Yung Berg vs. Dark Skinned Women: Women of color Angered by Comments Made by some of Hip Hop's Stars.

“I’m kinda racist…I don’t like dark butts…You know how some women prefer light skin men or dark skin men,” said the “Sexy Can I” rapper during an interview with radio show "Lip Service." “It’s rare that I do dark butts – that’s what I call dark skinned women…I [don’t date women] darker than me."

Things just got “better” from there as he went on to say, “I love the pool test. If you can jump in the pool exactly like you are and you don’t come out looking better than you looked before going in the pool – then that’s not a good look. Any woman that uses brown gel to set down her baby hair is not poppin.”

Another member of the “white girls only club” is Polow Da Don, a rising star in the producing game.

Dubbed “The King Of the White Girls” by some media outlets, Polow has also expressed his strong aversion of black women. His new name stemmed from an interview with AllHipHop.com where he stated, “black women need to get their s**t together, period, point black. And if you’re in denial of that, you are part of the problem.”

Wait a minute … if both of these artists are black doesn’t that mean that their mothers are black?

Controversy Over Skin Color

Can a man be blamed for seeking out the aesthetic qualities that get him going? No. Can a man be blamed for using horrible names like “dark butts” to negatively describe what doesn’t? Of course he can. Can a man be blamed for making horrible blanket statements about women of any race? Absolutely!

For generations African American people in this country have been told that black is not beautiful. From the brown paper bag test to a million dollar industry devoted to straightening and lengthening black hair and bleaching black skin, the extreme abhorrence for blackness is deeply engrained in all of us.

But even with the facts being what they are it still does not excuse this type of behavior.

What a man likes is just that…what HE likes. He does not have to explain what pleases his eye. But one has to acknowledge these blatant and unapologetic remarks for purely what they are… pure ignorance.

“Scarface” & “Mr. Big”: White Men And Black Women

From Al Pacino to Chris Noth, there are plenty of “white” men in the public eye who are dating or have dated black women. None of these men, however, have ever come out and condemned white women for not being dark enough or not having “their sh*t together.”

Regardless of their preference, it seems that white men are not mentally inclined to speak that way about their female counterparts.

Have the years of engrained hatred of blackness grown from a hatred of others into a hatred of self too? That seems to be the only logical explanation of why some black men may resort to such deplorable actions. The question now becomes: How many black women will be buying their records now?

Aug 15, 2008 2:59 AM

Guest :

Yung Berg is a dumb ass mutha fucka.

Aug 18, 2008 10:59 AM

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Aug 18, 2008 11:02 AM

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Aug 18, 2008 1:20 PM

Guest :

How dumb can possibly be......Yung Boy get it together!!!!!

Aug 18, 2008 3:51 PM

Guest :

I think Youngberg comment was ignorant on his behalf. If he would have just came out and said he prefer light skinned women over dark skinned women then ok, But dont mke nasty comments about your own black sistas. Just watch he isnt going to get any love from females that are black. His fan base will drop, how stupid. I'm glad I never even liked him.

Aug 18, 2008 5:26 PM

Guest :

yung berg is a fuckin piece of shitt. he doesnt even deserve dark skinned women, ugly ass bitch.

Aug 19, 2008 2:35 PM

Guest :

I would not have bought his album if i knew that.ladies itr wack anyway

Aug 19, 2008 4:17 PM

Guest :

I actually used to like him until I found this out. I'm not even dark skinned, but it doesn't matter. What's wrong is wrong. Ever since black people were brought over to America, we've been told that lighter is better by white people. Lighter skinned people worked in the house, while darker skinned people worked on the fields. However, the reason these people were lighter is because they were the products of rape. When slaveowners raped their slaves, they had light skinned children. How is that a good thing? I'm not saying dark skin or light skin is better. I'm saying that black people as a whole need to be done with white people's prejudices from the past controlling how we feel about ourselves and each other. Young Berg and Polow Da Don aren't the only people who think this way. Plenty of people, mostly in the South, feel the exact same way. They were just the only jackasses stupid enough to say it publicly.

