a girl like me

[verbicide]

You guys may have already read about this. Sarah forwarded it to me awhile ago, but I just sat down and watched the film. So sad. Skin color is a huge issue in Desi (Indian/Pakistani) culture, too. It's so deeply ingrained that even when you know it's stupid, you still sorta believe it.

"But this is a new doll test, conducted by Kiri Davis, a 17-year-old student from New York, for A Girl Like Me, her short film about black girls and standards of beauty."

A couple of articles about it:
http://www.btimes.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=10180&sID=3
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/15545216.htm

The film the article talks about:
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/index.php?id=2

Comments

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. I have to admit that I frequently forget that I'm not white. And then I'm caught off guard like, 'Oh. Right. I'm different.' I only think of it when I'm in a room where someone clearly has identified me as Not White (like, asking me about what country I'm from, etc.)

[brabble.livejournal.com]

You know, I forget that you're "not white" all the time. Until, as you say, we go to Cafe Apassionato or whatever and that weird lady is all about what country you're from. And then I'm just bemused that she would even ask that, because really what business is it of hers?

I just have better/more pressing things to Be Aware Of than my friend's skin color, I suppose. :b

[brabble.livejournal.com]

That said, I also forget that *I* am white, but that's probably because I live in Seattle, Land Of White People. I'm aware of it when I'm in the deep South, but then there's both a racial and a cultural divide.

So hm.