South Asian women are so beautiful, and you never see them in American pop culture. My best friend is (East) Indian, and when she was little, she didn't understand why she didn't look like Snow White or any of the other Disney princesses. (Of course, now they've branched out -- kind of . . . they're all still shaped like Barbies -- with Jasmine and Mulan, but this was back when we were children). And it still hasn't gotten much better; whose was the last Indian or Arab face you saw in Western television or cinema that wasn't playing a terrorist?
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for your tireless efforts of "bringing the pretty," making available beautiful pictures of actors/models of color that I already know, and introducing me to new ones that I should. I really, really appreciate it beyond just looking at pretty pictures, even if I don't always take the time to thank you.
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Date: 2007-02-02 08:47 pm (UTC)South Asian women are so beautiful, and you never see them in American pop culture. My best friend is (East) Indian, and when she was little, she didn't understand why she didn't look like Snow White or any of the other Disney princesses. (Of course, now they've branched out -- kind of . . . they're all still shaped like Barbies -- with Jasmine and Mulan, but this was back when we were children). And it still hasn't gotten much better; whose was the last Indian or Arab face you saw in Western television or cinema that wasn't playing a terrorist?
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for your tireless efforts of "bringing the pretty," making available beautiful pictures of actors/models of color that I already know, and introducing me to new ones that I should. I really, really appreciate it beyond just looking at pretty pictures, even if I don't always take the time to thank you.