Comments on: Where is Humanity for A Girl Like Me? http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/ just when you think you've got it all together Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: CAKETOWN http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-10115 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:46:17 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-10115 This is SOOO sad… but doing a paper on it right now while your drunk is …..difficult :/

]]> By: futurebird http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-7604 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:19:02 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-7604 They have suspended the voting for the cosmo contest. Judges will pick the final winner. A lot of people were upset by this change. When they announce the winner in August I hope the recognize this film.

]]> By: BronzeTrinity http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1809 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:27:22 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1809 If you liked the YouTube video called ‘A Girl Like Me’ by Kiri Davis then here is a way that you can help this shining star win a $10,000 scholarship! PLEASE vote for Kiri in the Cosmo Girl Website at http://www.cosmogirl.com/entertainment/film-contest-vote Her film has really inspired me and I think this young lady has a great future ahead of her.
You can view ‘A Girl Like Me’ on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17fEy0q6yqc
And please Spread the Word!

]]> By: Jannette http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1378 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:12:04 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1378 thanks

I love your site by the way.

]]> By: A Girl Like Me « Janland! http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1377 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:11:08 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1377 [...] Monday, February 5th, 2007 Please take a moment to view an eye opening, seven-minute documantary on racism by 17 year old, Kiri Davis intitled “A Girl Like Me“ [...]

]]> By: paralleldivergence http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1376 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:01:14 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1376 Thanks Jannette, consider that reciprocated!

]]> By: Jannette http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1375 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:57:48 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1375 I knew there was some level of racism left, but never to such a degree as portrayed in the documentary. It almost seems like we are stepping backwards, as opposed to marching forward.

ParallelDivergence:: I hope you don’t mind me linking back to your site.

]]> By: tobeme http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1284 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:02:24 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1284 I am amazed at the results. I thought they would be differnt in today’s America. This is very sad. I agree the change must come from within.

Arunabh Singh,
I understand what you are saying, however this could backfire. If all humans today are all from a few thousand Africans then it could be perceived that getting lighter skin is an evolutionary process. I think this approach would be a slippery slope to try to help children understand why they should be proud to be black.

]]> By: Neal Watzman http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1279 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:53:17 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1279 Eye-opening and sad. What a price paid because of the stereotype of what is supposed to be beautiful in this “culture” (or lack thereof) of ours.

What is really beautiful in that film in the work put into it and the radiance of the children participating.

]]> By: Arunabh Singh http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1277 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:51:53 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1277 Once you give the children an understanding of how skin color changes in time and that all humans today are all from a few thousand Africans who were black [around 65,000 years back] ….things should change….

]]> By: paralleldivergence http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1274 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:21:51 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1274 Hi misprofe. I think you’ve got the solution. If this misconception still exists then it’s got to be solved from within. But will it happen?

It’s a bit like Muslims who say Islamic extremists and terrorists are not really Muslim at all, so it’s not their problem. But it is their problem to defend their religion from within – from those who speak against Islam “in the name of Islam”. Instead, they feel persecuted because they perceive that the West sees all Muslims as extreme.

Similarly, there are very successful black people that have to struggle against forces within their own community that perpetuate these old ways of thinking and negative attitudes. Could it be called an “unjustified inferiority complex” or are there still major discrimination issues perpetuated by the white community that need to be addressed?

Thanks for your feedback misprofe and timethief.

]]> By: missprofe http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1267 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:23:01 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1267 If we, as Black women, are STILL having THIS conversation in 2007 – well…we(the Black women – young and old, of all shades and hair textures) need to go to a room and hash it out until there is nothing left to say.

Man, old ways of thinking truly die hard.

]]> By: timethief http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1261 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:07:26 +0000 http://paralleldivergence.com/2007/01/27/where-is-humanity-for-a-girl-like-me/#comment-1261 This was so very sad to watch. Beautiful young black children and women suffering from the legacy of slavery and loss of cultural pride. Where do we go from here, indeed. I’m stymied.

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