. Few people ever seem to bother (or want) to note the fact that THE DJ (who actually planned and promoted the cancelled 'Light-Skinned Libra Party' in Detroit, MI) is, himself, a person who HAS A skin tone which is that of being of a VERY DARK COMPLEXION (and yet, still, he wanted to host a party in which he publicly rejected the people with his own features). Those who drone on and on about how people who have a darker-complexion skin tone are so often 'discriminated against' - seldom seem to want to also admit that the people who direct this 'discrimination' against them are USUALLY also of a dark (not light) skin-complexion themselves (ex. friends, relatives, potential partners, etc.). Thus, one cannot help but to feel that the REAL question should NOT be "Why does it seem that the lighter complexioned people are so 'favored'?" - BUT RATHER - "How can society help the darker complexioned people top rejecting each other?" Blaming the 'discrimination' - which is often suffered by the people who are of a darker skin complexion - on the simple "existence of" or the alleged "favor toward" the 'people with a lighter skin-complexion' will NOT result in the 'discrimination' disappearing - but rather, will simply serve as a 'SMOKESCREEN' to distract from the REAL problem - which clearly seems to be that of a strong 'SELF-HATRED' embraced by some darker-complexioned people that is apparently then PROJECTED onto other dark-complexioned people. .

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I AM IN THE HEART OF LOUISIANA. OUR LANGUAGES ARE CREOLE, FRENCH, AND CAJUN. AND I KNOW MY HISTORY THANKS TO MY FAMILY. MY FAMILY IS COLORFUL, YET, BEAUTIFUL. AND I HAVE BEEN EDUCATED WITH STORIES THAT WERE HEART BREAKING AND SOME MADE ME EXTREMLY PROUD. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUT OF ALL THE HARD STORIES FROM LONG AGO. I LEARNED TO BE PROUD OF HOW THEY MADE IT THROUGH AND HAVE GIVEN US SKILLS OF SURVIVAL. I COULDN'T IMAGINE LETTING ANY RANDOM MAN RAPE ME AT HIS OWN REQUEST AND ME NOT LOSING MY MIND. OR WATCHING MY WIFE GO THROUGH THIS AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO. BLACK PPL, YOU NEED TO START THINKING AND STOP LETTING OUR ANCESTORS DOWN WITH ALL OF THIS FOOLISHNESS THAT KEEPS US SO DIVIDED. EVERY CULTURE SEEMS TO BE STRONGER THAN OURS. AND THAT HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool!

why does this cause such an uproar dey be throwin big girl only parties all the time. tell me what is the difference?

Yeah, he straight killed it! And I usually don't feel Weezy but, I can't stop listening to that song! I've been listening all weekend!! It's crazy!

Simone, you can't possiblet be that naive.

am i the only one who thinks these fashion bombs are kinda irrelevant. maybe i'm just not ybf, but spending $400 to get an imitation of a celebrity's casual dress is not affordable and sounds pretty foolish.

Hey don't start putting light skin ppl down we didnt start that shit I thought it was stupid myself!!! on another note

I'm so upset right now.... i'm light and my baby girl is dark... Im scared for what shes gonna have to endure when she grows up. I'm tired of the racism on both sides! As a light woman I would be offended by a party that promoted only dark females could get in and am offended by this party where only light can get in. As a race we should know better... Other races are constantly racist towards us and that should just mean that we come together and unite as one race. But instead we choose to seprate ourselves and look stupid by saying that light women like myself look better just cause were closer to white. In the end you're agreeing with whites that they are "better". Black is beautiful and i'm talking Alicia Keyes to Gabrielle Union!

Wow. How ignorant. I am light skinned, I find that flyer offensive and disrespectful as a whole. Any woman who would attend an event like this has no respect for herself or perhaps she doesn't realize how many years this is setting us back. There shouldn't be a separation, and obviously not much has changed in 2007. And...we don't need to attack the girl on the flyer--there is nothing wrong with her, apparently she is just modeling for the wrong kind of ad.

I've already spoke my mind on that "light skin" foolishness of a flyer now I have to comment on the music posted: Omarion and Bow Wow...Good message with the "Hop in. Friends don't let friends drive drunk." However, you don't condone drunk drinking, but you do endorse getting a girls "cookies" while she's inebriated?! I'm just saying. It's still funny hearing Bow Wow rap about throwing some ass back. I like the Lil' Wayne's song. It's a different sound for him. It's more muture.

