[ziIReIGS]

Soledad O'brien - Does she even identify as black though?

She's half Cuban and half white (wasp). Her entire appearance screams "hispanic" to me. But I can see a splash of SSA in her.

She's interviewed in this video.

[elektikakass]

YOUNG MEN ...

Which entertainers do you find attractive and why?

Has the media influenced your opinion at all?

If so, how?

When looking for someone to seriously date or marry, do you have a standard of beauty that you use as the measuring rod? What specific features are you attracted to?

[slimfifa]

i have noticed this too, especially in commercials where a blacks are playing a black family unit.

it is usually a darkskinned male with a mulatto wife and a mixed race/curly hair looking child.
i have never seen where the roles are reversed e.g a mullatto husband with a dark skinned wife.
i find this extremely odd to say the least

in addition when they need to cast a black token character in soaps it is always a someone who is clealy mixed race. i am talking about british soaps here, a mixed race girl with a full black guy and the rest of the cast is usually white.

examples of shows are skins/hollyoaks

the aussie shows are even one step behind where no blacks or asian are casted they have a white only policy

[bmwservis]

i have noticed this too, especially in commercials where a blacks are playing a black family unit.

it is usually a darkskinned male with a mulatto wife and a mixed race/curly hair looking child.
i have never seen where the roles are reversed e.g a mullatto husband with a dark skinned wife.
i find this extremely odd to say the least

in addtion when they need to cast a black token character in soaps it is always a someone who is clealy mixed race.

The woman tends to be lighter than the man in real life quite often -- maybe not a "mulatto", though. I'll bet looking at your own families, it's pretty common.

Just one film with a brown-skinned woman and a mulatto man comes to mind ...
"Diary of a Mad Black Woman"

Shemar Moore played Kimberly Elise's love interest.

[Adollobdeb]

The woman tends to be lighter than the man in real life quite often -- maybe not a "mulatto", though. I'll bet looking at your own families, it's pretty common.

Just one film with a brown-skinned woman and a mulatto man comes to mind ...
"Diary of a Mad Black Woman"

Shemar Moore played Kimberly Elise's love interest.

i am talking about britain not the US new worlders

i lol'd at the title of the film

[vaalmerruutel]

i am talking about britain not the US new worlders

OT: Yes, there are SO many biracial people over there. What percentage of blacks actually marry other blacks?

I don't want to derail this thread. Respond privately if you'd like.

[Jifyicyfuhpop]

What about Oprah Winfrey?

[draigenia]

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[vTLWqa1l]

She's interviewed in this video.

Holy shit, the people in that video have some serious issues. The only one who seems really relaxed about it is Tatyana Ali. Check Soledad's answer at 9:00. Issues, lol.

I nearly cracked in half at 8:04 when he said "Last time I checked... 48% of latin america's population - is black." He needs to check again. If half were black then they wouldn't be sitting there bitching about a faulty stereotype in the first place - they woud match it.

[JorgiOLusinio]

the aussie shows are even one step behind where no blacks or asian are casted they have a white only policy

What, is it now mandatory to have them?

[PerfectCreditForYou]

I always felt that this issue was perhaps a bit over hyped. There are a number of prominent Dark skinned women within the media world. I also don't see a need for celebrities to be "representative" of any one group. Also light skinned AAs are just as much a part of the group as the Darker toned AAs, so why is it a bad thing that there are light skinned media figures? Are all media figures supposed to be of the Darker branch of the AA community?

[Beauseaccerce]

What, is it now mandatory to have them?

no its isnt, but still a aboriginal character or asian would not hurt, quite frankly i could not give a toss since i hate tv shows/drama i rather watch discovery channel , but i was just answering to OP's question

[LfYaRf1S]

good role models

[Gintovtosik]

is that any different the past?


I think some these movies were made by black people with blacks as the target audience.


















And look at a movie like CB4

The dark skinned girl is seen as a scamming gold-digging slut who is also very masculine and trashy



The light skinned girl is portrayed as pure and innocent.



Wasn't this move produced and written by black people? Whos to blame?

[Karinochka]

I think Keke Palmer would make a good role model for young black women.

Since when role models have to be of the same race? My role model is Ho Chi Minh

[Yswxomvy]

Coming to America is actually a pretty good movie. It has its highs and lows...Comedy and drama...A range you don't necessarily expect from movies primarily written, produced, and starring those of African descent. I have seen them but they are not known well enough for people to expect them. And there's a range of people in the film, light and dark. Even the movie's heroine is neither dark nor light...But pretty between. The company that's suppose to be from Africa remind me of Western Africans now that I think about it. Good storytelling.

