The girl talking for darkskinned women was actually very right. These days its like "its okay to be black.. Just not too black" that alone splits the whole black race cause now its not just black vs white. Its dark vs in the middle vs lightskinned vs etc. like the war hasnt ended, its only split into small little battles. Darkskinned women realise this more than lightskinned women because they are the ones that mostly get rejected by the men in their OWN race, due to their skin being "too black". Me being in the middle, i can definitly get a good insight from both ends
Janelle is speaking straight facts. I hate that they can’t see being lighter/ racially ambiguous is a privilege. Like why are they even trying to compare their struggles. It’s annoying and I hate how Tyra tried to make it seem like they are equal when EVERYBODY knows that dark skin black women are furtherest away from the western beauty standard
The darker skinned woman is GORGEOUS!! What the hell is wrong with people and society that they look at her and think otherwise? Her skin is such a rich and beautiful brown, her eyes are so lovely, I'm crushing hard on this woman! She's easily the most beautiful woman that's spoken on this show. People are BLIND!
I'm an African, born and raised in Africa and the majority of people in my country are actually either brown, very light or black. And in every 10 people, you will find atleast 3 very light skinned people. Its very natural and pretty normal to have those three different complexions in a family. Some countries have more light skinned people than others tho.!
The thing is, it is a given for a white person to be proud of their race when they are part of the dominant group. It is not a given for people of color who face many problems and are persecuted and made to feel ashamed for the color of their skin. So you do not get a round of applause because you already get the red carpet.
***** As George Carlin said, the entire "proud of my race" thing doesn't make sense. You have no control over who you're born as, so how can you be proud of that? You can be happy to be white/black/ect. but proud? That being said, I'm happy to be white and straight. It makes life easier, it seems.
Rebecca Wolf Proud in the face of a society that treats them as second class citizens. Blacks have been taught to be ashamed of their lot for much of history. It's saying, "I am who I am, and I am not ashamed of it. I have pride that I and my people can function in this adversity." It's not a pride as in "I am better and superior since I am black." I hope that clears it up a bit. And yes I agree, I am glad I was born "white" and straight. Life is easier (though it shouldn't be, of course.)
"the excitement they feel for you is the contempt they feel towards me " that lady was right on the point !!! the audience can go to hell for pretending not knowing what she was talking about. Racism/colorism(more prominent in today's society) will never go away unless we as a nation talk about it !!
I still don't know why mixed girls are complaining. It's actually funny watching people trying to guess what race I am. Like asking if I'm Persian or Indian or Cuban. Which no one can really guess because I'm a lot of things. But mixed girls are blessed.
I'm Venezuelan & Irish & I've heard everything from "You're obviously white" & people actually becoming angry when I tell them I'm mixed, from people thinking I'm totally Hispanic & rude customers at work speaking Spanish to me in a demeaning way because they think I'm an immigrant & don't speak English. I'm not complaining really, I'm used to it, I'm just saying how frustrating it can be to deal with so many ignorant people on a day to day basis, over something as trivial as race
Tyras kind of annoying. Notice how she always takes the situation and topic of her show and relates it to herself. She always brings it back to herself. Check that out when you watch her shows now.
+sports reviewkid Thats because most people who say that are people who only know the black people they see on television. They don't know the face of the black race beyond media and in the real world.
it really makes me sad when people hate on people with a darker shade of skin i see this all the time colored people hating on darker colored people! theres nothing wrong with being a darker shade. ITS BEAUTIFUL! personally i think the darker shades of skin is BEAUTIFUL! but that doesnt mean all the shades of skin cant be beautiful. i WISH one day everyone can see the beauty in light and dark shades of skin.....
omg, i understand! so many people walk up to me & ask me if i'm mixed and when i say no, they seen so disappointed. im like wtf? so my blackness isn't good enough for you? lol. if i was mixed, i'd embrace that, but i'm not so i just embrace myself lol
I am mixed myself (black, white and indian) . And I have never alienated someone for being darkskinned or lightskinned. Its your personality that matters not your complexion
regardless of their skin colour they are all beautiful... stuff like this makes me so sad because we are all exactly the same...but yet different.. and thats what makes the world a beautiful place to be because you can travel round the world and see people who are of different skin colours, speak differently languages, dress differently, different religions, different cultures...but we are all the same inside and its so so sad that people cant see past the physical appearances and love eachother
I'm Indonesian, and let me tell you about the term of exotic. It is how usually western people called something beautiful that they never seen before. Not only to girls, but also places. Idk how to make it easy to sounds, but when someone called you exotic, that means the person tells that you have your own beauty that he/she has never seen before. It is something good, I don't get why she is so offended. Exotic = You are beautiful in your own way!
