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Unrelated to black cinema, but interesting just the same.
An update from Crunk And Disorderly:
A local DJ and party promoter retreated Thursday from a plan to sponsor a bash that would let "light-skinned" black women into a downtown club for free.
But the "Light Skin Libra Birthday Bash" at Club APT on Woodward Avenue turned out to be a bashing -- of promoter Ulysses "DJ Lish" Barnes after word of the unusual party spread on the Internet.
"I made a mistake," Barnes said. "I didn't think there would be a backlash."Barnes, who said he's been a party promoter for six years, canceled the event.He said he has gotten angry calls and e-mails from around the country about the party."I didn't mean to offend anyone," he said. "I had planned a party for other shades (of black women). We were going to take a shade of color each week. Next week was going to be a party for 'Sexy Chocolate' and the week after that 'Sexy Caramel.' "Barnes is African-American and describes himself as "dark skinned."
The issue of skin color is an often painful and emotional among African-Americans. The history of slavery and the resulting legacy of intra-racial segregation have sometimes pitted darker-skinned and lighter-skinned blacks against one another.
From I.W.: Suuuuure he planned other parties for other skin tones.
8 comments:
mmkay, that's particularly messed up. so what happens if you're not light skinned? it's like a party from 1907.
i wonder if they do the paperbag test at the door. I hope women didn't put this together.
This is just wrong and stupid.
As on who is on the borderline of the paperbag, I have to wonder...would I make it? Certainly not after spending time on the beach...it is ridiculous that a darker woman would have to wonder if she could get in, or if she would have to pay. What kind of s__t is that? 1907 indeed.
Oh boy he shoulda known betta than that!Lmao,I know my black ass wouldnt make it in, paperbag or not.It was just a bit foul though,he should know how touchy that subject is.
This is just the dumbest idea I have ever heard
it's sending us back 300 hundred years.
yeah, i was gonna say, what's the cutoff? -do- they use a paper bag?
echt. dude, you know, maybe take a tip from the gay circuit: a "White Party" means what you WEAR...
just a stupid idea from conception.
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