BlaqueKnight said:

Hey, Blaque! You just made my day, good to get some positive input from a brotha on the org. I ain't trying to be ugly, but I get the distinct impression that a lot of the brothas on the org feel like P that lighter is better and are just as colorstruck. But that just my opinion based on various posts. But whatever, thanks again. BTW, where YOU at cuz you might be right about geography being an issue. LOL!

SCNDLS said:

No,youre not alone.I think that many black male orgers measure their women by the same paperbag Prince does.

Is that why not too many sistas have posted their picture in the "Prince's Third Wife, If You're BADD enough to be his next Wife post a photo!" thread? I guess some of us know we don't have a snowball chance in hell of being Prince's 3rd wife if we don't pass the test.

PurpleCharm said:

yep. Many posted pics look like Prince's type, caramel skin tone, long straight dark hair, dark eyes.

But I don't get the feeling that the brothas on the org have similiar discriminating tastes... maybe I don't know which orgers are male and female

PleasurePrinciple said:

Sad but true.

PurpleCharm said:

You noticed that too, huh???
[Edited 5/30/07 5:54am]

SCNDLS said:

I did 2!!!OMG,I looked thru the thread and then down at my hand and was like "ummm naaaah" thats ashame.
[Edited 5/30/07 15:00pm]

I also find it weird that Prince's women look sun deprived when with him then they look all brown and beautiful when they leave ..just somethin funny I noticed Probably cuz they cant go anywhere with him.

Truth be known, I'd have to admit there was a time that if I'd have known how light he really was (or can be)...yeah, I had issues too. Shame, shame, I know.

morningsong said:

wait,u were colorstruck but u preferred darker skinned males b/c they were darker...like Laurence Fishburne in School Daze( )

PleasurePrinciple said:

Awwwww baby girl, naw! I think you should post your pic cuz you're a cutiepie. And Prince don't discriminate against cute.

Speaking of Halle Berry, I caught about 10 minutes of Catwoman on FX or one of those channels. What a horrible movie.

morningsong said:

We ALL have our issues about color and race. As dark as I am, I love dark men. Sorry, but I have a thing about my man having yella feet and blue veins. Yuck! But that's just me.

SCNDLS said:

Correction: You're a Supercutiepie!

wonder505 said:

I actually made it all the way through, but moreso for Benjamin Bratt wit HIS foine sef! I bet it's REALLY funny if you're high. But I don't do drugs so I had to muddle thru it sober. I remember when Halle was on Oprah to promote the movie but they spent the WHOLE first half bashing Eric. It was her first interview after the divorce. That was some funny but crazy ass shit.

SCNDLS said:

Oh I remember that. Is that the episode where she swore to Oprah she will never marry again?

wonder505 said:

Yes, that's the one.

SCNDLS said:

Awwwww baby girl, naw! I think you should post your pic cuz you're a cutiepie. And Prince don't discriminate against cute.[/quote]
thanx SCNDLS but I dont think im Prince's "cute"...and orgers are mean as hell

SCNDLS said:

Yup...and even Stevie Wonder would notice...

PurpleCharm said:

SCNDLS said:

and see I have issues about color as well. As with Prince, it has to do with your perception of beauty was formed as a youngster.
My mother, raised in the south and discriminated against by Black people for bing "too black" always viewed color as a component of beauty, or and hair texture.
Look at my avatar... in high school THIS was the ideal boyfriend... loved the Sylvers.
maturity and emotional growth has changed my views of beauty...
like, I LOVE Wesley Snipes... I think he is so sexy! and what's his name from How Stella Got her Groove back... so sexy.
But I still have love for Prince with his high yella self with the pretty eyes.
So I hold my tongue about being critical of Prince's obvious attractiveness to light women... cause I got some of those issues for light men.
I think the difference is... you can PREFER a certain look, but don't prohibit soley based on skin color. To me that is a little shallow.

BlaqueKnight said:

I'm not gonna say that's not true BUT I have a different take on it - I've always been more drawn to dark skinned guys simply because I find more of them attractive. And back in the day it seemed a LOT of light skinned guys THOUGHT they were fine BECAUSE of their shade - I don't think that's changed so much these days, though you would think it had by now Even if they're cute the arrogance & misconception is a complete turnoff, & if they're ugly lawd help them Light skin can't make you cute, neither can curly/straight hair or light eyes - it's how ones features work together that makes them attractive, but people tend to forget that when they're stuck on some tired light-skinned trip.

BlaqueKnight said:

All us "mixed" girls are a little bit
...( j/k..well..kinda)

Krystal666 said:

You know, I'm always saying this even though I do know better than to make such a generalization. I think a lot of "mixed" folks may have some racial identity issues simply because you may be rejected or ridiculed on some level by either or both "races" of which you're made up of, like Bob Marley was. So it's like, "Where do I fit in???" It's uncool and unfair but true. And Halle and Mariah don't help the case against the "nuts" theory.

Regarding our other "race" thread about Marianne Pearl I think she's a prime example of some of these "issues" and I'm basing that on some very superficial information. http://www.prince.org/msg/105/229029
[Edited 6/2/07 5:15am]

CalhounSq said:

oooo, this reminds me of something my grandmother used to say... "wasted yella"


Someone who has pretty cafe au lait complexion, wavy hair, light eyes, but horrible, bucked teeth or tiny rat teeth, or huge honker, or no chin.
[Edited 6/2/07 11:36am]

Krystal666 said:

you might be right.

Maybe because people put pressure to choose one side or another.
why can't mixed folks embrace both races?

Like the Mariane Pearl... why ignore half of her heritage (african)?

Especially in the young, some kids may develop the theory that the half that is ignored is not as good as and therefore to be hidden.

prodigalfan said:

& this is how it continues -- not digging @ you, just saying -- "pretty" as opposed to WHAT?

I know the "wasted yella" isn't yours (it's your grandmom's), but it's learned to describe that particular complexion as "pretty" - it IS pretty, but so is brown, deep chocolate & blue black! & if they're ALL recognized as pretty, WHY the description??

Wow,this thread reminded me of this show on Tvone I was watching "Black Men Revealed"...omg,I remember one episode that made me livid.Yo,I was pissed 4 days and I still get pissed about it.This guy had the nerve 2 say that he preferred lightskinned women over darker skinned women because darkerskinned women act different...in a negative way.He said something about darkskinned women having more attitude and being hard and complicated.Ummmm,So...all darkskin women act the same and all lightskin act the same 2.The thing I dont get is dude was black as night so Im pretty sure his mama and dad are darkskinned,and I think he even commented on his whole family being dark complected.

3xcharm said:

can I have some of what u r smokin?