Comments on: Versions of Colour Bias: Benicio del Toro & K.D. Aubert

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:47:48 +0000

I agree. I would go so far as to say that there is nothing wrong with any race having there own media. I just don’t think WET would be viewed in the same light as BET. It would most likely be construed as racist. {and please do not claim that most American entertainment is white entertainment I am white and I find most American entertainment to not be entertaining in the least. I guess I am just frustrated with the current race double standard.
I would rather see the focus placed on the rich vs the poor rather than black vs the white. In the end I think this has been and is still the biggest human rights problem we face as a species not a race. I would like to elaborate on this but I do not have the time at the moment. Later?

By: aulelia

aulelia — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:01:03 +0000

That’s a fair point.

By: aulelia

aulelia — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:00:47 +0000

To be honest, the BET channel is for a minority group in the US who have been marginalised in the past. It is needed and if you can’t see why it is needed, then it’s going to be hard for me to even explain why. Black people in the US need their own media, it’s that simple.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:25:06 +0000

One more note if I may – I think it is also very likely that they are just trying to leach off of these fellow actors success not there race. I myself would love to be referred to as a white….. Well anyone famous of any race

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:17:59 +0000

The target demographic is Caucasian in this particular article. There market research has likely suggested that the majority of there customers (Readers or viewers) are white. This being the case they have chosen to pander to there majority audience. I would not take this personally. —————- I would also make the argument that this complaint may be racially motivated in and of itself. ——————– From a Caucasian perspective I am offended by the idea of the BET channel. I do not think a WET channel would be so socially acceptable. Do you?

By: aulelia

aulelia — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:34:41 +0000

@Aisha: Tell me about it. It’s very frustrating. I think BDT’s career is on the rise because of his talent more so than his looks, although he is beautiful.

K.D.Aubert’s rise to male magazine stardom seems a bit more iffy because the model to actress thing…hmmm

By: Aisha

Aisha — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:17:35 +0000

Constantly comparing people of color to whites is so annoying. Why are white people used as the measuring stick for everything? Sheesh.

By: aulelia

aulelia — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:42:27 +0000

@rawdawg: happy 2009 to you too

@SDG: I hate the way they do it as well, it is so annoying. He is just himself. And a gorgeous man at that. He has a very piercing and intense look. Yum!

K.D. Aubert is a gorgeous girl too. She doesn’t have to be a copy of someone else.

By: SDG

SDG — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:15:05 +0000

These comparisons bug me as well. Monie, you are right about that “lens” because it is indeed narrow. It has zero ability to see anything outside its own world.

Benicio and KD are who they are. Both beautiful in their own way and individuals. I remember the first time I ever saw Benicio and that was in “License To Kill”, Dalton’s foray into 007 territory.

I stared hard because his look was so different than anyone I’d ever seen. I think he’s gotten better looking as he’s gotten older.

By: rawdawgbuffalo

rawdawgbuffalo — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:40:22 +0000

just wanted 2 say have a wonderful 2009 folk