At the end when they hugged, i teared up. Becasue i know what its like to be shunned down because of your complexion. This episonde really shed light on the way i felt growinq up.
Please don't ever play the guessing game, and if that is one of the the first things you bring up in a conversation is someone's ethnicity, even if you think you are framing it in a nice way, the ethnic person you are talking to thinks ethnicity is all you see. Which is probably true.
i went to a primarily black school maybe 15% white the rest were a black hispanic and asian majority in that order. and from what i could tell, the most racism was between black people amongst themselves, not between blacks and other races. i believe that a generational slave mentality is still on much of the culture and it's up to every individual person to pull themselves out of that and value themselves for their merits. NOT whatever color they happened to be.
take each person for who the are!!!... THAT'S SOOOOOOOO TRUE... I'm latina and while i grow up almost avery grown up told me that black people were many bad thing... but you have to met how they really is!!
i'm mixed w/my dad being black and native american and my mom jewish and other white european races and i have a pretty light tan/olive complexion, dark eyes and almost jet black, long, very curly hair and people can NEVER guess my race right and i get asked 1+ times EVERY week what my race is. people guess mexican, italian, dominican, phillipino, indian, arabian, mixed with "something", some type of hispanic race- it's never ending so i can kinda identify w/these ladies.
i get tired of hearing the dark girls problem.i acknowledge there pain but they refuse to acknowledge yours because your light skinned.like you being light skinned means no pain.our pain is pain just cause i don't get called the same exact words as you do doesn't make it any less painful for me.
I'm Mexican but I am one of the lighter shades of makeup like I'm extremely light skinned and I have really big hazel/green eyes. Plus my hair is dirty blond so it sucked for me in school. I grew up in Mexican neighborhoods in California and I remember kids always called me the girl with yellow hair and a little boy who was from the Philippines told me I couldn't play with the other kids during recess and when I asked him why he said that it was because I wasn't brown. Like everyone else.
Ohhhh . For heaven's sake . we ALL go trough stuff no matter what skin color we have . I am sick of this I'm proud to be black , to be white, to be gay .... to be whatever we are . Let's just accept everyone as a person !!! I mean i don't see the use of thinking one race is better, we can't stereotype cause everyone is different in their own way and I think its best like that cuz when I was a kid I didn't see the difference if the media or else would have told me . So stop it everyone :)
Due to historical wars and trades, it's highly unlikely that anyone in the world is 100% of a certain race and/or ethnicity. However, it makes sense for someone to call themselves "100% so-and-so" if you're not sure about your bloodline, plus it's likely that any other percentage of you is so insignificant. I'm annoyed with the woman who claimed that she has had it harder because she's darker. Everyone goes through hardships when it comes to race, it just happens in different ways.
Aww I loved when they hugged. It's just sad how being African American come with so much pain and hurt do to society and the media. Separating us to make us hate ourselves. Smh.. it really doesn't matter what color you are, why does dark have to be so bad. Alek Wek is a very dark skin super model and I think her skin is gorgeous!
@STLouis1995 I agree with you. If those girls say their black, then they are. At the end of the day they get to choose. I'm glad their proud to be black, since we got so many who claim biracial or multiracial, I'm glad to see someone who wants to be black. Sometimes the light skin girls are more prouder to be black then the lighter ones. In this world, what makes you black is your culture and experience, not necessarily color or race anymore.
I can kind of see where some of them are coming from. When I was younger I was dark as hell, you could absolutely tell I had Native American in me. & that was fine, I loved it. But I've always denied that fact that I'm half French-Canadian. A lot of people have this hate towards both the French and Canadians. I felt like people wouldn't like me as much if they knew. Watching this episode has opened my eyes that I need to embrace that side of me as well, & screw what people think.
if you read what i said again.... we are all the same but yet different... we all come into life by the same means... develop inside our mothers the same... made of the same cells... have the same organs... the same blood.... breathe the same air... but yet regardless of these similarities we are all very different and like i said that is what makes the world a beautiful place to live...the differences.
Fair enough there aren't alot of dark-skinned models on television or products for them, but I think that is just because coorporations don't see massive profit in it as it is to catering to the lighter end of skin tones. it's also business, not just prejudice.
