African American Skins

Did I say anywhere that using the word "colored" today in the same way as it was used 100 years ago was respectful? If you read the context of my original post, I commenting on Sable Valentine's post where she said:

Yes you did. However, my comment about we are not colored is solely based on what my generation felt at that time. Just like the word colored is what was felt at that time during the conception of the NAACP.

Although I share Treasure's sentiments and how she eloquently explained how the word colored is possibly perceived now. But I am more direct about it. Simply put, I don't like it.

With that said, Carl I would like to invite you over sometime so I can explain first hand
how "passing" made a direct impact on my family and I am sure others. An example of this is it fueled a division of haves and have nots.

Anyone else is welcome too.

My old boss happened to be a very dark skinned woman. She and I would get into long, interesting conversations about ethnic backgrounds, and the current PC terms for them. One talk we had, came about after she saw a program about the KKK and how they don't consider Jews to be white, no matter the skin color (I am jewish). We had this conversation about the current "correct" terms for black skinned people vs white skinned people, and from that, I came away with this gem she gave me....

Black people aren't colored. If we go out in the sun, you don't see us turn red with a burn, if we feel sick, you don't see the different shades of green on our skins, even if we are embarrassed you won't see our cheeks turn pink...no my friend, you with the white skin, are colored!

-Blu- (azure to be sure)

Just something I always thought "odd":

In RL we can judge a person on gender & skin color.

In SL those things aren't there. We can't tell if they're man or woman, black or white.

YET- we still have people who hate Furries, Goreans, Vampires, etc.

When the RL prejudice is taken away, we come up with new ones.

Is it mans nature to hate what he does not like or understand?

I think even if the whole world went blind, we'd still find something to hate about one another.

I guess that's the darker side of human weakness: it doesn't matter who you are, how your genes (or pixels) are arranged or even what you believe: somebody, somewhere, will always have 'issues' with it. We mostly 'need' to belong to communities or groups because it helps shore up the boundaries of identity through the sharing of ideas and attitudes. Appearance is one of the cheapest 'tickets' we can buy for membership.

That said, balanced individuals generally find the differences in others to be a point of interest at best or a minor cause for concern at worst. Insecure individuals find it threatening and behave accordingly.

Yup.
"If something makes me feel even a bit uncomfortable, it must be bad" - would be the basic un-thought.
Extreme hate stems from extreme insecurity.

Sling - right on. A more appropriate term might be "fear", not insecurity. You are very close to a basic truth, grasshopper! Ponder the myriad effects of fear and you will come up with a very surprising list. Took me almost a decade of study with a Master of the Chinese arts to learn that, and you got right to it. Very cool J.

As a matter of interest Max did you manage to find the skins and if so can you send me some links.

Thanx

Terry Pratchett pointed out there wasn't much *racial* prejudice in the Discworld. Not with trolls and the like about the place... "Black and white teamed up to beat up on green".

That's one reason I don't care for Voice in SL.

I didn't say that 'you said it'. Was just having a conversation, sharing my own feelings about that particular issue. Peace......

Sure. And, I didn't say you said that it was respectful. Was just adding my own thoughts/feelings to the conversation. Peace......

All you had to do was watch Star Wars [Yoda's comment about fear leading to anger, and anger leading to hate...]. I also think a lot of Germans could discourse on that as well, unfortunately

OK, going on topic briefly - not sure if this is being naive, but maybe you can luck out and find a Mediterranean skin you can sort of use? I would also look and see if there are some non-English speaking sims (preferably African, but perhaps Indian?), you'll find some designers that are big fish in small ponds who do excellent work, instead of going to shops that sell to a "mainstream" (in terms of SL demographics) audience.

I've actually heard another theory that they likely moved up from the Far East, and then across.

Well it all started in Mesopotamia, meaning "land between the rivers", and specifically that tract between the rivers I know today as Dicle and Fırat. So I guess we're all Mesopotamians under the skin.

Glad that's settled.

Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus..
I thought everyone knew this..

If they hear us talking about colors again.It's gonna have them coming back down here again and pulling us out of our beds at night
Then that stabbing us in the back of the neck thing with those needle things that cause that irritating itch that lasts two years..Oh and who wants to go back to having all
those goofy dreams about people that look like this guy > <

now way not me again..So shhhhhh

Last time I looked, Siberia was part of Russia . . .

Pep ( . . . although there might have been another revolution or something I suppose)

Actually, physical evidence supports the contention that homo sapiens definitely had one origination locus somewhere in the Rift Valley, but there are some findings (inconvenient for the "unique" thesis) that suggest that there may have been multiple near-simultaneous mutation locations, one particularly in mid-Asia.

Pep (notes that they have also split the atom since most people here left school)

It wasn't when there was a land bridge across the Bering Strait.

What was the biggest island in the world before they discovered Australia?













Pep (Australia)

"Guns, Germs, and Steel" is an interesting read.

I agree with this and don't understand why. I read a blog about how this one avie and her group decided to be the Carrie Nation of sl and the tremendous hatred toward furries and the folks that devulge in deviant behaviors and I was like DAMN! You can really feel the hatred seething through her comments. At first I thought wow she is really roleplaying really good here but once I completely read the article I thought to myself this person is serious. Then I asked is it really that critical?

About a year ago I met my neighbor on my mainland lot that was into satanic worship. We struck up a conversation as she was a fan of Star Trek Deep Six Nine or whatever the show was called. She ok he (whatever day he/she felt like being on a particular day) built this incredible wormhole. The detail was spectacular. We then toured this church she built. It was satanic. I was mortified being there as if it I was someplace like that IRL.

Ok, I took a deep breath and looked around. Well I noticed the workmanship in her build of her church. Despite it being satanic, the textures were absolutely stunning. No devil stuff there except at the altar. Even the altar itself was gorgeous. Well she asked me what I thought. I surprised her.... I said you know the work and craftsmanship you put in this is remarkable.

I applied the old adage here "if you can't say nothing nice, don't say nothing at all". But I stepped out of myself to look beyond the satanic variable. Because her builds were really nice. She came to sl like most of us to be probably what she couldn't be irl. Perhaps she can't worship they she truly wants to to irl and sl offers an outlet. Despite my personal feelings, I respect it.

more often than not 'satanism' is a form of secular humanism rather than 'devil-worship' anyway.

2 questions

Did the OP find his skins? If not I will be glad to have a look around SL for him and post SLurls.

I know where to find some freebie/dollarbie dark skins for women (honestly the various debates about appropriate racial language have me dizzy) but not offhand for men. Did the OP have a budget? I know I stuck to freebie/dollarbie skins for a looong time in SL.

2nd question

Has anyone here done the Nat Geo DNA project? Verrry interesting. All I can say is, hello to all my brothers and sisters.

That still doesn't make people who died 12,000 years before there were any "Russians" "Russian-Americans".

Greenland. It still is. Australia's a continent.