I was thinking about a movie I saw only a bit of yesterday. Apparently it's an older movie. Girl 6. It's about a black woman who gets addicted to being a telephone sex operator. There are other aspects of the sex industry present. It's another movie that's a bit of an anomaly in the world of black movie making(By Spike Lee). It's more serious...There's bits of it that's kitschy and comedic, but all in all, it's a pretty strong movie. I also wanted to add that I like the realism of it...She's not tailor made for this job and it shows. She learns and grows...and I like that progression. She's every bit as meek and coy as you would expect. And Quentin Tarantino can really play a douche. I wanted to smack him.


Ghost Dad's cast did look more "Mixed" to me...Especially the girls. But maybe that's just me. I like the film. The story. It's been a while since i've seen it. But that's another strong movie.

I think that level of storytelling in film has gone downhill. Music is a lot more diverse for women of African descent. Because anyone who can make music *can make music. But not everyone will be picked to star in a film. That's where some biases will show.

The Trinities and morpheus' of films are usually the sidekicks. Black characters in title roles are usually reserved to the realm of unrealistic action movie heroes. Rarely do they play those people whom have a variety of emotions, such as fear and vulnerability, and thus are put into more unrelatable roles. I often wonder at the lack of black people in Horror movies. Again, I guess if anything, it's assumed black people have a voodoo curse or bullet for any ghosts inhabiting their house. But Tales in the Hood is another movie with a mainly black cast that oddly shined above the rest of the black horror movie fails.

A bit off topic. But it still relates to movies so.

[iioijjjkkojhbb]

Coming to America is actually a pretty good movie. It has its highs and lows...Comedy and drama...A range you don't necessarily expect from movies primarily written, produced, and starring those of African descent. I have seen them but they are not known well enough for people to expect them. And there's a range of people in the film, light and dark. Even the movie's heroine is neither dark nor light...But pretty between. The company that's suppose to be from Africa remind me of Western Africans now that I think about it. Good storytelling.

I was thinking about a movie I saw only a bit of yesterday. Apparently it's an older movie. Girl 6. It's about a black woman who gets addicted to being a telephone sex operator. There are other aspects of the sex industry present. It's another movie that's a bit of an anomaly in the world of black movie making(By Spike Lee). It's more serious...There's bits of it that's kitschy and comedic, but all in all, it's a pretty strong movie. I also wanted to add that I like the realism of it...She's not tailor made for this job and it shows. She learns and grows...and I like that progression. She's every bit as meek and coy as you would expect. And Quentin Tarantino can really play a douche. I wanted to smack him.


Ghost Dad's cast did look more "Mixed" to me...Especially the girls. But maybe that's just me. I like the film. The story. It's been a while since i've seen it. But that's another strong movie.

I think that level of storytelling in film has gone downhill. Music is a lot more diverse for women of African descent. Because anyone who can make music *can make music. But not everyone will be picked to star in a film. That's where some biases will show.

The Trinities and morpheus' of films are usually the sidekicks. Black characters in title roles are usually reserved to the realm of unrealistic action movie heroes. Rarely do they play those people whom have a variety of emotions, such as fear and vulnerability, and thus are put into more unrelatable roles. I often wonder at the lack of black people in Horror movies. Again, I guess if anything, it's assumed black people have a voodoo curse or bullet for any ghosts inhabiting their house. But Tales in the Hood is another movie with a mainly black cast that oddly shined above the rest of the black horror movie fails.

A bit off topic. But it still relates to movies so.

The Black character often dies first in Horror movies. It's one of them cliches.

[Chooriwrocaey]

Yep. It's true.

[AttableBewNaw]

^^ I never understood that cliche or stereotype...i have seen many horror films and all the classics and honestly i rarely see black characters at all, it is mostly young dumb white teenagers

[ceagstuntee]

^^ I never understood that cliche or stereotype...i have seen many horror films and all the classics and honestly i rarely see black characters at all, it is mostly young dumb white teenagers

What else is funny is when the black person does something really stupid in a horror movie, like there's a Friday the 13th movie where a black dude pulls out some Billy Blanks kickboxing moves on Jason...Only to die anyways? And he's so arrogant and sure he's going to win. That's hilarious. That's another sterreotype: The foolhardy, arrogant black man in a horror movie. The one that thinks he's going to "Pop off" and then go home. I liked the play on this stereotype in Scream 2, is it? With the couple that get offed in the theater.