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The Asian Female Celebrity Club (AFCC) Embargo

Posted on June 3, 2010 by bigWOWO

Et tu, Jarah?

(pic from here)

Jarah Mariano is the very first woman of Asian descent to become a Victoria’s Secret model. And like almost all of our Asian American female “firsts,” she’s dating a White guy.  We support our celebrities, but they don’t date us or any men of color.  It’s like there’s a Asian Female Celebrity Club (I’m adding this one to my lexicon, along with “community store”) that somehow decided that men of color would be excluded from their dating pool.  When we see that the AFCC members as a general rule don’t date us, it kills us a little bit.  We feel shortchanged, especially given how hard we work to promote Asian Americans trying to make a name for themselves.

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Health Risks for Minorities Trying to Look White

Posted on January 17, 2010 by bigWOWO

Sammy Sosa, before and now

Sammy Sosa, before and now

You know those skin whitening creams that some minorities use to whiten their skin?  Apparently there are health problems associated with them.  One woman used it, and it made her skin so thin that it bruised easily.  She also got acne.  Where was she getting this skin cream?

“I never read the labels,” Mrs. Ross said. Instead, she took her cues from friends, many of them, like her, from the West Indies. “Once somebody told me Fair & White was the one they were using, I’d go to the Korean store and ask for it,” she said.

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