From www.BlackVoices.com
Now that Usher is gracing magazine covers again (the latest edition of Uptownmagazine recently hit stands), his estranged wife (and babies' mother), Tameka J. Foster-Raymond, is taking her story to the airwaves, too. And not on Twitter, either. Earlier this week, the 42-year-old mother of five published a candid essay on the Huffington Post about complexion prejudices that plague the black community. "No matter what strides we make as a people, these issues continue to plague and rot our souls, causing significant decay to a portion of our population and truly hindering our progress," she wrote, quite eloquently. Not sure if the politically edged HuffPo was the most sensible outlet to tackle the subject of light skin versus dark skin (didEssence pass?), but the Oakland native should be commended for having the wherewithal to spark debate about it. Read the full essay here.
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