It is simple economics. Whatever the majority race is in a country, that is going to be the predominant race that you would expect to see mirrored back in advertising and you are correct, that is not racist whatsoever. I wouldn't go to Nigeria and expect to see as many whites or Hispanics in television commercials and magazines over there as I would in the US, because whites are not a statistical majority in Nigeria. It's really just common sense marketing
i'm bright skinned. i'm black, hawaiian, native indian, spanish and french. i have never been more privilaged. i live in texas and its hell for me. i have had darker skinned black girls spit in my hair in high school and college, only to have school security laugh at me. maybe u have had it well but i never had....
even though i'm near 100% white (there's debate on whether or not i have some Native American heritage) i never state my ethnicity on, for example, the PSAT's or a job application.
I think people make stereotypes as a excuse to not knowing people different of them. It's so much easier to judge that trying to learn and knowing different races, religions,... I live in Europe and i'm in the university, in my class i have people from all over the world (usa, dubai, france, spain, brazil...) most from europe and we love to discuss our differences and learn a bit more of wich culture. We need to embrace our differences.
I'm Black,and I love it to prove other people wrong.Because they think I'm stupid,when I'm smart.And they think I get In trouble,when I don't.Another thing I hate is that a few black girls are like..."She act like a white person."SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS ACTING WHITE!?!?You don't have to be smart or good to be white.It is all based on your on individual behavior.I'm only 13 and it is aggravating when people try to tell me what I am."Your Black and White"No..well actually I have no clue
Yes, what people don't understand is that black is not just about skin color its a culture too. In the black community there are a range of colors. My grandmother was brown skinned but her 4 other sisters and brothers came out light browned skinned with grey eyes. Both of her parents were brown skinned.
PEOPLE!!!! give me a big thumbs up if there is only one "race"...the human race and being a person of a different color or ethnic background is perfectly fine!
i think of race as more of just a color.. versus your ethnicity, or nationality, you can be white but not be Caucasian, white is just the color. you can be white with black heritage or with an African American nationality :) just like there are albino africans, the color of their skin is white no matter their heritage, and thats not a bad thing.
@animegirl506 I agree. Italian Americans are people whose parents immigrated to the US, and they were born here, but are still 100% Italian. If their kids become mixed, they're not Italian Americans anymore.
I liked how she grabbed her and hugged her in the end, it was nice. Even if they all wanna be associated as the black woman in the audience. At least they both didn't the intiator didn't resent her for comparing and contrasting herself to them. As well as then one that received it also compared and contrasted to by them. That's really lovely! +=-D
@epiphany740 Darker skinned females take it upon themselves to feel crappy about their skin color. A lot of them use it as a crutch to get through life when they shouldn't. If people with darker skin were to embrace their beauty they wouldn't care what anyone else had to say. It's not an excuse because my sister and my mom are dark skinned and they get compliments and numbers all the time!! They embrace that their black is beautiful and don't care what anyone has to say about it.
that's neat that people ask > we shouldn't critiscize someone for asking or thinkin they have a "motive" The first lady stateed some neat things....sometimes we judge others and think they are thinkin something inncorrect > making ourselves victims
(part five) (...)and this can be responsible to persons with a certain morphology having more frequently a defect, but if you put children of different morphology growing up together you will see that morphology doesn’t influences behavior.
Can someone please explain this to me? How come people thought that Jenna (in the first part) looked stupid for identifying as white, but no one thought that the second two girls here looked stupid for identifying as black? What a massive double standard and hypocrisy!
Exactly my point... what you calculate is not a problem...what you do with that calculation is relevant. In that case you are not different from a white racist. Since I know that race as a biological construct does not exist, I have no judgement as to which ruler people use, it is the broader context of racism that counts
I think this goes along with every race. You can't look a certain race. Hispanics/latinos aren't always tanned, whites can look exotic, blacks can look like anyone, Asians can be pretty different also, native Americans, middle eastern etc.. That's why I always ask people what their nationality is and they always think I'm crazy but I don't like to automatically assume they may be something they aren't.
yes i see what you mean! im 100% Nigerian and i am dark skinned and have nappy hair but my cousin who is also 100% black is so light skinned she looks Hispanic! but she still has those traits like nappy hair an big lips and noses.
I'm glad to see Janelle to be so articulate, she did have many points. I think the other women who were biracial were taking things way far, "You have nice hair! Are you exotic?" what the hell, can't take a compliment? I thought the first two were definetly mixed white and African American. Tyra I feel always takes one side of things, she herself is light skinned, green eyed black woman, now dont say this 5'10 beauty had it harder than the other darker skinned brown eyed women out there.
