From TheFreshXpress.com

"It pains me to hear a grown woman say, “Amber Rose, now that’s a bad chick. I love her.” Now I must admit she is bad in terms of physique and facial features. However, what has she done so great that has women shaving their heads off and rocking blonde fades? What has she done that has gained her over 80,000 Twitter followers that care what she says daily? Yet, well-known women writers and political activist are well below 10,000 followers. That says a lot about what we value as a society...

...On blog sites, magazines, tabloids, and television we are constantly bombarded with images of black women who haven’t done a damn thing for our communities. But, the media is subliminally telling us these women are worthy of our attention. What kind of sense does this make? I know someone will read this and propose, “Entertainers are entertainers, they aren’t supposed to be role models.” Bullshyt. Someone else will rebut, “If they’re dressed half-naked it’s an expression of art.” Again, bullshyt. Our little girls are looking up to these women. We should care what image they are projecting. Furthermore, grown women know all the moves of the “Single Ladies” dance, but can’t name the last time they volunteered. Or know all the lyrics but can’t recite any women of the Black Nationalism movement, or tell you the last book they read..." --Bene Viera {for TheFreshXpress.com} Her blog: WritingWhileBlack.com

-BUT-

"...I think we have to be careful not to think that all black women should fit into one mold. That’s what makes us great, we don’t. For every Michelle Obama, there’s an Amber Rose, or an Oprah, or a Shirley Chisolm, or a Nicki Minaj, and so forth an so on. Neither of those women are much alike or have similar backgrounds.

For those of us who are familiar with Grace Jones, we may not see Amber Rose as this powerful force, but to the newest generation of free thinkers, they see Amber Rose for her boldness and eccentricity. Her past is irrelevant to that point...

...I think that for some reason this younger generation is a bit more gullible than perhaps we were and those older than us were but I think that has a lot to do with the balance of access to information. So much is dumped on them in a way that to them makes it seem like real life. Youtube videos that celebs make these days, make kids believe that all that glitters IS gold, whereas when we were growing up we didn’t have that inside access and so we saw entertainers for what they were. Entertainers..." --commenter JG*

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