looks like a mask
I don't know what's worse, the way she looks or the fact she's talking about a mixtape, who is checking for Lil Kim mixtapes in 2011 (soon to be 2012)?
ughhhhhhhh
What a nightmare
no sir, though I could understand why you'd want to be the king of Funk
i never made the connection. but thats still sad.
computers putin'
Member
I remember when she complained that Naturi Naughton was playing her in the Notorious movie and not someone like Christina Milian lol.
Professor Beef
Banned
God damn what the fuck happened to Lil Kim? She used to be smoking then all of a sudden blegh.
Half and half
Member
That Sammy Sosa pic is really creepy. It's like something out of a horror story.
LMAO
computers putin'
Member
lolololololol!
Professor Beef
Banned
good lawd
we all know how its goes unfortunately. i do want to hear why measley thinks that way though. i mean, what made him dispise black people so much?
thats oddly appropriate
spindashing
Banned
mysticwhip
Banned
:edit:LOLOLOLOL nevverrrmind.
Join the pity party good sir. Ill be in the corner.
Is he Dominican? I can only surmise it's a collection of things, black girls calling him ugly as a kid, he hates his mom, someone called him too dark, father figure was an uncle tom etc.
i dont think he was dominican seeing as how he at least admitted that he was black. and i know the black girls not wanting to have anything to do with you can fuck you up, it did to me, but its mindbogging how you can hate yourself that much. the rest of the world hates us, so we can at least take pride in ourselves if no one else will
Sammy is Dominican, and they have serious issues on complexion since Haiti is next door.
WrathOfOtaibah
Banned
I find darker skinned black women to be hotter than light skinned ones. Stacy Dash during her prime was zomg!
PhoenixDark
Banned
Measly being dark might not explain it. Dark guys don't have it rough, in fact we run shit. It's not comparable to what dark women to through.
Urban Scholar
Member
what happened to amerie? can someone tell me? i can take it
edit: never mind. I lied, I can't take it. I mean she was my the epitome of natural beauty. Poukisa?
edit: never mind. I lied, I can't take it. I mean she was my the epitome of natural beauty. Poukisa?
WrathOfOtaibah
Banned
Well if I were to explain it objectively in many parts of the world light skin is seen as beauty, which is why it doesn't matter if a guy is dark skinned or not. I live in Saudi and the number of commercials that show a brown chick using fair and lovely to get lighter skin and rejoicing in how she "became" beautiful is staggering. Same happens in India.
It isn't right, but it is very much true for a lot of the world. I have no qualms having a darkskinned daughter if I ended up marrying a black girl, I'd love her just the same. This dude is probably equating his own preference to what he wants his daughter to look like, which is pretty weird.
It isn't right, but it is very much true for a lot of the world. I have no qualms having a darkskinned daughter if I ended up marrying a black girl, I'd love her just the same. This dude is probably equating his own preference to what he wants his daughter to look like, which is pretty weird.
These shows have always been popular. The hilarious thing is ethnic people could be in those shows as there were plenty around during those times, many as house help as it was fairly fashionable for some upper class homes to have some black house staff. Recruited from London or Cardiff. Many men of Caribbean, african, Oriental and asian descent stayed and set up home in the UK from the 1700s of course many had been in england even before that.There is a perception that 'black' people only arrived in the UK in the 1950's.
The main problem is TV commissioners and more importantly casting agents are too closeted in their world. There have been a few efforts but across the board it's shit. It's why in the late 1990s due to a lack of decent screen roles many of our best black actors came to the USA to get work i'm sure many of us know actors like.
Idris Elba
Lennie James
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Eamonn Walker
Treva Etienne
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Now the only recurring roles open to black and ethnic actors in the UK is crap like Eastenders. Lucky actors like David Harewood get a recurring role on something like Robin Hood although Homeland seems to have raised his profile even more in the US.
As black actors always tell me. "Thank god for the theatre in the UK" only place that is more open minded casting wise.
Of course the UK TV channels are prepared to 'take the risk' of casting them once these kind of actors have made it big in the states
Sheshh...
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
I remember that. I remember thinking I'd want to here him fully explain what he meant but he was closed up so fast I don't think he got the chance.
Yeah I like that we're a leader in this regard. I can understand it from a cultural perspective but I just can't imagine white people would collectively not watch shows because of different ethnicities. It reminds me of a thread we had here a few months ago about the US where an article stated White people were not watching the NBA because there were too many Black people. I think i'll make a thread on this in the New Year, see what the rest of gaf thinks.
I know this is a tough time for you (me and all) and everything but.......................she was never the Blasian Queen.
Crystal Kay
Maybe a Duchess or something.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Just read back to the last 2 pages...and saw that picture of Amerie.
Words cannot express my profound discouragement and sadness. That anyone would feel some sort of bizarro social pressure in 2011 to feel they need to bleach their skin is depressing...and that they are high-profile people...it actually makes it much more difficult for other people of color (particularly young women) to continue to feel comfortable in their own skin.
Maybe when this world reaches the year 2100, everyone will feel comfortable with themselves and understand that complexion doesn't make them any prettier or homelier than anyone else.
And that Little Kim video...hey man, what I've always found about money is that it doesn't change anyone; it just gives them the ability to be more of what they already are. This is what Little Kim has always looked like on the inside: hopelessly unhappy, insatiably sad.
But that Amerie picture is definitely the saddest thing I've seen in some time. She seemed so confident in who she was...so stylish. I guess she was just an expert at keeping up appearances. Her complexion and skin were just flawless. The only way she could have possibly been hotter is if she had the curly hair too. lol. Her name need not even be mentioned in my presence anymore. My brother didn't even recognize her face when I showed him that pic. But like Kim, I guess this is a very real view into who she is and how she relates to the rest of the world.
Words cannot express my profound discouragement and sadness. That anyone would feel some sort of bizarro social pressure in 2011 to feel they need to bleach their skin is depressing...and that they are high-profile people...it actually makes it much more difficult for other people of color (particularly young women) to continue to feel comfortable in their own skin.
Maybe when this world reaches the year 2100, everyone will feel comfortable with themselves and understand that complexion doesn't make them any prettier or homelier than anyone else.
And that Little Kim video...hey man, what I've always found about money is that it doesn't change anyone; it just gives them the ability to be more of what they already are. This is what Little Kim has always looked like on the inside: hopelessly unhappy, insatiably sad.
But that Amerie picture is definitely the saddest thing I've seen in some time. She seemed so confident in who she was...so stylish. I guess she was just an expert at keeping up appearances. Her complexion and skin were just flawless. The only way she could have possibly been hotter is if she had the curly hair too. lol. Her name need not even be mentioned in my presence anymore. My brother didn't even recognize her face when I showed him that pic. But like Kim, I guess this is a very real view into who she is and how she relates to the rest of the world.
Stacey Dash is not and has never been "darker". She's a medium-light shade of brown.
Their history with Haiti and their Nationalism is to blame there. But really, South and Central America are rife with this shit. I honestly worry about the influence of Latin American culture on the US. I don't want their brand of race and bigotry issues here. Fuck that shit.
Urban Scholar
Member
With a new year approaching I'm doing my part to squash all the racial Bs I can. I.e do me with success at every turn
Dreams-Visions
Member
Just remember: you need 10 new haters by the time the summer gets here if "success at every turn" is the vision. ;-)
Make sure they are quality haters. Not those budget haters that hate just because you have on clean drawers.
Urban Scholar
Member
^ *strokes shaggy from scobby doo facial hair*. Excellent