Tyra has it right, go hug, know each other. I am an old white lady. Had no idea how many issues black people had. I never had these issues with blacks, never.💕
thankfully we are all different, and its a beautiful thing. i don't know what the hell i would do if everyone looked the same and had the same skin, features, character. etc.. i would get really bored after a while..
@janat39 I agree that they don't have to be dark skinned. However that is an exception because it will be a mutation. Unless the mutation is statistically significant compared to the rest of the population, it is disregarded. Therefore your skin color, which is determined by the genes you inherit will determine your skin color. If your father's side is very dark and your mothers is very dark, then so will you. In the scenario where light skin is inherited, ancestry needs to be determined.
Dang its crazy on both ends i mean im not too dark or to light but as you see its hard on both end kinda like oh if your to light your not black if your to dark your that sterotypical black and there is no in between because of how black are portrayed and how we basically portray ourselves. I mean i admit i wanted to be lighter but i have to learn to love who am that im beautiful the way I am. My black is Beautiful.
Being 100% black and having a pale complexion would mean that the individual has albinism (or some form of it). How can u assume that they're not using the one drop rule?
Im fully white and when i still dyed my hair black (yeah im back to my blonde hair these days..) so many people though i was asian! it didnt bother me.......Every ''race'' is beautiful!!
I believe that as long as you are alive there will always be a problem, the point is thing arent easy. As a matter of fact if your life is nothing but easy so far, look out
(part four) Maybe there are a lot of people with a determinate morphology doing bad things but are the bad cultural elements (not all the culture of a person) and the personality the responsible for the behavior, not the genes. In many countries people that have certain morphology has more probability to have certain history of life (for example the history may have favored more one group) (...)
The first one looks like a light skinned African American woman, the second looks mixed African-white, the third also looks mixed African white, but much more closer to white than African. Some African Americans in the US have 20 to 30% European DNA. The number of genes involved in making people differences is not huge, so if someone has 30% European DNA, in rare cases they may look quite European, but generally they will look like light skinned African American. Those who have one white and on
I feel what all of these women are saying...I'm pretty fair skinned & one of my sisters has pretty brown skin, another pretty chocolate skin & ppl act "shocked" when they find out that we have the same parents...my family is blessed to know our ancestry & ethnic roots but its just annoying how ppl continuously play on some of the stupidest assumptions & stereotypes! I've had ppl be mad @ me wheb I tell them that my mom isn't white, or that I'm not 100% anything...smdh
Janell thinks she's some authority? She can only speak for her own experiences. She can't pretend to know how hard it is for them any more than they can for her; and she certainly can't declare in truth that her situation is 100% without-a-doubt more difficult because she has positively no way of EVER knowing!! She's being the epitome of ignorant right here.
The girl talking for darkskinned women was actually very right. These days its like "its okay to be black.. Just not too black" that alone splits the whole black race cause now its not just black vs white. Its dark vs in the middle vs lightskinned vs etc. like the war hasnt ended, its only split into small little battles. Darkskinned women realise this more than lightskinned women because they are the ones that mostly get rejected by the men in their OWN race, due to their skin being "too black". Me being in the middle, i can definitly get a good insight from both ends
Janelle is speaking straight facts. I hate that they can’t see being lighter/ racially ambiguous is a privilege. Like why are they even trying to compare their struggles. It’s annoying and I hate how Tyra tried to make it seem like they are equal when EVERYBODY knows that dark skin black women are furtherest away from the western beauty standard
Because they are all equal.
Janelle is absolutely right! She's very well spoken and made great points.
The darker skinned woman is GORGEOUS!! What the hell is wrong with people and society that they look at her and think otherwise? Her skin is such a rich and beautiful brown, her eyes are so lovely, I'm crushing hard on this woman! She's easily the most beautiful woman that's spoken on this show. People are BLIND!
I'm an African, born and raised in Africa and the majority of people in my country are actually either brown, very light or black. And in every 10 people, you will find atleast 3 very light skinned people. Its very natural and pretty normal to have those three different complexions in a family. Some countries have more light skinned people than others tho.!
+Antares True 👌👏 I am African too lol
It shocks me that people are too stupid to know this
YO THAT DARK SKIN CHICK BEAUTYFUL
1:00 I'm 100% Caucasian and proud. Can I get a round of applause for that?
*crickets chirping*
Shh, don't say it outloud. The politically correct police is on its way.
