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The black session

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Excuse all typos, I was rushing to get this out. Hope you all enjoy (:
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This rant is a week late, but aye, like we say...better late than (n)ever.

I mean there's a lot to talk about, but I think I'll just cover something I've been wanted to talk about but I just didn't know how to word it. So why not now. This is essential so let's go!

** note this is copied and pasted directly from tumblr, I didn't write this out, but these are some thoughts **

The "Angry Dark Skin Friend"

There's a common pattern in many forms of black media where there are 2 black female characters who are friends or sisters, one being lighter in skintone, while the other is darker. Even though darkskin and lightskin women form friendships all the time, the way they're commonly depicted in Black Media is what stands out and perpetuates certain stereotypes:

1. in the film/show/etc, the main character/focus of the 2 is typical the lighter skin woman
2. this makes the darker skin woman the "sidekick"
3. the lighter skin woman is portrayed as prettier, nicer, "classier", more reserved, and/or overall more likeable and desirable
4. the darker skin woman is portrayed as shady, mean, loud, desperate, abrasive, aggressive, and/or overall less attractive (many would say "ghetto")

These photos show just a few examples that came to mind...

Coming to America (1988) - The darker skin sister was more desperate for a man, chasing after Prince Akeem, Simi, and even her sister's ex-fiancé. In the frame of society's norms, this would be seen as "fast", "tacky" or lacking in morals, which would therefore, make her less fitting to be a wife.

House Party (1990) - The darker skin friend (AJ Johnson) was the louder, more outgoing friend who was ready to date both Kid & Play, whereas Tisha Campbell's character was more timid, and ended up being Kid's "better suited" love interest.