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Comment on When Advertisers Positively Acknowledge Black Women #3 by samadhi101

samadhi101 — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:55:13 +0000

Ah, BW and AM: the most underrated men and women in society. I'm agreeing with everyone on the Blasian one I've been watching a lot of Korean dramas lately though and it really is inspiring how Asian men turned their image around by creating stories where they are action heros and love interests, in less than 10 years! I'm seriously taking notes.

Comment on When Advertisers Positively Acknowledge Black Women #3 by Jaw

Jaw — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:48:19 +0000

Hello Faith! How are you? Great observations you have here. I absolutely LOVE the Blasian one. You, there is this one Kraft did with a BW and her kids. It so freaking sweet. I have been looking for it. If I find it, will send it to you. There was a T-Mobil Blasian commercial I saw. At least I think it was T-Mobile. I will look for it too. Take care.

Comment on When Advertisers Positively Acknowledge Black Women #3 by Faith

Faith — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:25:45 +0000

While McDonalds certainly doesn't offer the healthiest food (yeah you can have a salad) I liked the Blasian ad. They were both outliers. The BW was confident but not "sassy". I even think she's natural but styled her hair in a curly roller set. The AM line about not being chicken was definitely intentional in reinforcing masculinity. Thanks for commenting!

Comment on When Advertisers Positively Acknowledge Black Women #3 by Betty Chambers

Betty Chambers — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:44:54 +0000

I have noticed these ads. They're memorable, because they feature attractive, lovely and NICE black women acting "normal".

I really like the Asian guy and black woman ad the best. At first, I thought he was Latino (not that it matters), but I figured he was Asian, because he's being as "rebellious" as she is. He wanted to eat chicken, not be one. I've read on some blogs that Asian guys hate being portrayed as cowardly, weird or nerdy. So whoever made that ad was very aware of these issues.

And I think I've seen an Asian guy and black woman in a print ad (on another website), but not in a commercial. I'd certainly like to see more of them.

Comment on When Advertisers Positively Acknowledge Black Women #3 by Faith

Faith — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:53:01 +0000

They are!

Comment on When Advertisers Positively Acknowledge Black Women #3 by Formavitae

Formavitae — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:32:35 +0000

These are cute.

Comment on The Dr. Seuss Response To Prejudice Adults Should Revisit by Faith

Faith — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:31:32 +0000

You're in such a great place to avoid many pitfalls. Which is such a relief to hear!! You'll have all the friends and allies you want.

Comment on The Dr. Seuss Response To Prejudice Adults Should Revisit by samadhi101

samadhi101 — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:49:55 +0000

"I wish white racism WAS our main problem! "
Haha, me too. After a lot of pondering and reading ,it dawned at me that BM are against black group advancement not only because they believe blacks are inferior but because they feel the only power they have is their sexual freedom. When the time came to choose between group advancement vs getting laid they chose the latter. How embarrassing! Since that realization I lost ALL respect and attraction for them. Now when I hear the same old cliched discussions (BW get mad when BM go with WW,downtrodden negro stories etc.) they might as well be speaking in Mandarin. I wanna say "BM are of no use us: they don't want blacks to be an autonomous group and thats their choice. However, smarter BW don't want to be the servants of servants forever so were movin on!" I do get pumped when I think of smart BW supporting each other and becoming allies with people who understand the meaning of reciprocity. THATS an actual community and its becoming more of a reality everyday.

Comment on The Dr. Seuss Response To Prejudice Adults Should Revisit by Faith

Faith — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:46:09 +0000

It takes months or years to REALLY understand and apply BWE principles. I greatly appreciate the fact you went through the archives. mid-2009 was my wake-up alarm! I used to think it was "low-class" BM who are the male Marie Antoinettes and straight up DBRs. Afterwards I realized it was ALL of them to varying extent. Men's basic instinct is to ALWAYS put their interests first. Knowing that empowers women to watch behavior and set firm boundaries so they're not taken advantage of.

Yes, these BW-haters still care enough about exposure to engage. I used to try to reason with them because I couldn't believe the extent of their conquered minds, inferiority complexes, envy of white men, self-hate AND specific FEAR, HATE & JEALOUSY of black women (which increases the blacker they look or if called out on their &^%*). Now I know better and put on my NigNore filter.

They don't even have to be verbally abusive, openly aggressive, physically menacing or intentionally obtuse though most are. They can be good-looking, soft-spoken and friendly. Their apathy and silence covers the rest. The ONE "good" BM as exception, aka "purple unicorn" changes nothing!

Once more BW accept this there will be a shift in how ALL BW are treated. It's about SUPPLY & DEMAND! I'm not invested in how BM fare in life because they've shown 1000% DISLOYALTY. If someone personally assists me that's different, but I never ASSUME.

The MAIN opposition to BM accountability is other BW who are scared, bitter, deaf, dumb and blind. MOST of the BW reading these forums are NOT doing anything to change and they resent giving up the "BM drug" for HEALTHY interactions. They support KNOWN enemy combatants and stay tethered to Blackistan physically/mentally. Then there's the poacher/infiltrators – esp some B W bloggers who think dating a WM means they're allies. NOPE!

At the end of the day no one else matters. If individual BW supported each other properly no one else would be an insurmountable problem. See, I like myself. I like being black (features, skin color, nappy hair). I like being a woman. I don't feel inferior. I know who I am (and I couldn't say that when I was 24 so brava!!!!!). I can claim my AA heritage with pride. I can see areas where I need to improve but that's okay because it elevates my life.

I don't think the more recent generations of US native black population set the necessary standards so the collective is full of the walking dead. I wish white racism WAS our main problem!

Comment on The Dr. Seuss Response To Prejudice Adults Should Revisit by samadhi101

samadhi101 — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:40:28 +0000

"As time goes on you may come to realize they know EXACTLY what they're doing! Subversion and Subjugating the interests of Black Women for their own."
I have to keep reminding myself that they know what their doing. I recently turned 24 so I guess I'm still a little naive and Its a little more comforting to think "These people are just dumb." I've gone through all your old blog post and the ones that kinda shocked me were the blog posts on Jimi Izrael and Toure: They both actually came to your site and commented. Huh? I mean really? Why would two "high profile" black men come to a women's forum (as much as I love the BWE message, I know I would be crucified if I talked about any of the issues with mainstream black folks. Gawd! Its like the French resistance during WW2. I can't imagine this message was exactly mainstream when they commented on your site.) Since, I'm a detective, I wondered if other women sites were calling out Jimi's misogyny and I found an article on Womanist Musing about his book and guess what? He went to that site and commented too! "Subversion and Subjugating the interests of Black Women for their own." You got that right! The outright policing of any negative criticism directed at them was beyond childish, it was downright sinister. Sorry to bring up old topics but recalling those old posts made me click with what your saying.