Comments on: Passing The Buck and The Brown Paper Bag Test http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html Pontifications, coonery, quips, blasphemy, miscegenation, freshness, concern for celebrity life, the beauty of blackness, the sorrow of work-life, the curse of brilliance, and sassy stories. [Pop culture criticism, entertainment reviews, and humor writing by Thembi Ford.] Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-8235 Thembi Ford Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:17:36 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-8235 @Light skinned dude As I said before, this is a reading comprehension issue. My writing is satirical social commentary. I discuss social trends in the black community of all sorts and skin color is not off limits in any direction. Saying that light skinned men are out of style refers to the very well known shift in the standards of beauty in Hollywood and the music industry away from light men like Christopher Williams and over to darker men like Tyson Beckford. You don't like that FACT? Boo hoo. You don't like that I choose to discuss that FACT - BIGGER boo hoo. These social shifts in beauty standards occur for all aspects of physical appearance for example womens weight, another thing that I discuss in my work. But since you landed on a post almost 2 years old, its obvious that you googled something in search of a slight towards light skinned people. When you look for something maliciously you usually find it, so continue your small minded, defensive quest to protect the sanctity of fair skin and don't return to this site. @Light skinned dude
As I said before, this is a reading comprehension issue. My writing is satirical social commentary. I discuss social trends in the black community of all sorts and skin color is not off limits in any direction. Saying that light skinned men are out of style refers to the very well known shift in the standards of beauty in Hollywood and the music industry away from light men like Christopher Williams and over to darker men like Tyson Beckford. You don’t like that FACT? Boo hoo. You don’t like that I choose to discuss that FACT – BIGGER boo hoo. These social shifts in beauty standards occur for all aspects of physical appearance for example womens weight, another thing that I discuss in my work. But since you landed on a post almost 2 years old, its obvious that you googled something in search of a slight towards light skinned people. When you look for something maliciously you usually find it, so continue your small minded, defensive quest to protect the sanctity of fair skin and don’t return to this site.

]]> By: light skinned dude http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-8221 light skinned dude Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:57:18 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-8221 When you state things like "light skinned men" are out of style it can be construed as a put down. This is because people are not styles or fads, they are people. When you objectify people it is insulting. Whether it is a BET video denigrating women or a blog that takes pot shots at men who have light complexions. But I'm done preaching. Take care. When you state things like “light skinned men” are out of style it can be construed as a put down. This is because people are not styles or fads, they are people. When you objectify people it is insulting. Whether it is a BET video denigrating women or a blog that takes pot shots at men who have light complexions. But I’m done preaching. Take care.

]]> By: Thembi Ford http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-7231 Thembi Ford Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-7231 @Light skinned dude No one is putting down light skinned people. All you're doing is demonstrating your lack of reading comprehension. @Light skinned dude
No one is putting down light skinned people. All you’re doing is demonstrating your lack of reading comprehension.

]]> By: light skinned dude http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-7227 light skinned dude Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:21:59 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-7227 why do you put down light skinned BLACK PEOPLE in the same breath you big up dark skinned women on this blog? esteem is not finite. Those insecurities you had, and still have clearly, do not have to be charged back to light people. There is enough room for everyone to feel good about themselves. you are actually part of the problem when you engage in that sort of behavior. speaking of your good hair gone bad posts... why do you put down light skinned BLACK PEOPLE in the same breath you big up dark skinned women on this blog? esteem is not finite. Those insecurities you had, and still have clearly, do not have to be charged back to light people. There is enough room for everyone to feel good about themselves. you are actually part of the problem when you engage in that sort of behavior. speaking of your good hair gone bad posts…

]]> By: AllPeople (AP) Gifts http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-6128 AllPeople (AP) Gifts Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:13:47 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-6128 . The legend of the existence of so-called ‘Brown Paper Bag’ Tests; ‘Blue Vein’ Societies; ‘Fine-Toothed Comb’ Tests; etc. – have been PROVEN by multiple historians to have been (very much like the infamous so-called ‘Willie Lynch Letter / Speech’ HOAX and the myth of a Light-Skin ‘House’ / Dark-Skin ‘Field’ chattel=slave “hierarchy) nothing more than a series of ‘Urban Myths’ and ‘Urban Legends’ created in order to incite unmerited hostility toward people of Multiracial Lineage. Write to me at soaptalk@hotmail.com and I can provide you to bibliography, links and other sources which prove that that these urban myths and legends are unfair and true. . .