The thing is, it is a given for a white person to be proud of their race when they are part of the dominant group. It is not a given for people of color who face many problems and are persecuted and made to feel ashamed for the color of their skin. So you do not get a round of applause because you already get the red carpet.
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As George Carlin said, the entire "proud of my race" thing doesn't make sense. You have no control over who you're born as, so how can you be proud of that? You can be happy to be white/black/ect. but proud? That being said, I'm happy to be white and straight. It makes life easier, it seems.
Rebecca Wolf Proud in the face of a society that treats them as second class citizens. Blacks have been taught to be ashamed of their lot for much of history. It's saying, "I am who I am, and I am not ashamed of it. I have pride that I and my people can function in this adversity." It's not a pride as in "I am better and superior since I am black." I hope that clears it up a bit.
And yes I agree, I am glad I was born "white" and straight. Life is easier (though it shouldn't be, of course.)
No
They are all pretty. I'm 100% black with brown skin & happy :)
pretty for a dark girl? shes beautiful full stop.
All these black women are beautiful!
"the excitement they feel for you is the contempt they feel towards me "
that lady was right on the point !!!
the audience can go to hell for pretending not knowing what she was talking about.
Racism/colorism(more prominent in today's society) will never go away unless we as a nation talk about it !!
She hating
I love this part. They're all so beautiful and I'm so glad that they're proud.
I still don't know why mixed girls are complaining. It's actually funny watching people trying to guess what race I am. Like asking if I'm Persian or Indian or Cuban. Which no one can really guess because I'm a lot of things. But mixed girls are blessed.
I'm Venezuelan & Irish & I've heard everything from "You're obviously white" & people actually becoming angry when I tell them I'm mixed, from people thinking I'm totally Hispanic & rude customers at work speaking Spanish to me in a demeaning way because they think I'm an immigrant & don't speak English. I'm not complaining really, I'm used to it, I'm just saying how frustrating it can be to deal with so many ignorant people on a day to day basis, over something as trivial as race
Tyras kind of annoying. Notice how she always takes the situation and topic of her show and relates it to herself. She always brings it back to herself. Check that out when you watch her shows now.
see guys i don't understand how people say black women don't have beauty but in this video all three women are 100 percent black and all are beautiful
+sports reviewkid Thats because most people who say that are people who only know the black people they see on television. They don't know the face of the black race beyond media and in the real world.
Who says black women don't have beauty? I've literally never heard anyone say that before...
@xplosivelilly
Yeah i know, those three girls might have parents that identify as black but they have non-black ancestry
it really makes me sad when people hate on people with a darker shade of skin
i see this all the time colored people hating on darker colored people! theres nothing wrong with being a darker shade. ITS BEAUTIFUL! personally i think the darker shades of skin is BEAUTIFUL! but that doesnt mean all the shades of skin cant be beautiful. i WISH one day everyone can see the beauty in light and dark shades of skin.....
It really makes me sad when ppl talk mean about ppl with lighter skin too.🤔🤔🤔.
The three women are referring to their black "identity" not their actual racial makeup.
The woman stage right really hit the nail on the head. It is SOCIETY'S problem.
That hug was heartwarming, aw
AUDIENCE GIRL WAS SO WELL SPOKEN! and righttttt.
omg, i understand! so many people walk up to me & ask me if i'm mixed and when i say no, they seen so disappointed. im like wtf? so my blackness isn't good enough for you? lol. if i was mixed, i'd embrace that, but i'm not so i just embrace myself lol
I am mixed myself (black, white and indian) . And I have never alienated someone for being darkskinned or lightskinned. Its your personality that matters not your complexion
Not to be rude to these women but absolutely NO ONE is 100% one type of race...just saying
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Im German, Irish, English, Scottish, American Indian, and I think thats it...I am proud of who I am and who my family is and where they come from.
2:26 her skin isnt just white, her bone structure also looks white. AMAZING!
regardless of their skin colour they are all beautiful... stuff like this makes me so sad because we are all exactly the same...but yet different.. and thats what makes the world a beautiful place to be because you can travel round the world and see people who are of different skin colours, speak differently languages, dress differently, different religions, different cultures...but we are all the same inside and its so so sad that people cant see past the physical appearances and love eachother
I'm Indonesian, and let me tell you about the term of exotic. It is how usually western people called something beautiful that they never seen before. Not only to girls, but also places. Idk how to make it easy to sounds, but when someone called you exotic, that means the person tells that you have your own beauty that he/she has never seen before. It is something good, I don't get why she is so offended. Exotic = You are beautiful in your own way!
