Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Tyra, Mixies, and Black/brownface

Um.

Tyra has founded the neo blackface fashion spread - by way of mixies. I have to say, the shame i sometimes have of my kind - induced by huge egos, cluelessness, uppitiness, bourgieness, selling our darker kin down the river (sometimes literally), and internalized white supremacy - was actually in direct proportion to the stupidity of this episode.

choice quotations:
"think about Egypt, the people, what they've been through"

"in Botswana, music is heard everywhere you go"

"Hapa means half in Hawaiian"

2 comments:

  1. Is this from Tyra's show or from ANTM? I am boycotting the short version of ANTM that I was so excited about, based on Tyra's clear annoyance and discrimination of shorties.

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  2. i started boycotting ANTM a few years ago when i realized i couldn't take all the excited screaming.

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