Where Da White Women At?: Difference between revisions

* There was a race-bait ad for the '06 Tennessee Senator race between Republican Bob Corker and Black Democrat Harold Ford. So what happens? Air an ad with a white airhead saying "I met Ford at the Playboy mansion!" then ending with her saying "Call me." This ad does nothing but feed off interracial relationships towards backwoods Tennesseans. The kicker? The state party who put on the ad was unapologetic, while the national RNC as well as Corker, the actual candidate, begged them to ditch the ad.

** For the record, the part with the white "airhead" girl saying she met Harold Ford, Jr. at the Playboy mansion was only one short clip that was part of a ''much longer'' ad that had people ironically showing support for Ford in spite (or because) of various other political positions or perceived personality flaws that Republicans saw fit to use against him. Furthermore, '''Harold Ford, Jr. actually did have a white girlfriend and at the time was known to visit the Playboy mansion on occasion''', so despite its political incorrectness, that particular part of the ad was actually an example of [[Truth in Television]].

* Historically, white (or at least "pale") women have been considered the most attractive almost universally, because if your skin was pale it meant you were rich enough that you could afford to stay indoors all day, instead of being out working in the sun. Since this put you in a distinct minority, lighter skin tones were considered alluring and exotic. Even today, with [[But Not Too White|changing standards of skin beauty]], there is still an expectation that women be fairer of feature than their [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] men.

* [[Rent|Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel]] got ''hate mail'' for being [[Romance on the Set|married]]. ''In [[The Nineties]]''. Even today, Diggs is criticized by members of the Black community for having a white wife.