The hug toward the end was cute. People just need to start using their human hearts instead of their skeptical minds.
That Janelle girl is gorgeous :)
Janell is so gorgeous, I'm proud to be black, and beautiful.
The girl in the middle looks like graveyardgirl
At the end when they hugged, i teared up. Becasue i know what its like to be shunned down because of your complexion. This episonde really shed light on the way i felt growinq up.
Please don't ever play the guessing game, and if that is one of the the first things you bring up in a conversation is someone's ethnicity, even if you think you are framing it in a nice way, the ethnic person you are talking to thinks ethnicity is all you see. Which is probably true.
People are just curious when they see a exotic/mixed looking person so they will ask. Its not that deep honestly
i went to a primarily black school maybe 15% white the rest were a black hispanic and asian majority in that order. and from what i could tell, the most racism was between black people amongst themselves, not between blacks and other races. i believe that a generational slave mentality is still on much of the culture and it's up to every individual person to pull themselves out of that and value themselves for their merits. NOT whatever color they happened to be.
omg what is this , a pitty party match of who has been discriminated most
take each person for who the are!!!... THAT'S SOOOOOOOO TRUE... I'm latina and while i grow up almost avery grown up told me that black people were many bad thing... but you have to met how they really is!!
That lady in the purple looks like a teddy bear
i'm mixed w/my dad being black and native american and my mom jewish and other white european races and i have a pretty light tan/olive complexion, dark eyes and almost jet black, long, very curly hair and people can NEVER guess my race right and i get asked 1+ times EVERY week what my race is. people guess mexican, italian, dominican, phillipino, indian, arabian, mixed with "something", some type of hispanic race- it's never ending so i can kinda identify w/these ladies.
i get tired of hearing the dark girls problem.i acknowledge there pain but they refuse to acknowledge yours because your light skinned.like you being light skinned means no pain.our pain is pain just cause i don't get called the same exact words as you do doesn't make it any less painful for me.
Audience lady is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pretty :)
I'm Mexican but I am one of the lighter shades of makeup like I'm extremely light skinned and I have really big hazel/green eyes. Plus my hair is dirty blond so it sucked for me in school. I grew up in Mexican neighborhoods in California and I remember kids always called me the girl with yellow hair and a little boy who was from the Philippines told me I couldn't play with the other kids during recess and when I asked him why he said that it was because I wasn't brown. Like everyone else.
Ohhhh . For heaven's sake . we ALL go trough stuff no matter what skin color we have . I am sick of this I'm proud to be black , to be white, to be gay .... to be whatever we are . Let's just accept everyone as a person !!! I mean i don't see the use of thinking one race is better, we can't stereotype cause everyone is different in their own way and I think its best like that cuz when I was a kid I didn't see the difference if the media or else would have told me . So stop it everyone :)
Due to historical wars and trades, it's highly unlikely that anyone in the world is 100% of a certain race and/or ethnicity. However, it makes sense for someone to call themselves "100% so-and-so" if you're not sure about your bloodline, plus it's likely that any other percentage of you is so insignificant.
I'm annoyed with the woman who claimed that she has had it harder because she's darker. Everyone goes through hardships when it comes to race, it just happens in different ways.
janel is freakin gorgeous. her skin is really pretty.
wow the black chicka with the big curls was GORGEOUS!
Banks is formatting the words to get the answer she wants
Aww I loved when they hugged. It's just sad how being African American come with so much pain and hurt do to society and the media. Separating us to make us hate ourselves. Smh.. it really doesn't matter what color you are, why does dark have to be so bad. Alek Wek is a very dark skin super model and I think her skin is gorgeous!
@STLouis1995 I agree with you. If those girls say their black, then they are. At the end of the day they get to choose. I'm glad their proud to be black, since we got so many who claim biracial or multiracial, I'm glad to see someone who wants to be black. Sometimes the light skin girls are more prouder to be black then the lighter ones. In this world, what makes you black is your culture and experience, not necessarily color or race anymore.
I can kind of see where some of them are coming from. When I was younger I was dark as hell, you could absolutely tell I had Native American in me. & that was fine, I loved it. But I've always denied that fact that I'm half French-Canadian. A lot of people have this hate towards both the French and Canadians. I felt like people wouldn't like me as much if they knew. Watching this episode has opened my eyes that I need to embrace that side of me as well, & screw what people think.
if you read what i said again.... we are all the same but yet different... we all come into life by the same means... develop inside our mothers the same... made of the same cells... have the same organs... the same blood.... breathe the same air... but yet regardless of these similarities we are all very different and like i said that is what makes the world a beautiful place to live...the differences.
she's saying it's society's problem but she is part of society.
