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\\\"So, apparently, every time someone casts a light-skinned African, they\\\'re not black enough? What is this implying? That light-skinned blacks are not black, or that they\\\'re pawns of the media to cater to obviously racist consumers of media?\\\"
Well, it\\\'s probably more of the latter, and it\\\'s more of a ViewersAreMorons thing where these advertising/tv/film casting agencies think that mainstream (read: white) audiences would accept a light-skinned actress (almost ALWAYS actress, not actors) would be \\\"safer\\\" and more attractive.
As for the Halle Berry thing, that statement wasn\\\'t implying she was \\\"less African\\\" but really, think about what I said upthread. How many \\\'\\\'\\\'well-known\\\'\\\'\\\' black female sex symbols can you think of? Most people would probably say Beyonce, Halle, Tyra, Mariah, Naomi Campbell and going back further, Vanessa Williams, and even further Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Dorothy Dandrige. Almost ALL of these women have light skin or are ButNotTooForeign.
This trope is not saying these women aren\\\'t black or are less black. Just that usually these are the only blacks we see on TV.
ETA: Not to mention that other races are included in this trope and whether they are or aren\\\'t Western/European influenced generally have fair skin as a high beauty standard. I think it\\\'s pretty damn unfortunate to think that someone\\\'s skin color would look \\\"\\\'\\\'just\\\'\\\' right\\\" if they were lighter.
Well, it\\\'s probably more of the latter, and it\\\'s more of a ViewersAreMorons thing where these advertising/tv/film casting agencies think that mainstream (read: white) audiences would accept a light-skinned actress (almost ALWAYS actress, not actors) would be \\\"safer\\\" and more attractive.
As for the Halle Berry thing, that statement wasn\\\'t implying she was \\\"less African\\\" but really, think about what I said upthread. How many \\\'\\\'\\\'well-known\\\'\\\'\\\' black female sex symbols can you think of? Most people would probably say Beyonce, Halle, Tyra, Mariah, Naomi Campbell and going back further, Vanessa Williams, and even further Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Dorothy Dandrige. Almost ALL of these women have light skin or are ButNotTooForeign.
This trope is not saying these women aren\\\'t black or are less black. Just that usually these are the only blacks we see on TV.
ETA: Not to mention that other races are included in this trope and whether they are or aren\\\'t Western/European influenced generally have fair skin as a high beauty standard. I think it\\\'s pretty damn unfortunate to think that someone\\\'s skin color would look \\\"\\\'\\\'just\\\'\\\' right\\\" if they were lighter.
