NiaPearl Minor-Clark is a activist for black empowerment, who is not afraid to embrace her melanin. Her promotion of empowerment for people of color and them being comfortable in their skin, makes her a true leader. You can follow her on Instagram @tahnee_india_oshun.
1. What makes you proud to embrace your melanin?
My melanin shows that I am from royalty. It lets us know that any obstacles that we face, we can come out notorious from it. It’s not just a skin color. It has a strong history since the beginning of time.
2. How do you feel people view interracial relationships? Is it something that is admired or viewed as out of the ordinary?
I feel people accept it but, it also depends on who it is. Many people of the pro black movement, do not believe in it. They feel …show more content…
Shows like, The Bad Girls Club and Love and Hip Hop, are examples of this. In movies they are often portrayed as crackheads or a prostitute who is trying to find the light. Also slave movies are where African American women are played in often as well. The only time I saw a black woman who had power in a white television show was if she was with a white man. Olivia Pope from Scandal, can be an example of this. Then you have black men who say they can’t deal with black women because they feel that they can not handle them. Children admire women in these shows because many of them witness their mothers watch it all day. The people in these television shows are not sufficient role models.
4. Do you feel like the way the characters Deshanae and Penny Proud from the Proud Family are depicted, are examples of colorism in the media? For example: Penny is lighter skinned and seen as more conservative and “non ghetto” while, Deshanae is darker skinned and was seen as loud and unable to receive love from a man.
If LaCienega was a light skin black girl, that would be a better depiction of colorism. All in all, the show is definitely an example of
1. What makes you proud to embrace your melanin?
My melanin shows that I am from royalty. It lets us know that any obstacles that we face, we can come out notorious from it. It’s not just a skin color. It has a strong history since the beginning of time.
2. How do you feel people view interracial relationships? Is it something that is admired or viewed as out of the ordinary?
I feel people accept it but, it also depends on who it is. Many people of the pro black movement, do not believe in it. They feel …show more content…
Shows like, The Bad Girls Club and Love and Hip Hop, are examples of this. In movies they are often portrayed as crackheads or a prostitute who is trying to find the light. Also slave movies are where African American women are played in often as well. The only time I saw a black woman who had power in a white television show was if she was with a white man. Olivia Pope from Scandal, can be an example of this. Then you have black men who say they can’t deal with black women because they feel that they can not handle them. Children admire women in these shows because many of them witness their mothers watch it all day. The people in these television shows are not sufficient role models.
4. Do you feel like the way the characters Deshanae and Penny Proud from the Proud Family are depicted, are examples of colorism in the media? For example: Penny is lighter skinned and seen as more conservative and “non ghetto” while, Deshanae is darker skinned and was seen as loud and unable to receive love from a man.
If LaCienega was a light skin black girl, that would be a better depiction of colorism. All in all, the show is definitely an example of