Amara La' Negra Schools 'LHHMIA' Castmate Flo On Colorism
Amara La’ Negra Schools ‘LHHMIA’ Castmate Flo On Colorism After She Says Dark Skinned Women Are Mad At Light Skinned Women
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I haven’t watched Love & Hip Hop Miami in years, but occasionally a storyline enters my social sphere that catches my attention. A recent episode of the iconic franchise is going viral for an ugly colorism moment.
During an encounter, Amara LaNegra begins to confront Flo at her women’s empowerment event about promoting bleaching cream in her skincare line. It was clear Flo was offended because she spiraled into an ignorant rant about dark skinned Black women being mad at light-skinned Black women. Yes. She went there.
I’m light-skinned. This b*tch is mad,” she shouts across the table. She continued, “That’s how Black b*tches hate om light-skinned girs?!” Excuse me? Amara swiftly gathered her without leaving her seat. “How do you come to an event with a bunch of Black beautiful women to promote women’s positivity but you’re on social media telling people to bleach their skin.”
Amara LaNegra Faces Colorism
The clip has sparked dialogue on social media around colorism and garnered comparisons to the time Erica Mena called Spice a “monkey.” Many users called for VH1 to reprimand Flo the way they did Mena.
Erica Mena also took to the comments section on Instagram to call out the network claiming they are showing “selective outrage.” She went on to say “I was only fired so the network could save face. But yet this is OK and she is probably still filming now.”
Colorism is an issue that affects the Black community. As a society, we’ve inherited the belief that the closer your complexion is to white, the more beautiful you are. Instead of perpetuating outdated standards of beauty, women like Flo should be using their platform to encourage healthy beliefs that don’t include against your own race.
Flo has since released an apology statement, taking “accountability” for her words and actions.”While I take responsibility for what I said, I want to acknowledge that the moment shown does not tell the full story.”
Sure. Read her apology, here.
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