All of us people of color know good and well that the people in our families are light skinned and dark skinned...People need to stop that black on black discrimination..My mom was light skinned..I'm dark skinned...Who cares about skin tone

I am a libra and I'm dark brown skinned...People need to stop this light skinned and dark skin crap...Nobody is better because they are light skinned or dark skinned...BTW..My birthday is Tuesday..yippee

is wayne song about superhead cuz she is gettin married and Darius said that she couldn't see Wayne no more..

[quote comment="3147"]The same promoter two weeks prior hosted an event for chocolate sisters only. Same theme but for dark skinned sisters. Where is the uproar over that event?[/quote] lol I am not even going to touch that one... [quote comment="3136"]Corporate chick is on to something with regards to this "light-skinned party" - I think as many dark-skinned women should go as possible and then file a lawsuit for discrimination. According to the EEOC, discrimination can occur within the same race based on skin pigmentation, i.e. there is a case in Atlanta where the person was awarded $40,000. Another alternative would be to picket and protest the event. Whatever the choice is, please Black people don't just sit idly by and let this ignorance continue. Women (and men) of all hues should join in on this one.[/quote] Who wants the hassle of having to go to court in a situation like this one? I don't agree with the theme of the party as well, but it's not like the promoter prohibits anyone else, who doesn't fit the profile, from coming. This light skinned theme is almost the same as if a promoter would say: "Free Entry for any man above 6'3" or "Free entry for anyone with blue eyes". It's true that they should have thought about the aftermath and stupidity of their theme, but let's not look for a 500 lbs elephant where there isn't one, and move on.

There should have been.... This promoter is stupid............Black is Black......It's time for my people to stop this is....Don't we have have enough problems...

I'm loving this Weezy joint too. I'm also loving the sites new digs, although I'm sad we've upgraded past the ZShare days...this song would've been bumping in the iPod.

Great comments! I think that there is no real basis for a lawsuit only because dark skinned women are welcome; they just won't get in free. That is the same as "all women in free before 9:00." I think that the major issue is why we as black people constantly denegrate ourselves in the media/public. We cannot complain about the racism we face when we perpetuate it ourselves. How can we expect to change the preception without changing our thinking?

Ohhhh, the color complex strikes again. Soooo unfortunate. Damn!

About the light-skinned party - I completely agree that it was ridiculous and stupid. I heard the guy DJ Lish on the Russ Parr morning show today and he wasn't really defending it. In fact, he said that he realizes that it was stupid and that he cancelled the event. I think he said that they also had fliers advertising for "chocolate" women, and "caramel" women...not saying any of it was right, but it seems that he realized that as well...or maybe he just said it...who knows

[quote comment="3110"]As a light skinned female, I am DISGUSTED at this event. Its a shame how we black people even discriminate within ourselves. [b]If we dont love ourselves (ALL shades of black people--light, dark, yellow, red, blacker than all black) then how can we get upset at white America for hating us?[/b] Shit like this pisses me off. And the girl on the flyer looks like some random neighborhood girl.[/quote] EXACTLY!!!! As a dark-skinned woman I am definitely offended by this promotion. I wish that people (mostly Blacks) would stop putting light skin women on a pedestal and realize that beauty comes in all shades. And yes had this promotion been for brown skin or darkskin women I would feel the same way. Blacks can be just as ignorant as whites. Discrimination is wrong period but against your OWN race?

It's bad enough when we have to defend ourselves from other races when they view us as inferior because of our color, but to have this kind of uneducated nonsense floating around on a flyer makes me sick. It's pathetic when we discriminate within our own culture. Someone needs to educate(slap) this promoter with some black history books. I find the flyer neither cute nor amusing. It's pure disgusting.

I'm reading at work and the site looks good. I hope you don't get discouraged by negative comments. You do a great job. I am new to this site and I like how positive you are...usually if you can't say nothin' nice you post it and keep it moving.

I swear people will do/say anything for attention. The promoter wouldn't turn down money. The reason things don't change is because people buy into it. I'm sure people will turn up "just because it's free." Then the promoter will use that to throw a similar party. This is self hate and very sad.