Aug 19, 2008 7:48 PM

Guest :

that was the dumbest shitt ive heard latley and im shocked that i even listened to his music ...well not anymore wuts so good about bein light skin anyway? color is color

Aug 20, 2008 10:30 AM

Guest :

I actually used to like yung berg untill my sister showed me this statement which he made about black women. I think its just ignorance, no i dont hate him now that I've seen this. Lord only knows I will pray for him! To look at every woman and say she is beautiful because she is, not because of her color or how light she is. No one is better. Lights are not better then darks, nor are darks better than lights. We are all whole a black community. Why must we let are colors seperate us? I think it is unique to have the variety different colors of women, and very much so beautiful. I read what Yung Berg states and laugh because I know myself he is just ignorant, but will learn as he grows that color does not define beauty!

Aug 20, 2008 2:37 PM

Guest :

its stupid comments like that, that makes rappers get no holla. light skin or dark skin it shouldnt matter if the female is bad bitch she bad regradless i guess its jus wherever he from that he can only find females that is lighter then him to date. and then to say yo mama is a dark woman if thats the case a comment like that should have never even made it to his lips. if you don date females darker than you thats ok but somebody dated yo dark skinned mama that how yo stupid ass got here.

Aug 20, 2008 7:23 PM

Guest :

I am a young, dark brown African American woman and I believe that his comments are not tasteful and very disrespectful. It's hard being dark both in my famiy and my life. I could be considered biracial since my family has so many dominant nationalities but I am considerably darker than my cousins and mother. Hearing that now rappers are even speaking out against dark skinned women it honestly makes me wish that children will be brighter than me so that they will not have to endure what I have been through or worse. And by the way not all dark skinned girls have to use "brown" gel. I actually use only muse and clear products because my hair is very curly and wavy... LOL

Aug 25, 2008 1:25 PM

Guest :

Dude barely got a career and he's already trying to destroy it... ha ha ha what a retard!!!

Aug 27, 2008 12:13 AM

Guest :

wtf is he on...he aint all that he looks like a fuking monkey! pull yo head in...pple like this dnt amount to anything in life! wanker!

Aug 27, 2008 3:58 PM

Guest :

you are so cute young berg my name is kendra im 21 years old.

Aug 27, 2008 4:01 PM

Guest :

i think lite skin is better

Aug 27, 2008 4:06 PM

Guest :

so young berg im single looking for somebody to talk to how old are you im 21 years old looking for fun write know im looking for a part time job 2009 i will be 22 years old.

Aug 28, 2008 10:22 AM

Guest :

He's not trying...he has officially succeeded in destroying his somewhat of a career...I guess his lyrics are true to life "it was nice to know you" ...see ya bye...for future reference to up an coming rappers don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Aug 31, 2008 3:44 PM

Guest :

Wow, these comments from Yung Berg are very hurtful. I am a light-skinned black woman who is the mother of a brown-skinned little girl. I only hope that she doesn't meet someone like this clown who obviously has some self hatred going of his own. Shame, shame.

Sep 1, 2008 5:46 PM

Guest :

funkin asshole..
&& he is ugly too..not a good look

Sep 2, 2008 8:25 PM

Guest :

WOW! That's just sad. This and now the chain. You really need to sit yo punk ass down b 4 you get yo dumb ass killed. Yo bodyguard watched you get pounced on. Please just stop. your career is over, the lil bit u had. Then you let 50 cent talk yo stupid ass into dissing BOW WOW. That's who got yo chain.Bitch you got the bizness

Sep 8, 2008 4:13 PM

Guest :

He lame as hell.....dark butts? he mine as well join da kkk... my dark and lovely ass would go to fuckin jail if someone called me that shit, i look at it this way...he too fuckin light to be black and too fuckin dark to be white.....sp were da fuck he fit in

Sep 9, 2008 2:10 PM

Guest :

Its not his fault he is ignorant, he was just blinded by the system.

Sep 13, 2008 7:52 PM

Guest :

this is what happends when money gets to your head! it's shame to know that a grown man would speak so belittling and ingnorant about women and people in general. its just a shame...

