Light-skinned Girl party, WTF??!!

I am so shamed that this mess went down in Detroit, but even so I still have to call 'em out! I NEVER EVER would have thought a black person would do some mess like this!

Amid furor, DJ cancels party for 'light-skinned' blacks

'I made a mistake,' local party promoter says after Internet backlash.

Oralandar Brand-Williams / The Detroit News

DETROIT -- A local DJ and party promoter retreated Thursday from a plan to sponsor a bash that would let "light-skinned" black women into a downtown club for free.

But the "Light Skin Libra Birthday Bash" at Club APT on Woodward Avenue turned out to be a bashing -- of promoter Ulysses "DJ Lish" Barnes after word of the unusual party spread on the Internet.

"I made a mistake," Barnes said. "I didn't think there would be a backlash."

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Barnes, who said he's been a party promoter for six years, canceled the event.

He said he has gotten angry calls and e-mails from around the country about the party.

"I didn't mean to offend anyone," he said. "I had planned a party for other shades (of black women). We were going to take a shade of color each week. Next week was going to be a party for 'Sexy Chocolate' and the week after that 'Sexy Caramel.' "..... read the entire article here>>

My thoughts

I find it hard to believe that this promoter didn't realize that this concept wouldn't fly. However if it is true, it only shows what a critical state much of our community is in. His willingness to green-light this concept shows a true lack of understanding about the legacy of the color complex in this country. I am reminded of Kanye West's comments about the racially mixed women in the music videos:
"If it wasn't for race mixing there'd be no video girls. Me and most of our friends like mutts a lot. Yeah, in the hood they call 'em mutts". If anyone thought this was no longer an issue, welcome to reality.

Moreover, to play the devil's advocate, if for some strange reason, he still wanted to do this, if he had any sense of consciousness, it would seem that common sense would dictate that you not start with the "light-skinned" girls first. This shows an even deeper disregard for the emotional scars that our melanin-rich sisters carry as they are constantly bombarded with images that say they are not beautiful!


I hope that this young man has learned from this situation and that as a community we can see that it is imperative to educate our youth about our history and culture so that we do not show ourselves to be this ignorant and thoughtless in our endeavors.

To be clear I am 100% in disagreement to this party as a concept considering the history of intra-racial prejudice in our community and suggested that he start with dark-skinned women to simply switch up the all to common deference to less-african looking members of our community, and to give an example of how it would have been taking the sensitive nature of this subject into account.

Where do you weigh in on this issue?