Get Over It: Celebs Who Really Need To Transcend Their Color Complex

November 7th, 2011 - By madamenoire

 

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by Ramona X

When someone always brings something up, you know it’s a sore spot. Like your friend who is sensitive about other people mentioning their ivy league degrees. Yeah, you know she’s always bringing it up for a reason. On another somewhat related note, I don’t trust rappers who make a point of making a song about the beauty of dark women (ahem, ahem Mos Def). The point is if it’s not an issue, why talk about it all the time? Although differences in shade is a sensitive subject in the Black community, the way to get over it is to be conscious of keeping an open mind to all people. Right?

While the following celebrities may be coping with their hangups by talking about their sensitivity to colorism, we think they’re trying to communicate something different.

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  • Bella

    Surely using the phrases “light-skin” and “dark-skin” defeating the objective of this article? Black people come in different shades, not just two.

  • Opinionated4Days

    How dare anyone speculate on the validity of Rhianna’s story. I went through the same s—t. The white kids called me 50 n–gers and the black ones called me 50 whitey’s….specifying my skin color and quite articulate verbiage. Anyone negatively speculating clearly ain’t light-skinned….or is just jealous of Rhianna’s success and riches.

  • amma03

    LOL, I love the fact that you added Vybz Kartel. Most people dont know who that is, but being a person who listens to his music and is a loyal fan, the whole light skin, cake soap thing that is going on is very disappointing. Especially since alot of his supporters are youth. He’s setting a trend yet setting a bad example at the same time; that darker complexions are not beautiful. 
    However, it is their own lives and they may live it however they deem so. Rather than appreciating their beauty or just simply “coming to terms” with it, they continue with these antics. Unfortunate thing is, despite what they are doing to themselves, they’ll go to their graves still being dissatisfied with who they are.

  • sljohnson220

    I am not sure why this happens in the black race or any other race of color. This doesn’t bring us any closer as a race and it looks bad to whites and other races of color. They feel justified in making comments about different colors b/c we talk about it more than they do. :(

    • http://www.facebook.com/RosarioRed Rosario Stefania Scarsci

      Whether the black community has issues or not, other races have no business judging us. Yes, we have serious issues, much like MANY other races of people. In general, everyone has complexes, inferiority issues, etc., but that does not justify white people to make harsh comments. I’d rather a white person say smart remarks to my face in person, rather than a message board.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aneverson1 Alexandria Neverson

    I don’t think it’s a big deal. If he was rapping about darker women in a negative way, then I would be concerned. 

  • Naffy

    Um… have you seen the footage of Rihanna at the Barbadian carnival… she stood out like a strobe light at that thing.  Stop acting like her color isn’t strikingly different from other Bajans.  This article had tinges of jealousy and hate all through it.  Making light of Foxy Brown’s dark skinned descrimination?  Really? I’m neither light nor dark, but I find this article terribly offensive.  I think you are the one who needs to get over something. Namely, yourself!

  • Rebecca

    Wow, she really called Lil Kim, Botched Face Kim! No comment on the last slide.

    At the end of the day my shade of black is beautiful

  • Babyj12888

    ok im glad i wasnt the only person left confused and feeling like writer must be the most ultimate hater or something?

  • Syreeta

    Im talking about the author of the article, sorry about that.

  • Syreeta

    You sound angry!! You need more people though, it comes off as hating boo boo

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