Mahogany Chic

McCain Is The Real Sexist!

I have been waiting for someone to call McCain out on his blatant sexism.

 

If the McCain campaign truly wanted Sarah Palin to be treated equally they would allow her to open her mouth to show her intelligence or lack thereof.  But you see they do not want her to be treated equally. The campaign wants Mrs. Palin to be held to a lower standard and have been fairly effective doing so. Their tactic of calling anyone that says anything critical of her or questions her record, sexist is in itself sexist.

If you are so stupid that you are not allowed to answer questions then you need to go back home.  The fact that she needs to be protected shows that she was chosen for her ovaries and good looks rather than her brain. 

 

Finally Someone With Authentic Spunk

MONTANA GOV Schweitzer stole the night. 

This was the best speech of all at Tuesday nights DNC.

Obama needs to make this man a surrogate and put him in Anti-McCain Ads. 

I Have A Confession To Make

I love reality TV.

Some of it may be very off-color and manufactured; but I love to see how people behave in different situations. Reality TV also makes me feel like I am not as bad as others; considering that most of the behavior on these shows is negative. The ultimate reason why I like reality TV is it reminds you that all people are the same, good or bad.

Reality Television is revered by many but it really is a guilty pleasure. If millions of people did not watch these shows they would not exist. Television executives make money by putting on shows that we want to see, thus the overwhelming amount of reality shows on TV. Many people say that they are repulsed by reality shows but continue to watch them in the privacy of their homes.

We Are Beautiful!

 

When I originally saw L’Oreal’s advertisement I was outraged but not surprised. I have seen many ads featuring Black women that had their pigment photo-shopped away but, not someone as light-skinned as Beyonce. In the aforementioned ad she was morphed in to a Caucasian woman. I wonder if she finds this depiction of herself with a thinner nose and lighter skin acceptable.

The media reinforces the belief that only light skinned Black women are beautiful. The most successful Black women in media and entertainment are biracial or light skinned African American. Beyonce, Lena Horne, and Halle Berry are considered to be sex symbols because of their “beauty”; they all have very light skin and Caucasian features.  Advertisements catered to Blacks usually have very light-skinned Women of Color; however, L'Oreal took things to a whole new level. 

Many Black women believe the social and cultural definition of beauty and go to great lengths to become “beautiful” by lightening their skin, wearing light foundation makeup, and sometimes resorting to plastic surgery. The beauty industry continues to market products to Black women that are designed to lighten dark skin. 

Sadly the desires to be light does not only affect American Black women. In some parts of Africa women use dangerous bleaching creams to make them more “attractive”. The bleaching creams are usually mercury, hydroquinone, or steroid based and can cause severe permanent skin damage such as turning the skin black, thinning of the skin, and blotches that causes a snake like appearance. Skin bleaching can also cause skin cancer, brain and kidney damage, and sometimes death. The very poor to the affluent believe that they will be ostracized if they do not lighten their skin.

Some believe that African women are resorting to such dangerous measures to lighten their skin because of the images of light skinned African American women in American entertainment and print. Black women across the globe are plagued with feelings of inferiority and low self worth because of their skin tone.

Advertisements like L'Oreal's continue to reinforce the message to Women of Color that they must have Anglo features to be beautiful.   

WE ARE BEAUTIFUL!