Pharrell's "GIRL" Album Cover Controversy: Nonissue or Nah?

[fuc_i_look_like]

Am I the only one that thought the girl closest to him was black right away? Lookit the curls in her hair above her forehead. She sure as hell doesn't look white.

right, m'fuccas can't see the nap in that broad's hair edges? Or them big lips? Bitter dark skin women I tell ya

 

[CashmoneyDux]

That Chokwe Lumumba shit was so left field.

 

[Meta_Conscious]

That ain't Pico?

 

[1of1]

Never heard of Chokwe Lumumba

 

[Dr.Chemix]

This that same broad that was battling Talib Kweli. She's a bird who thinks she's intelligent. She reminds me of that one broad...what's her name? Desert something. She talks like that chick.

 

[blackrain]

I can understand why some would take offense to this; Because it is supportive of a very obvious and disheartening trend.

Tbh, this is coming off as the same type of shyt racist fashion designers say when they fight to maintain the right to "express their creativity how they wish" by not including any ethnic women on the runway.

Three out of three of those women are light, intentionally. It's bullshyt, tbh.

Intentionally? Nice to know you can read Pharrell's mind.

 

[fuc_i_look_like]

This that same broad that was battling Talib Kweli. She's a bird who thinks she's intelligent. She reminds me of that one broad...what's her name? Desert something. She talks like that chick.

Desert Train? Lol

 

[KLICHE]

Great album! Favorite track GUST OF WIND! Bumpin' that shit LOUD!

 

[Iheart~Cali]

Wait what? What's the problem here? Is that third girl not African American? She looks like it to me. I really don't give two shits about this picture.

 

[B_A]

Real hair>>>>>

 

[Purr]

dream Hampton is soooooo annoying.

 

[ayyubam2002]

So y'all going to act like colorism isn't real and problematic? She did not say, she is mad or upset. She said she was disappointed with the album cover. Dream being light skin herself does not mean she can not speak on the issues of colorism in the public hemisphere and in the black community. She is very intelligent and a prolific activist who actively fight injustices for a number of social causes. I think it's rather pathetic the way these blogs, black women, and men have attacked her for speaking on this issue. Black women are beautiful in all complexions, from light to dark and should be shown and represented as such, not just in the light skin hue. It's particularly disappointing when black men continue the notion that light skin is the beauty norm. She did not put Chokwe Lumumba in this discussion, he was her mentor. He was also a family friend of mine. He had just passed that night. People need to learn how to read and comprehend a twitter time line and stop making blogs out of everything she says. I guarantee that everyone on this site who said something negative about Dream will never in their life time accomplish half of what this woman has accomplished. You should be thanking her because she has fought you.

 

[King Erauno]

whats the issue exactly? yall crying about what he wants on his album cover?

 

[GettinLo]

dream Hampton is soooooo annoying.

was gonna say this...

bitch hasn't been relevant since the early 90's when she wrote for the Source and Vibe... if she's soooo worried about women's issues in Black culture, why is she busy writing books for Jay-Z and Puff? I don't think they are the beacons of women's rights in hip-hop.

 

[aneed123]

Just put all shades of women on the cover instead of all light brightsshit aint hard to see why some feelings for hurt.

 

[So ILL]

I came in here expecting to see some actual controversy, not this skin tone shit again. Niggas need to go find some real issues to get emotional about.

 

[afro thunder]

The chicks on the cover pretty much cover his target audience so I don't see the issue here.

 

[THIRDSUPREME]

My question is this....why does anybody give a fuck bout the color of these three hoes? I swear to god I thought the issue was going to be that my dude has three bitches in bath robes in a hotel and what that insinuated, but no. So many black women would rather be objectified and portrayed as whores (obviously) than be left out of the bullshit alltogether? You should be happy that there aren't all black women on the album cover....shouldn't you? Maybe it's just me, cuz I really could give a fuck less about what any grown ass nigga puts on their album cover.

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

Didn't know "Cover Girl On A Rappers CD" was a prestigious accomlishment for my Nubian queens ......but I suppose they feel the need to get In where they fit in

 

[unspoken_respect]