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  • Aug 28, 2008, 10:21 AM
    avaanstar
    Biracial girls
    It seems to me that the media loves biracial (half black/half white) girls more than real black women. You constantly see celebrities that are mixed. Even in real life, biracial girls are loved. If you see a black woman and a white man together, the woman is usually mixed.

    Are biracial women seen as more attractive than full black women? What do you men think about this?
  • Aug 28, 2008, 10:33 AM
    tomder55
    And we like our black politicians bi-racial also... and our golf champs .

    Quote:

    You constantly see celebrities that are mixed
    I like Halle Berry . Is she bi-racial ?
    http://www.topnews.in/light/files/halle-berry.jpg
  • Aug 28, 2008, 10:36 AM
    progunr
    DAMN Tom!

    You just made my afternoon with that photo!

    Can't get enough of Halle, EVER!
  • Aug 28, 2008, 10:54 AM
    avaanstar
    http://highbridnation.com/wordpress/...11507_0001.jpg
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:00 AM
    progunr
    How the hell am I supposed to get any work done, with THESE types of distractions?
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:04 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    I'm sorry, but no, Beyonce is not bi-racial. Both of her parents are African American.
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:05 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Hey, what happened to the picture?
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:07 AM
    Curlyben
    Bit too large and was causing problems.
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:08 AM
    avaanstar
    http://www.product-reviews.net/wp-co...patchwork1.jpg
    http://2muchlyricz.files.wordpress.c...05/rihanna.jpg
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:08 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Ugh, now people are going to be like, "What the heck-arooni was ChiMom talking about?"
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:08 AM
    avaanstar
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma
    I'm sorry, but no, Beyonce is not bi-racial. Both of her parents are African American.


    Her father is African-American,
    Her mother is hispanic.

    Therefore, she's biracial.
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:10 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    There was an episode of The Tyra Show that addressed this very subject. I found it quite educational, perhaps you would to.
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:10 AM
    avaanstar
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Curlyben
    Bit too large and was causing problems.


    Are the pictures I just put on too much of trouble?
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:10 AM
    avaanstar
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma
    There was an episode of The Tyra Show that addressed this very subject. I found it quite educational, perhaps you would to.

    What did you learn?
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:14 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    Actually her mother is Creole, which is African American/French/Native American.
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:21 AM
    firmbeliever
    I don't understand the need to divide people by color or race, we are humans and whether we are beautiful or not on the physical side,all of us have hearts that beat,a body that feels pain,we are born,grow up,grow old,we live and we die.

    I don't know about bi-racial women being more loved or not,I know that many women are lusted after and even pushed by the media as objects and bodies,rather than persons and personalities.

    The insecurities of many women are being pushed in order for beauty products,plastic surgeons and whoever else benefits from women regarding their physical selves.

    If one is not of the right color,race,have the right figure,flawless skin,right hairdo,make-up and outfit,one is considered to be less than human?

    Obviously the media will push whatever sells best,whether they be humans,kids,animals or any other object/human they could exploit.

    Personally I have seen beautiful women who are from all over the world and yet none of them have the same figure or features.Some light skinned,light eyed,others dark skinned,some tall some short...

    Media is fickle and tend to jump from one subject to another depending on the popularity of the product.

    My advise would be to not take to heart whatever the media dishes out,but find your own inner comfort level and stay on that,don't let the media dictate your life.
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:22 AM
    ChihuahuaMomma
    I agree with FirmBeliever.
  • Aug 28, 2008, 11:23 AM
    firmbeliever
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma
    There was an episode of The Tyra Show that addressed this very subject. I found it quite educational, perhaps you would to.

    I saw it too,very interesting... as part of that series went onto compare religious,racial,ethnic backgrounds of different people.
  • Aug 30, 2008, 10:59 AM
    excon
    Hello a:

    In my view, it's not race. It's skin tone. I don't know WHY the caste system is at work, but it is. All over the world, lighter skinned people are preferred to darker skinned ones. You can see it at work here on the skin lightening board.

    Maybe someday we'll get past it. I don't know.

    excon
  • Aug 30, 2008, 08:13 PM
    Alty
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma
    Ugh, now people are gonna be like, "What the heck-arooni was ChiMom talking about?"

    What the heck-arooni was ChiMom talking about? :confused: :confused: :confused: :p

    Couldn't resist.

    As for bi-racial, I have a problem with that term, we are all of the same race, the human race, so how can someone be bi-racial?

    Just my opinion.

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