Sep 18, 2008 12:25 PM

Guest :

I remember I heard this shit on the radio well it was a xm radio show. I remember listening and thinking what a fucking CLOWN!!!! I am a beautiful dark skin women who use to be a fan of his retarded ass and let him have ever called me Dark Butt his head would roll. I think he has fucked up the little piece of a career he did have and let him Crash with the other ass holes that put they foots in they mouth. His ugly funny looking ass can stay with his females that are lighter than him because he is obviously scared that he would lose the little attention he did get from the beauty of a dark skinned women. We need to learn that we as the African American community can not fight racism if we are still fighting each other. How retarded could he be to say something so damn dumb and his own Mother is black. Dead or Alive she need to visit him in his sleep and Smack the shit out of his little light skin women loving ass!!!!!LMAO

Sep 19, 2008 2:00 PM

Guest :

Yung Berg was TRUELY ignorant for the comment he made about not likeing dark skinned women. It's not the fact of him prefering light skin over darkskin that makes him ignorant, because everyone has their prefernce. It's the fact that he made the "dark butt" and "pool test" comments that really made him look like an ignorant jerk. I'm darkskin, and even though he wasnt talking about me personally, I feel very upset that he would make comments like that...I never liked his ass anyway...He really fcuked it up for himself. That's why his album sold ONLY 20,000.

Sep 22, 2008 2:11 PM

Guest :

Wont deny that that Yung.B himself is a cutie, but for every word that came out of his mouth makes him look completely and disgustingly UGLY!
I have and will r.e.s.p.e.c.t everyones opinion but I stongly believe this guy is so un-intelligent. Oh and speaking of wats "NOT POPPIN", not sure how you cop'd a record deal homie because like Weezy said
"Ya style'z a disgrace, ya flows are 5th. place". Its not hating I call it debating. Hey yur a ringtone artist who likes white females, oh yeah yur living the "American Dream".

Sep 24, 2008 3:23 PM

Guest :

Just to let those types of words flow out of a brothers mouth is not attractive at all. It's sad how gone astray some of our brothers are out here. With his fame, he should be out here uplifting the black culture, not making a joke about it while the white press look at how "we" tear one another down. It only shows weakness in the black community. It only lets whites know that we can be against one another and they can take that and tear us all apart. I, myself am a gorgeous dark chocolate sister. No, my hair aint curly, and yes my skin becomes dry when i hop out of the pool (just like everyone else. But that's life for you my brother) BUT for a brother to see my flaws at that very instant, and the next day out steps a queen with beautifully shiny dark RICH skin and hair just as free and nappy as can be. The beauty of naturality is portrayed at the same time. There's nothing like having flaws and beauty at the same time. It shows confidence. I believe in uplifting my sistas because yes, we all have flaws. Yes, i can be that dark butt, it would be the best butt Young Berger lol could ever possess in his life. One more thing: he may wife a red bone, but aint nothin like the taste of a rib.

Sep 24, 2008 6:13 PM

diane77 :

Yung Berg and Polow Da Don comments are racist.There's reverse colorism hatred of light skin blacks in Philadelphia (ninth-poorest U.S. city,blacks are the majority).I had lived in Philly for many years.Many dark skin and brown skin black young adults in Philly don't date light (yellow)skin blacks.I lived in cities that weren't like this.My light (yellow)skin and my brown skin black cousins lived in some zip codes in Philly that have many sex offenders (sex offenders are often lecherous)and none of the black men would date my light skin cousin and many black men wanted to date my brown skin cousin.There are few light (yellow)skin black and dark skin or brown skin black young adult couples in Philly.

Sep 27, 2008 12:13 PM

Guest :

Wow thats very funny how can someone like u say anything like that.I am a very pretty dark skin women and yes when i get out the pool i look the same.....by the way lame ass nigga u couldnt even get signed until yo lame ass finished school. Also so nigga your not from cali bitch yuor lame ass is from the chi u fake ass high yellow ass bitch

Sep 27, 2008 6:11 PM

Guest :

Forget what he says. All strong black women know their worth. Some dude who is tryin to get rich and famous off a 2 minute song isn't of any count anyways.

Sep 28, 2008 12:28 PM

Guest :

We all like what we like..

For example i'm an east asian guy. And I think asian women are ugly, honestly. My preference is white women, seeing as most are beautiful and have appealing personalities and don't try to be something they aren't unlike asians.