Fair enough there aren't alot of dark-skinned models on television or products for them, but I think that is just because coorporations don't see massive profit in it as it is to catering to the lighter end of skin tones. it's also business, not just prejudice.
It is simple economics. Whatever the majority race is in a country, that is going to be the predominant race that you would expect to see mirrored back in advertising and you are correct, that is not racist whatsoever. I wouldn't go to Nigeria and expect to see as many whites or Hispanics in television commercials and magazines over there as I would in the US, because whites are not a statistical majority in Nigeria. It's really just common sense marketing
wow Janell is very pretty, It doesnt matter how dark you are, there is beauty in all shades
i'm bright skinned. i'm black, hawaiian, native indian, spanish and french. i have never been more privilaged. i live in texas and its hell for me. i have had darker skinned black girls spit in my hair in high school and college, only to have school security laugh at me. maybe u have had it well but i never had....
even though i'm near 100% white (there's debate on whether or not i have some Native American heritage) i never state my ethnicity on, for example, the PSAT's or a job application.
i agree, you can't change everyone,but you can change youself
That's right be proud of what and who you are
I think people make stereotypes as a excuse to not knowing people different of them. It's so much easier to judge that trying to learn and knowing different races, religions,... I live in Europe and i'm in the university, in my class i have people from all over the world (usa, dubai, france, spain, brazil...) most from europe and we love to discuss our differences and learn a bit more of wich culture. We need to embrace our differences.
I'm Black,and I love it to prove other people wrong.Because they think I'm stupid,when I'm smart.And they think I get In trouble,when I don't.Another thing I hate is that a few black girls are like..."She act like a white person."SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS ACTING WHITE!?!?You don't have to be smart or good to be white.It is all based on your on individual behavior.I'm only 13 and it is aggravating when people try to tell me what I am."Your Black and White"No..well actually I have no clue
the reality is that we're all mixed with something.
Janell's comments are very interesting and true.
Yes, what people don't understand is that black is not just about skin color its a culture too. In the black community there are a range of colors. My grandmother was brown skinned but her 4 other sisters and brothers came out light browned skinned with grey eyes. Both of her parents were brown skinned.
PEOPLE!!!! give me a big thumbs up if there is only one "race"...the human race and being a person of a different color or ethnic background is perfectly fine!
i think of race as more of just a color.. versus your ethnicity, or nationality, you can be white but not be Caucasian, white is just the color. you can be white with black heritage or with an African American nationality :) just like there are albino africans, the color of their skin is white no matter their heritage, and thats not a bad thing.
Yep!,I'm a light skinned black girl who is always classed as "Mixed"!
Black people come in all shades,...
@animegirl506 I agree. Italian Americans are people whose parents immigrated to the US, and they were born here, but are still 100% Italian. If their kids become mixed, they're not Italian Americans anymore.
Iam proud of what race i am.
I liked how she grabbed her and hugged her in the end, it was nice. Even if they all wanna be associated as the black woman in the audience. At least they both didn't the intiator didn't resent her for comparing and contrasting herself to them. As well as then one that received it also compared and contrasted to by them.
That's really lovely! +=-D
"yall got more in common than you think" exactlyyy !!!
"being African American. We all go through hard times" Um just because your black doesn't necessarily mean you will see hard times.
@epiphany740 Darker skinned females take it upon themselves to feel crappy about their skin color. A lot of them use it as a crutch to get through life when they shouldn't. If people with darker skin were to embrace their beauty they wouldn't care what anyone else had to say. It's not an excuse because my sister and my mom are dark skinned and they get compliments and numbers all the time!! They embrace that their black is beautiful and don't care what anyone has to say about it.
That girl from the audience in the purple had a valid point.
Stupid Tyra show for dismissing a point that goes against theirs.
that's neat that people ask > we shouldn't critiscize someone for asking or thinkin they have a "motive"
The first lady stateed some neat things....sometimes we judge others and think they are thinkin something inncorrect > making ourselves victims
No, since im light skinned and have long hair, some people think im not fully black but it dosent bother me much
(part five) (...)and this can be responsible to persons with a certain morphology having more frequently a defect, but if you put children of different morphology growing up together you will see that morphology doesn’t influences behavior.