The legend of the existence of so-called ‘Brown Paper Bag’
Tests; ‘Blue Vein’ Societies; ‘Fine-Toothed Comb’ Tests; etc.
– have been PROVEN by multiple historians to have been
(very much like the infamous so-called ‘Willie Lynch Letter /
Speech’ HOAX and the myth of a Light-Skin ‘House’ / Dark-Skin
‘Field’ chattel=slave “hierarchy) nothing more than a series of
‘Urban Myths’ and ‘Urban Legends’ created in order to incite
unmerited hostility toward people of Multiracial Lineage.

Write to me at soaptalk@hotmail.com and I can provide you
to bibliography, links and other sources which prove that
that these urban myths and legends are unfair and true.

.

]]> By: JP http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-4796 JP Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:13:55 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-4796 the only thing that seems off in the Loreal ad is Beyonce's nose ,with lighting, a high yellow person like Beyonce could only get lighter My mom's black, but very fair-skinned, and in the summer she looks like Beyonce on the left, but in the winter she's just as pasty as the Loreal ad... especially in photos when we use flash... so you never know, maybe the pic came out that light because of the lighting, even Oprah looks lighter on her show sometimes, because of all them dang stage lights the only thing that seems off in the Loreal ad is Beyonce’s nose ,with lighting, a high yellow person like Beyonce could only get lighter

My mom’s black, but very fair-skinned, and in the summer she looks like Beyonce on the left, but in the winter she’s just as pasty as the Loreal ad… especially in photos when we use flash… so you never know, maybe the pic came out that light because of the lighting, even Oprah looks lighter on her show sometimes, because of all them dang stage lights

]]> By: bklyn6 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-2231 bklyn6 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-2231 Lil Kim Jong-il. Lil Kim Jong-il.

]]> By: Thembi http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-2205 Thembi Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:17:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-2205 "ambiguously negroe intergalactic fascist despot"????<br/>Reg, this is why I adore you. “ambiguously negroe intergalactic fascist despot”????
Reg, this is why I adore you.

]]> By: Reginald Dorsey http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-2204 Reginald Dorsey Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-2204 A 30ft. high Beyonce? Like the updated Colossus-at-Rhodes, or something? Sort of like when Return of the Jedi was first in the theaters, and the soda machine at the concessions stand was supposed to be the little control panel inserted into Darth Vader's chest cavity. It literally looked like Darth Vader was dispensing ginger ale directly out of his aorta. To this day I associate teh smell of buttered popcorn with an ambiguously negroe intergalactic fascist despot. A 30ft. high Beyonce? Like the updated Colossus-at-Rhodes, or something? Sort of like when Return of the Jedi was first in the theaters, and the soda machine at the concessions stand was supposed to be the little control panel inserted into Darth Vader’s chest cavity. It literally looked like Darth Vader was dispensing ginger ale directly out of his aorta. To this day I associate teh smell of buttered popcorn with an ambiguously negroe intergalactic fascist despot.

]]> By: Lola Gets http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-2200 Lola Gets Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/08/passing-the-buck-and-the-brown-paper-bag-test.html#comment-2200 Girl, you broke it down in this post!<br/><br/>and this,<br/>"3 or 4 bonus "lightskinned points,"<br/><br/>had me crying at work! Girl, sometimes, all a girls got are her 'lightskinneded points." And lets not forget the "long hair points" either, because, unfortunately, they do count!<br/><br/>It amazes me that a woman could have the face of a Rottweiler, and still get serious play, all due to whats on her head.<br/><br/>Eh, well.<br/><br/>Again, this post was excellent.<br/><br/>L Girl, you broke it down in this post!

and this,
“3 or 4 bonus “lightskinned points,”

had me crying at work! Girl, sometimes, all a girls got are her ‘lightskinneded points.” And lets not forget the “long hair points” either, because, unfortunately, they do count!

It amazes me that a woman could have the face of a Rottweiler, and still get serious play, all due to whats on her head.

Eh, well.

Again, this post was excellent.

L

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