Guess
Feb 13th, 2007, 07:55 PM
What an ignorant article. So basically Mariah is being accused of being manipulative simply because she appeals to many different people.
As she stated, it is not her fault that she looks the way she does. She didn’t choose to be biracial, or her skin’s colour, as none of us did... and if her light skin is what attracts others to her, then they are the one’s with the issues, not her.
I just hate that people act as if her being biracial was a strategic move on her part. Mariah isn’t taking advantage of anything. Her sales have done nothing but decline since she became more ‘black’ (as foolishly stated in this article), but guess what... she’s still doing hip-hop and R&B music a decade later even though she is criticised for it.
And really, I bet she’d be selling loads more if she were doing conservative pop music!
Both as a black person and fan of Mariah, it annoys and saddens me how people react to Mariah as if she’s trying to be some black poser just because she has refused to conform to the stereotypes of black or white culture.
She doesn’t wear braids like Alicia Keys, she isn’t a great dancer like Mya, doesn’t have a big ass, etc...nor does she associate with white people exclusively or succumb to conservative standards like Celine Dion.
Sometimes I think the skin colour thing is just a cop-out because I’ve seen many people who are fully black that are just as light as Mariah...one of them is my mother.
The bigger issue is: the fact that Mariah hasn’t ‘chosen’ makes people uncomfortable because they can’t put her in a box. They think just because she doesn’t act like a stereotypical black or white person, that she must just be using her biracial heritage to get ahead.
SOURCE: The Voice Newspaper | Heroes of Mariah (http://www.heroesofmariah.com/)
As she stated, it is not her fault that she looks the way she does. She didn’t choose to be biracial, or her skin’s colour, as none of us did... and if her light skin is what attracts others to her, then they are the one’s with the issues, not her.
I just hate that people act as if her being biracial was a strategic move on her part. Mariah isn’t taking advantage of anything. Her sales have done nothing but decline since she became more ‘black’ (as foolishly stated in this article), but guess what... she’s still doing hip-hop and R&B music a decade later even though she is criticised for it.
And really, I bet she’d be selling loads more if she were doing conservative pop music!
Both as a black person and fan of Mariah, it annoys and saddens me how people react to Mariah as if she’s trying to be some black poser just because she has refused to conform to the stereotypes of black or white culture.
She doesn’t wear braids like Alicia Keys, she isn’t a great dancer like Mya, doesn’t have a big ass, etc...nor does she associate with white people exclusively or succumb to conservative standards like Celine Dion.
Sometimes I think the skin colour thing is just a cop-out because I’ve seen many people who are fully black that are just as light as Mariah...one of them is my mother.
The bigger issue is: the fact that Mariah hasn’t ‘chosen’ makes people uncomfortable because they can’t put her in a box. They think just because she doesn’t act like a stereotypical black or white person, that she must just be using her biracial heritage to get ahead.
SOURCE: The Voice Newspaper | Heroes of Mariah (http://www.heroesofmariah.com/)