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Originally Posted by bimmette
What I found odd is that Hilary looked mixed while Carlton and Ashley didn't. Same thing on Cosby show. Sondra and Denise were mixed but the other kids were not.
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A sad thing about black tv then (and probably now). They needed a very light-skinned character to bring in the white viewers. If you haven't already, you should read about how they photoshop pictures of black people depending on the context of the photo... "perp photos" get darkened, "celebrity puff pieces" get lightened. You want readers to hate the person, make them dark and "menacing". You want readers to like the person, make them light and "safe" looking. Fucking sad. (Oops. Sorry. Got too srs.)