3. Commercial Appeal
I understand having to “pay the bill,” but the multiple commercial breaks really took me out of the film. You felt like you barely got in a good stride in the documentary before your concentration was cut again with more words from the sponsors. Speaking of–the placement of an ad for skin correcting cream was just…weird.
4. Ignorance Reigns Supreme
From the guy in the documentary who claimed that “Dark skinned girls look funny beside him,” to the two friends in the documentary who made difficult-to-understand jokes about dark skinned girls being mean to most people, I was shocked that these men were chosen to offer their opinions on the topic.
LMFAO RT @PrinceHAK33M: LMAO nigga said he noticed light skin girls first because its dark in the club. I’m out of here—
Lemmiwinks (@CheesusSlice) June 24, 2013
5. Dark Skin Versus Light Skin
I do believe the counter argument for light skinned girls would be an interesting topic of conversation to open up alongside the dark skinned girls chat. However, to use this forum as a chance to spark up a battle is ridiculous. This documentary is to continue a taboo conversation, but starting a baseless battle takes the potency level down a few notches.
When light skin girls act crazy it’s sexy. When dark skin girls act crazy it’s animalistic.—
Q (@__quanjohnson) June 24, 2013
Lol RT @Supbishes: It’s like guys don’t prefer light skinned girls…There just seems to be more better looking light girls them dark girls—
Toney Fillmore (@KingIsaPOD) June 24, 2013
A little upset I missed the #DarkGirls conversation charge it to lightskin privilege—
Belle Unchained (@unchainedBelle) June 24, 2013
”The lighter skinned black people put themselves on a pedal stool above the darker..’ #DarkGirls—
Nneoma (@SandeeOberrie) June 24, 2013
(Pedal stool though?)
Ok. What I’m not gonna do is sit up here and do the whole ‘dark skinned women have it worse than light skin women’ convo. Not doing it.—
Bené Viera (@WrittenbyBene) June 24, 2013
Dark skin and light skin is not the issue. It’s the fact that women use male perspective as their source of validation. #darkgirls—
C. Nwabeke (@cnwabeke) June 24, 2013
The #Darkgirls VS #LightGirls Lightskin vs Darkskin mentality is actually a Slave mentality ….thatz how Slave owners controlled slaves—
Malikai ™ (@MALIKAI) June 24, 2013
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