Oct 2, 2008 4:04 PM

Guest :

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Oct 3, 2008 8:33 PM

Guest :

Okay, I don't even know who young Berg or Polow are. They must not even be that important as far as celebs go. I just happened to google his girlfriend Jaslene and come acrross his statement about drk skinned women. I can't even say that I am offended by his statement not because I happen to be light skinned but because I have heard this kind of statement put different ways many times by blk men(even by my boyfriend and cousins). what troubles me is that this is a growing trend and it just shows us how much a lot of blk peopl hate themselves and are ashamed to be blk. Also, that guy polow's comment about blk women needing to get their sh_t together is so funny to me considering statistically far more blk women are educated and have higher paying careers than black men. If we need to get our sh_t together than what does that say about blk men. It is just so disgusting how dark races have been taught to hate themselves. East Indians, Latinos and Asians all have this self hatred issue and percieve white or at least light to superior to dark. It is one thing when a white person thinks they are better at least they have self esteem if no other good qualities. but a drk person who believes they are not as good or equal to a white person is lost and very pathetic. If this keeps up our race is doomed.

Oct 5, 2008 12:36 AM

Guest :

You know what I could care less anymore because he's right its his decision what he likes in a female. But the way he said it was rude racist and ignorant. that pool think was not called for . i am really upset w/ YB right now he said he was "racist" nigga how the fuck could u be racist against your own racist stupid bitch . and half of his family is dark skinned. but 4 real thats why in detroit( my city ) he got his chain snatched and i know exactly who has it too and i tried it on and boy YB this chain will sell 4 billions so thanks 4 comming in my hood talking shit cuz.........we bout to be rich ........BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct 6, 2008 8:04 PM

Guest :

IF HE PREFERRED LIGHTER SKIN WOMEN, THAT'S OK ITS HIS PREFERENCE, AS STUPID AS IT MAY BE THAT'S WHAT HE LIKES, BUT TO BAD TALK BLACK WOMAN LIKE THAT IS VERY IGNORANT, EVERY BLACK PERSON WHETHER THEY ARE DARK OR LIGHT SKINNED, MAN OR WOMAN SHOULD BE DEEPLY OFFENDED, PEOPLE LIKE YUNG BERG AND POLOW DA DON ARE THE REASON WHY BLACK PEOPLE HAVE IT SO HARD, CAUSE ALL THEY DO IS BRING THEIR OWN PEOPLE DOWN.

Oct 6, 2008 8:19 PM

Guest :

Fuck Berg, I am from chicago and I am embarrassed that someone like him even claims it. Thats why he keep gettin his ass beat shut ya damn mouf stupid. I'm dark skinned and I know I'm hot...he need to look in the mirror u not cute at all

Oct 7, 2008 6:04 PM

Guest :

Yung Berg is very ignorant. It is ridiculous that a black male would have the audacity to speak against his own race. I wish that I would have read this before I bought his wack as album. I am speaking for all black women whether dark-skinned or brown-skinned, in their early 20's. We have enough to deal with already and some black men don't make it any easier. Obviously we know who really need to get their sh*t together...

Oct 15, 2008 8:12 PM

Guest :

DARKSKIN IS BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct 16, 2008 4:25 PM

Guest :

God bless them. I can only pray for them... Everyone has a preference. Thats how they feel so that takes them out of the game.

Oct 18, 2008 11:58 PM

Guest :

Young berg looks like my 10 year old little brother! I hate when pop down ass men have high standards 4 women and they look like fuckkin beetle juice uncle! If this ugly ass fuck wasnt gettin big( shit, cant even say he famous) then no girl would want his ass. And no girl can tell me different thats a straight up fact! Grow the fuck up man and appreciate your black woman otherwise just fukkin bleach your skin cuz it's seems like thats wat u want to do anyway!

Oct 18, 2008 11:59 PM

Guest :

and who the fuck is Polow Da don?

Oct 20, 2008 6:14 PM

Guest :

YUNG BERG IS AN IDIOT. AND HES UGLY HE WONT HAVE HIS SHIT FOR LONG. i AM A DARK SKIN FEMALE WITH HAIR DOWN TO MY ASS AND IT IS REAL IT GREW FROM MY SCALP AND ITS WAVY. i HAVE NAPPY HEAD KIGHT SKIN WOMEN THAT ARE JEALOUS OF ME BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE IT AND I HAVE HAZEL BROWN EYES , MY SKIN IS THE SAME COLOR AS MY EYES DON HATE. I AM 30 AND PEOPLE THINK I AM 18 DARK SKIN WOMEN AGE BETTER THAN THOSE LIGHT SKIN BITCHES.

