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Originally posted by crisaor
Well, I'm definitely up to see the gal/gal thing. :D
gal/gal thing..you mean guy/gal thing..?!
Or you did mean gal/gal thing..?
You're so not imaginative
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Originally posted by crisaor
Well, I'm definitely up to see the gal/gal thing. :D
gal/gal thing..you mean guy/gal thing..?!
Or you did mean gal/gal thing..?
You're so not imaginative
No, I definately think that he meant gal/gal. Or maybe gal/gal/gal. :D
You know..one day Man will be so left behind than Woman !!!
Sub, I meant girl/girl.
Why do you say I'm not imaginative? As a matter of fact, I'm imagining two girls right now... ;) :p
Here's to that. :DQuote:
Originally posted by IWilKikU
Or maybe gal/gal/gal. :D
haha your probably right! When that happens, let me know. I'll be to busy thinking about what Crisaor is thinking about to notice. :D :D :D :DQuote:
Originally posted by subterranean
You know..one day Man will be so left behind than Woman !!!
I thought this thread was going to be LESS shallow?? I'm real disappointed in all of you. ok, well, Halle Berry came up earlier, and I figured I'd steer this thing in the direction of the presentation of ethnic minorities by the mass media, since she wears so much foundation you can hardly tell she's black. Have you ever noticed that African Americans on TV are only ever half black? [maybe shouldn't be using word 'black.' don't mean to offend, but you know what I mean.......]
p.s. WHAT is up with guys' weirdo obssession with the whole thing??!! [what cris and kik are thinking about]
Why do people complain about this thread? There's been much worse stuff than this in the past, and you know it. Anyway, it's not THAT shallow... ;)Quote:
Originally posted by fayefaye
I thought this thread was going to be LESS shallow?? I'm real disappointed in all of you.
Half black? I'm sorry, I'm not following. Could you elaborate?Quote:
Originally posted by fayefaye
ok, well, Halle Berry came up earlier, and I figured I'd steer this thing in the direction of the presentation of ethnic minorities by the mass media, since she wears so much foundation you can hardly tell she's black. Have you ever noticed that African Americans on TV are only ever half black?
It's a men's thing. It's actually fairly common if you ask me. If one woman is enough to make us crazy, imagine what two together could do... :DQuote:
Originally posted by fayefaye
p.s. WHAT is up with guys' weirdo obssession with the whole thing??!! [what cris and kik are thinking about]
touch, crisaor. bottle that up and you've got something sweeter than yoohoo.
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just an fyi...sub-t, hon, you might want to review before posting: "half-breed" is about as offensive as it gets. so you know. because i realize you might not know this, and persons who are for example half german/half irish could correctly be called this, but it is nearly always used to put down persons whose parents are black and white. there's a book called "queenie" that illustrates it; it's not about persons of african descent, but the same stigma exists. there's nothing kind or open-minded about a term like this.
<I'm not racist, and I don't mean to be offensive, but I'm going to have to be un-PC.>
Sub, I meant that African Americans on TV are all/mostly token characters. And they make them look ... well, not very dark. It's as if they're trying to Euro-ise them, if that makes any sense. Like, in trying so hard not to discriminate, it seems as though they are discriminating. I mean, I'd hate to be given a job on some TV show as a token Asian because they need Asian characters to seem PC and come across as multicultural.
So sorry, I have edited that post. Never meant to wrote something bad :(
hey az, what's your opinion of the whole thing? what I wrote, I mean....
Well done faye :) very nice!
Hm...well. I recognize a lot of flaws when I start "opinionating" but, here we go. I think it's important to laugh and cry. I think it's important not to judge people, esp. at first glance, because you can't see inside their minds/hearts with quick, cursory glances. Because you don't know where they're coming from in that life, that week, that moment. Because there's always an unknown, X factor.
Probably when there was less accepted diversity in the media, token characters were better than nothing. But that's so hollow, and really there's no excuse for it anymore. And you're right, being PC isn't necessarily being multicultural - like, is someone portrayed stereotypically, in a stereotypical environment, and rote words coming out of their mouths? Something's wrong if so. On a personal note - will try to make this fast - when people see me, they often form instant opinions, and I am still blown away by that. It depends on the nationality they take me to be, and from there on, I shut down and look at the scene from out of the box, and they are left with their illusions.
Humans aren't about illusions. We're about us; the media - here have run out of thoughts :) - the media/corporations does/do generalize i think to be mainstream so lots of viewers to pay attention but I think actors/actresses could also do their part not to perpetuate roles that present them, and their cultural heritage one-dimensionally...
Case in point, "Girlfriends." I used to like and watch that show, but there was one show about not dating a man because he was too dark, etc. And I thought it may have been cute, witty, and fun once, but that episode saddened me and I stopped watching it. I think people are pretty. I loved reading the "O" magazine and learning how Oprah's heart was opened by a burn victim who had a heart of gold. I think the media encourages us to disconnect a lot. Wish it it wouldn't.
About African Americans - well, not everyone either talks and acts ghetto - urban if that's more PC - or is in corporate America trying to assimilate. (generalizing here) Tsk to the media for not portraying black people as people all the time. And the same for any other race, ethnicity, what have you. Everyone has hopes, dreams, hurts, families - or lack of, to some degree.
But, about minorities. It's nice to see minorities playing minorities now, instead of like when Shirley MacLaine back in the day was paid to portray an Asian woman (don't remember name of the film). And how else are myths and whatnot going to be dispelled unless they're aired? I would be interested in seeing more minorities on TV, though. It's like going to a different planet sometimes when turning the thing on. Not! like in California, for example, at all :).
Oy vey!!! what a mou'ful.