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?

BOO HOO, I'm a baby

Why oh why are schools in Washington State trying to ban booing, heckling, and other forms of intimidation and distraction at school sporting events? I am all in favor of creating positive environments, but this is foolishness.

I have several friends and associates who are parents and educators and the more I speak with them about what's going on the more I see why I as an employer have difficulty finding competent staff.

We are coddling our kids and creating soft idiotic adults! Life is hard, no one gets second chances in the real world. If your boss tells you to get something done and you drop the ball, your ass will end up employed right? So please tell why when these little clowns don't turn in their homework for an entire semester, teachers are ordered to give them make up assignments so that they won't fail?

We are not doing them any favors just pushing them through and giving them the easy way out. So when they get to me and their asses don't come to work on time or deliver half-ass assignment's and get shown the door, they're confused because they always used to get make-up credit. There are no makeup credits in the real world sweetie, sorry. The whole point of parenting and educating children is to prepare them for the REAL WORLD. No one loves you out here.

I, a hardworking, thorough talented person have had my ass handed to me several times b/c no one told me about how to play the Office Politics game. See I thought all you had to do was work hard, be honest, and play nice and the world would be mine. WRONG, I had to learn to the hard way its not just what you know, its who you know, and how you work it.

We need to teach these kids what's really up. If these athletes make it to the NBA, NFL, or Major Leagues people will heckle distract and do all other sorts of things. One of the marks of a good player is his or her ability to focus in spite of the obstacles in their path. I remember having to tune-out the jeers, hisses, and hecklers as I stood at the free throw line to take the shot. Back then it was 3 bounces, 2 rotations of the rock, and a strong follow-through, the rest of it didn't matter. Now as an adult, whenever the going gets rough I just tune-out the haters and focus on my goals.

I really worry about the future, b/c I see a bunch of little punks coming out of the school systems who think we owe them something. I'll just say this, if your child comes to work for or with me, they better be able to handle the pressure or I'll have to show 'em the door.

Pot for Tots

Okay so I know we're going to weigh in differently on whether or not marijuana should be legal, but I hope we all can agree that 2 & 4 year olds do not need to smoke...anything!

I was attempting to go to sleep and I see this foolishness on several news channels and yes I was shamed b/c they were black men giving it to little children :-(.

I just don't understand people's thought process sometimes. I am soooo shamed.