Pharell to those who complained about no brown women on his album cover-Stop being "insecure"

[Ray_Ray]

1. Why would take your word for it when you have no evidence? If she comes from mixed heritage then okay but you haven't provided anything other than the incorrect thought process that Black people can't have fair-skinned children.

2. What? I'm saying Africa isn't a monolith you retard thus the diversity. Do you know if the girl on the cover is of Black American descent? No. One of her parents could be first generation African American. Keep assuming things without proof.

nikka stop being a fakkit. When we say black ppl were obviously talking about US. Not fukking Eritreans or wuteva(no disrespect to them). NO WE CANNOT PRODUCE FAIR SKINNED CHILDREN WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF A HIGH AMOUNT OF NON BLACK BLOOD IN US. Its as simple as that. Show me ppl with two black parents that are as lite as her. And dont post a Khoisan u fukking fakkit.

By u treating Africa like a monolith I meant u r disregarding the fact that were not just one people. When u say "africans can be liteskin" it puts all africans in the group. Where as its actually some african groups are liteskin, others are not. The one AAs come from is not.

And nikka plz stop tryna flip the script. We were all working under the assumption that the black in her was AA. And thats also what Pharell seemed to suggest.

 

[DaChampIsHere]

You think Asians don't have discussions on colorism???????

I'm sure they do, but not about something as petty as an album cover over all the other problems they face.

Y'all goin harder for an ALBUM COVER more than anything else. If you were talking colorism on college admission, employment, educational opportunities, correctional sentencing, etc. than I'd be with you. But I can't bring myself to give a fukk that you feel bad that the woman on the cover of a random album cover ain't "black enough" for you.

I've had BLACK (two black parents) girlfriends with just a light skin + lighter eyes (can't see 'em) and lighter hair as the chicks on that cover.

 

[kermit da hustla]

She does not come from two black parents, 100% sure. And no mixed ppl dont count as black in this argument. That would be considered a mixed heritage as well.

And why do u keep talking about Africa like its a monolith? Like were just one people? Yeh Khoisans and Fulani people are liteskin, but what does that matter when AAs dont come from them? They dont account for the liteskinned black ppl in America lol.

Plenty of blacks who look like her come from two black parents. Not every black person is dark skinned, nappy haired, broad nosed, and big lipped. Some of us are light skinned, straight hAired, medium width nosed and thin lipped. Blacks are the Most diverse phenotype on the planet.

 

[Poitier]

Because she's clearly lighter than him?



Huge??? Stop it Lol

They are larger than Pharrell's and fall within the Black phenotype. If an Asian or White girl had those size lips, it would stick out.

Other than that, there isn't anything else you can go by. Her skin is fair and her hair is straightened. The rest of her features are covered and she is the farthest from the camera.

 

[Turbulent]

Bunch of nikkas fronting in here. The "black" girl on that cover is a mulatto/quadroon at best. If you gotta tell people that a woman is black, then she's not really a good representation of black women, now is she? Even light ass biracial Lauren London looks "blacker" than that girl. Maybe they airbrushed her to make her lighter, I don't know. Maybe it wouldn't have been as bad if he put a "darker", "browner" girl in there to balance it out. But he didn't. Pharrell or his label chose those ethnically ambiguous women because they wanted an "exotic" look for his cover. You got called out for it. Be a man. You wanted exotic looking women. Own up to it. Don't insult people's intelligence like we don't know what black women look like. Fukk outta here.

See the difference between those girls and these girls?

besides Kelly and Gabrielle, if any of those chicks would have been on the cover wearing bathrobes and big sunglasses covering their faces and relaxed hair, the cover would have looked exactly the same. no one would have recognized them even though they are more famous then the original girls on the cover.


the truth is, any lightskin black girl covering half her face and with straightened hair becomes racially ambiguous if you're strictly looking at a face pic.

