blackvoices.com - 6/19/2008
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Black Voices Blogs : By Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com
"Well, you know it goes back to the very beginning. If you were light skinned you were in, if you were dark skinned you were out. It very well works that way in the industry. You see very [few] dark skinned people... Read more >
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Morning Soul: Got A Letter From The Government
SOULBOUNCE.COM —
... Angie Stone discusses the light skin/dark skin issues in the music and film industries. [BV] Does Musiq have some skeletons in his, er, closet? [BX] Hidden Beach is filming a video for the Unwrapped version of "Shawty"--complete with Soulja Boy. [HB] Kedar Massenburg goes from music mogul to wine maker. [UM] Wale is the new spokesmodel for L-R-G. [WH] Duo Taniq is married to their music and each other. [NSM]
THINGS THEY SAY: ANGIE STONE CRIES RACISM
STRAIGHT OUTTA NYC —
... from the hood to vote for the right president - or to support whatever because I’m more on their level, so to speak. So to me it hasn’t changed much. Slavery has just taken on a whole new different direction but it’s the same process.” Eventhough people of color have come far in Hollywood, there’s still miles to go. Realtalk, we (African Americans & Latinos) need to work out our own issues and drop those ignorant prejudices (light skin vs. dark skin) amongst each other and move on. Source
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