Can someone please explain this to me? How come people thought that Jenna (in the first part) looked stupid for identifying as white, but no one thought that the second two girls here looked stupid for identifying as black? What a massive double standard and hypocrisy!
Story of my life! Love my mix.
Exactly my point... what you calculate is not a problem...what you do with that calculation is relevant. In that case you are not different from a white racist. Since I know that race as a biological construct does not exist, I have no judgement as to which ruler people use, it is the broader context of racism that counts
I think this goes along with every race. You can't look a certain race. Hispanics/latinos aren't always tanned, whites can look exotic, blacks can look like anyone, Asians can be pretty different also, native Americans, middle eastern etc.. That's why I always ask people what their nationality is and they always think I'm crazy but I don't like to automatically assume they may be something they aren't.
yes i see what you mean! im 100% Nigerian and i am dark skinned and have nappy hair but my cousin who is also 100% black is so light skinned she looks Hispanic! but she still has those traits like nappy hair an big lips and noses.
I'm glad to see Janelle to be so articulate, she did have many points. I think the other women who were biracial were taking things way far, "You have nice hair! Are you exotic?" what the hell, can't take a compliment? I thought the first two were definetly mixed white and African American. Tyra I feel always takes one side of things, she herself is light skinned, green eyed black woman, now dont say this 5'10 beauty had it harder than the other darker skinned brown eyed women out there.
Tyra has it right, go hug, know each other. I am an old white lady. Had no idea how many issues black people had. I never had these issues with blacks, never.💕
thankfully we are all different, and its a beautiful thing. i don't know what the hell i would do if everyone looked the same and had the same skin, features, character. etc.. i would get really bored after a while..
@janat39 I agree that they don't have to be dark skinned. However that is an exception because it will be a mutation. Unless the mutation is statistically significant compared to the rest of the population, it is disregarded. Therefore your skin color, which is determined by the genes you inherit will determine your skin color. If your father's side is very dark and your mothers is very dark, then so will you. In the scenario where light skin is inherited, ancestry needs to be determined.
i actually only found it hard to be dark when it came to dating black men. but black men arent the only men so im chillin
Dang its crazy on both ends i mean im not too dark or to light but as you see its hard on both end kinda like oh if your to light your not black if your to dark your that sterotypical black and there is no in between because of how black are portrayed and how we basically portray ourselves. I mean i admit i wanted to be lighter but i have to learn to love who am that im beautiful the way I am. My black is Beautiful.
I didn't even know racism like the 'slave black' thing that woman talked about even existed...
The US has a lot of issues.
Being 100% black and having a pale complexion would mean that the individual has albinism (or some form of it). How can u assume that they're not using the one drop rule?
be proud who you are, not what shows
Im fully white and when i still dyed my hair black (yeah im back to my blonde hair these days..) so many people though i was asian! it didnt bother me.......Every ''race'' is beautiful!!
Thank heavens! I appreciate you clearing that up, I am losing my faith in humanity, at least the humanity that watches Tyra :P
@Tantalons all people of every race are beautiful
I believe that as long as you are alive there will always be a problem, the point is thing arent easy. As a matter of fact if your life is nothing but easy so far, look out
(part four) Maybe there are a lot of people with a determinate morphology doing bad things but are the bad cultural elements (not all the culture of a person) and the personality the responsible for the behavior, not the genes. In many countries people that have certain morphology has more probability to have certain history of life (for example the history may have favored more one group) (...)
The first one looks like a light skinned African American woman, the second looks mixed African-white, the third also looks mixed African white, but much more closer to white than African. Some African Americans in the US have 20 to 30% European DNA. The number of genes involved in making people differences is not huge, so if someone has 30% European DNA, in rare cases they may look quite European, but generally they will look like light skinned African American. Those who have one white and on
The lady that coined the term,'slave black' has really gorgeous eyes.
I feel what all of these women are saying...I'm pretty fair skinned & one of my sisters has pretty brown skin, another pretty chocolate skin & ppl act "shocked" when they find out that we have the same parents...my family is blessed to know our ancestry & ethnic roots but its just annoying how ppl continuously play on some of the stupidest assumptions & stereotypes! I've had ppl be mad @ me wheb I tell them that my mom isn't white, or that I'm not 100% anything...smdh
Janell thinks she's some authority? She can only speak for her own experiences. She can't pretend to know how hard it is for them any more than they can for her; and she certainly can't declare in truth that her situation is 100% without-a-doubt more difficult because she has positively no way of EVER knowing!!
She's being the epitome of ignorant right here.