 

[Poitier]

nikka stop being a fakkit. When we say black ppl were obviously talking about US. Not fukking Eritreans or wuteva(no disrespect to them). NO WE CANNOT PRODUCE FAIR SKINNED CHILDREN WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF A HIGH AMOUNT OF NON BLACK BLOOD IN US. Its as simple as that. Show me ppl with two black parents that are as lite as her. And dont post a Khoisan u fukking fakkit.

By u treating Africa like a monolith I meant u r disregarding the fact that were not just one people. When u say "africans can be liteskin" it puts all africans in the group. Where as its actually some african groups are liteskin, others are not. The one AAs come from is not.

And nikka plz stop tryna flip the script. We were all working under the assumption that the black in her was AA. And thats also what Pharell seemed to suggest.

nikka you're Sudanese. Us Black Americans don't come from yall either

Once again, show me where the girl on the cover is of American slave blood and not of African blood?

And I would post some of my family members to show the diversity of a Black family but I don't got time for you cacs or a care to

 

[mbewane]

Because she's clearly lighter than him?

They are not the same skin color. She's about one shade darker than the girl in the middle. This isn't about skin color, so that is neither here nor there. That chick is not black.

This is like the visual equivalent to "semantics"...and how the hell is it not about skin color when the whole thread is about whether there is a black girl or not on the cover

 

[duck]

pharrell's rant was so unnecessary

he could have shut the critics up with one sentence "it's my album and i'll put whoever the fukk i want on it" .. case closed, done deal. but dude tried to get all philosophical and came off sounding like a retard

 

[flo]

I'm sure they do, but not about something as petty as an album cover over all the other problems they face.

Y'all goin harder for an ALBUM COVER more than anything else. If you were talking colorism on college admission, employment, educational opportunities, correctional sentencing, etc. than I'd be with you. But I can't bring myself to give a fukk that you feel bad that the woman on the cover of a random album cover ain't "black enough" for you.

I've had BLACK (two black parents) girlfriends with just a light skin + lighter eyes (can't see 'em) and lighter hair as the chicks on that cover.

Its not just about an album cover. Its representation in general. An album titled and dedicated to 'GIRLS' by a black artist but with no black women on it? That's absurd. Its really not that hard to understand

 

[Chelsea Bridge]

They are larger than Pharrell's and fall within the Black phenotype. If an Asian or White girl had those size lips, it would stick out.

Other than that, there isn't anything else you can go by. Her skin is fair and her hair is straightened. The rest of her features are covered and she is the farthest from the camera.

You're just reaching right now. Her lips are full not big. Plenty of people of different races and mixed races have lips her size. That's not proof of her being black if that's what you were trying to do.

 

[Poitier]

You're just reaching right now. Her lips are full not big. Plenty of people of different races and mixed races have lips her size. That's not proof of her being black if that's what you were trying to do.

How about you post your picture so we can compare?

 

[flo]

besides Kelly and Gabrielle, if any of those chicks would have been on the cover wearing bathrobes and big sunglasses covering their faces and relaxed hair, the cover would have looked exactly the same. no one would have recognized them even though they are more famous then the original girls on the cover.


the truth is, any lightskin black girl covering half her face and with straightened hair becomes racially ambiguous if you're strictly looking at a face pic.

Looks like

Not

COME ON SON!! Y'all know what a light skinned black chick looks like!!

 

[Malik]

besides Kelly and Gabrielle, if any of those chicks would have been on the cover wearing bathrobes and big sunglasses covering their faces and relaxed hair, the cover would have looked exactly the same. no one would have recognized them even though they are more famous then the original girls on the cover.


the truth is, any lightskin black girl covering half her face and with straightened hair becomes racially ambiguous if you're strictly looking at a face pic.

I don't know breh....these girls are wearing big glasses and they still look black to me

 

[Poitier]

Looks like

Not

COME ON SON!! Y'all know what a light skinned black chick looks like!!

The girl in the back does not look like Eva Mendes The girl in the middle does tho

I don't know breh....they still look black to me

Yeah those 4 pictures encompasses the full range of what Black women look like

 

[Chelsea Bridge]

How about you post your picture so we can compare?

You always got something slick to say. Stay on topic, you ass.