Comments on: Complexion Obsession Preview

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:49:57 +0000

Since mention was made of the topic of the ‘house’
and the ‘field’ slave — I just wanted to note that
this false concept that so many people have
– that the lighter-complexioned chattel slaves
“had it easier” or “thought they were better”
than the darker-complexioned slaves -– and
/ or largely “relaxed in the big house” while
the darker-complexioned slaves “suffered
in the fields” — is very much (just like the
infamous ‘Willie Lynch Letter’ Hoax) all VERY
MUCH AN URBAN MYTH (and, is one which,
in nearly every way that’s possible, completely
defies the true historical recorded account).

The historical record shows that
those enslaved people who were of a
lighter-complexion (i.e. mulatto-lineage)
and that were found on the continental
United States during the antebellum
(chattel-slavery) era were actually treated
MUCH WORSE than were those enslaved
people who were of a darker-complexion.

In fact, the record shows that most of the White
people (especially the White women) tended
to look upon the lighter-complexioned slaves
as being mere ‘mongrels of miscegenation’
(resulting largely from the rapes caused by the
plantation ‘Overseers’); in their disgust at the
sight of these slaves — insisted that they
be “banished to the fields”; and also then
purposefully reserved most of the ‘big house’
positions (ex. mammy, cook, driver, etc.) for
the darker-complexioned slaves — who most of
the White people had perceived as being “more loyal,
more docile, less competitive, etc.”, and, even more
important, they were also of a skin tone which
could never cause them to be seen as being
any part-’white’ (and even worse, perceived as
“possibly” also being “a member of the family”
–as it were– of a given plantation ‘Owner’).

And this maltreatment was generally even much
more so the case if the lighter-complexioned
enslaved person was even remotely ’suspected’
(by, say, a wife, sister or daughter — who ran “the big
house”, while a ‘male’ family member ran “the plantation”)
of possibly being the offspring of a given plantation
‘Owner’ (or his son, or father, or brother, or any other
male found in the plantation ‘Owners’ White family).

In addition, the few lighter-complexioned enslaved
people that were actually permitted to do any work
in the “big house” were (as a punishment for having
the lowly status of “mongrel” and in order to make sure
that they did not become “too uppity”) kept under a
much more severe work supervision (by both the
White women who ran the plantation household and
also by the darker-complexioned enslaved people
who had been placed over the lighter-complexioned
enslaved people and given various “rewards” in an
exchange for the promise to ‘keep an eye on’ them)
than were most of the (more trusted and seemingly
endeared) darker-complexioned enslaved people.

Books by Deborah Gray White; Paula Giddings; bell
hooks; J. California Cooper; William Wells Brown;
etc. expose the truth about the urban-myth and
show that the lighter-complexioned enslaved
people received NO special treatment and were,
instead (due to being seen as mere “mongrels of
miscegenation”) usually treated much worse than
were most darker-complexioned enslaved people.

The hatred, fear and mistrust that many of the antebellum
and post-antebellum era White southerners felt toward the
people who were both of a light-complexion (mulatto-lineage)
and were also chattel-slaves, is very strongly presented
in the ‘D.W. Griffith’ racist film ‘Birth of a Nation’– where
pretty much all the trouble, tragedy and dangers found
experienced by White southern families in the film is
falsely presented as being caused by “uppity” Mulattoes
who ‘needed to be taught “their place” among White people’.
(i.e. they “needed” to be beaten, raped, lynched, etc. by the
“proud” White people who had been reared to make it clear
that they felt “no connection” to any non-White person).

By: Hotnspicy

Hotnspicy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:07:34 +0000

The house slaves were treated nicer because they were the master’s children, not because they had light skin.

By: CrnBlz

CrnBlz — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:41:33 +0000

She should’ve interviewed the directors and rappers who put the girls in the video. The hoes dont put themselves in the video.

