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I found your response to the individual’s comments on mixed children from last week a bit surprising. As a journalist, I feel your defensive tone was unnecessary, and the fact that you called this person a “hater” was not the best way to handle the situation. Rather than merely listening to this individual’s perspective and providing thoughtful remarks, you attacked the person’s opinion and resorted to name-calling. I mean really, was this necessary? Everyone tolerates your commentary when you state how someone looked “less than stellar” at the latest St. Louis happenings, or how certain people should avoid certain types of clothing due to their body shape or whatever may be the case. No one calls YOU a hater, now do they?
But when it comes to such an important topic as this one, your response did not help soothe any of the problems that we have among US as a people. Yes, racism is an ugly thing, but you CANNOT DENY that we have a problem in our community with INTRA-discrimination n discrimination against our people in regards to skin tones, hair textures, etc. And your comments from two weeks ago still shows we are still mesmerized by “good hair,” light skin tones and mixed children. Yes, we know you didn’t mean that BLACK CHILDREN are not beautiful. I knew you would provide that piece of consolation. But the fact is that your antagonistic response avoided the REAL issue: We (as a people) still have implicit views on what constitutes real beauty in the black community. I agree whole-heartedly with the writer from last week that your comments confirm this epidemic just won’t die when it comes to beauty and it’s correlation to being mixed, light skin, etc. in the black community.
Guess you can call me a hater, too.
Gina Banks