By: incognita

incognita — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:36:05 +0000

noelle wtf! “It is more common to see a pretty light chick..they are everywhere”..where do you live..brown skin black women are everywhere as well, and just as beautiful.open your eyes

By: PIGGY ROSS™

PIGGY ROSS™ — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:32 +0000

“i’s a matter of brainwashing that I really dont know stems from what. ”

THE ‘HUMBLE’ BEGINNINGS OF SUCH BRAINWASHING DATES BACK TO WHEN BLACK PEOPLE WERE ENSLAVED BY WHITE PEOPLE.BEING DARK SKINNED BACK THEN MEANT THAT YOU AS A HUMAN BEING WERE INFERIOR TO ALL THOSE AROUND YOU,THIS LAW WAS ESTABLISHED BY(YOU GUESSED IT)THE WHITE MAN OF COURSE.

SO,HOW DOES THIS ^ RELATE TO THE BRAINWASHING?YOU SEE,THE WHITE MAN WAS AND STILL IS A VERY SEXUALLY DRIVEN CREATURE.WHEN THE BLACK MAN COULD DO NOTHING BUT WORK TIRELESSLY FOR THE WHITE MAN IN SHACKLES AND CHAINS,THE WHITE MAN WAS BUSY RAPING AND FORCING HIMSELF ONTO THE BLACK WOMAN.THE BLACK WOMAN WOULD THEN GET PREGNANT AND GIVE BIRTH TO A LIGHT SKINNED BABY.

HERE’S WHERE IT COMES TOGETHER;WHEN(AND IF)THE MULATTO(HALF WHITE-HALF BLACK) WOULD GROW INTO A LIGHT SKINNED WOMAN,SHE WOULD NOT SUFFER THE EXACT SAME FATE THAT THE DARK SKINNED BLACK WOMAN WOULD-BECAUSE SHE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A SPECIAL KIND OF BLACK.DON’T GET IT TWISTED,SHE WAS STILL A SLAVE LIKE THE REST OF BLACK WOMEN;BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS HALF W-H-I-T-E,SHE WOULD GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT BY THE WHITE MAN(BACK THEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT WERE THINGS LIKE GETTING WHIPPED 20 TIMES INSTEAD OF 30 TIMES,BEING A HOUSE SLAVE INSTEAD OF A FIELD SLAVE,BEING REWARDED A DRINK OF WATER AFTER 12 HOURS OF WORK INSTEAD OF 15 HOURS OF WORK UNDER THE BLAZING ORANGE SUN,ETC).

YOU SEE,THIS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT WAS D-E-S-I-R-E-A-B-L-E BY DARK SKINNED WOMEN.THE WHITE MAN QUICKLY REALIZED THIS,AND MADE IT AN EFFORT TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS DESIRE,THE REST IS HISTORY.

By: SMM

SMM — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:30:47 +0000

I really hope this piece, the full version, will address how we can improve this problem for the future–not just probe even further an already established idea. The music industry is a microcosm of life–the problems that exists in America are present in the music business, as well. Don’t tell me what the status quo is and why it is what it is: tell me what the plan is to change it.

And, wow, Suelyn is naive if she really thinks that way.

By: two words

two words — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:06 +0000

besides rick ross
i agreed with #4, personality is the key but that doesnt come into play with these videos and dudes like rick ross with insecurities

By: ScrewHeads.Com

ScrewHeads.Com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:49:07 +0000

It’s sad that this problem has been talked about for a long time yet still persists. We can use the “Best I Ever Had” video as Exhibit A: all the women on his team were light skinned and u couldn’t even tell if they were black or not (of course i know a lot of them weren’t).

But why do directors feel the need to have SO MANY non-black women or make the black women not even look black? They can’t say its to broaden the audience cuz other races been feastin off our culture long before women of other races were in our videos.

http://screwheadsonly.blogspot.com

By: two words

two words — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:23 +0000

rick ross

By: ASD

ASD — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:38:22 +0000

fuck DRAKE go back to yo light skined ass purto rico country!!!!and fuck yo gay music

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Drake is Canadian you fucking idiot and hes half black half white. Get your fact straight before talking shit.