Oct 23, 2008 4:04 PM

Guest :

I actually laughed when I read this. Young Berg is an ignorant little shit that needs to grow up. Its funny because I loved Young Berg until I saw this. You can have your preference of light skinned, dark skinned and what have you. Whatever, who cares. But they way he went about talking about dark skinned girls like they are lower than him.... that was just wrong. And I bet he is the first one to get mad when someone who is not black says the "n" word or makes a racial slur. He is just as racist, if not even more, for coming at his own race. He should stop because he not even all that. Them "dark butts" he's referring to wouldn't want his spittin-on-the-audience, lisp-havin-ass anyway!

PS. I'm a dark-skinned girl and there is not a day that goes by where I DON'T get compliments from white people, black people, men, women, everyone about my looks. Bye, Young Berg.

Nov 4, 2008 11:04 AM

Guest :

lol @ that guest who "would not have bought young berg's album" if she knew about this. HOW THE HELL YOU GET TRICKED INTO BUYING A FUCCIN YUNG BERG ALBUM?

Nov 4, 2008 12:20 PM

Guest :

To be fair to the young rapper he's only saying what we as a community have allowed for so long, which is doing or saying nothing about our rap and r&b artist music videos only ever showing attractive black women who are light skin or with almost European features, he's just saying what the black music industry has been guilty of doing decades.
When have we ever protested about it, or organised rallies against it, the people in charge of the black music video industry will carry on doing this practice because we hardly say or do anything about it, so they assume we don't care and they will carry on doing so until we do, plus there is our( black American ) films and TV shows which also widely use this practice.
Which rap or r&b artist has had the balls to turn around and say that I will not do this negative practice of only ever showing in their music videos attractive black women who are light skin or with almost European features, none is the answer.

Nov 7, 2008 1:59 PM

Guest :

Thank goodness for Tupac!
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
The darker the flesh, the deeper the roots...
Who cares about that one hit wonder anyways?

Nov 10, 2008 1:47 PM

Guest :

I'm a light-skinned brother and I prefer dark-skinned sisters. It's just something about a fine dark skinned chick that drives me crazy. I'll take a light skinned sister every once in a while because you need some variety, but if you put them both together, I'll take that dark chocolate bunny everytime. I do need to make a point, whether you are light or dark skinned, I dont like fat broads. I have a bunch of them that flirt with me at work and when I dont respond they say stupid stuff like "I dont like light skinned dudes anyway". I dont want to hurt their feelings so I dont respond, but what I should say is "Hey get your shit together and lose some weight, and quit coming to work at 7'o clock in the morning talking about what you want to eat for lunch". I agree with Polow Da Don saying yall need to get y'all sh*t together, because a lot of y'all think being a fat black woman is sexy ***NEWS FLASH*** It aint. It unhealthy, and it also shows just how out of control a lot of y'all really are. I'm from the "D", and that's real talk.

Nov 11, 2008 5:22 PM

Guest :

That was a pretty dumb ass AND ignorant comment Berg. Come on cuz wake up.

Nov 17, 2008 11:55 PM

Guest :

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Nov 19, 2008 8:01 PM

Guest :

fuck that he want what he want!!!! me personally i love a dark skinned girl theres nothing better

Nov 20, 2008 8:08 PM

Guest :

yung berg and the other guy is just plain stupid. i just pray that they don't by any chance have a daughter darker than they are. i wonder how their mothers grandmothers sisters and aunties feel about what they are saying about black women? they are probally embarrassed to know them.

Nov 22, 2008 1:02 AM

Guest :

Im a BEAUTIFUL DARK SKINNED WOMAN and I know there is a man out there who would love to have a piece of this chocolate....so i say it like this " IF U DONT LIKE IT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL"...point blank, period!!!! AND NOW IM GIVIN HIM THA BUISNESS!!!!

Nov 27, 2008 6:41 PM

Guest :

LOL. I don't know why I found this so funny but it was. I don't hate the dude because I don't know him and he doesn't know me. I'm from Sudan and I'm about as dark as they come but it doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother the men I date either or else I'd be single. His comment was ignorant and he does need to be educated but don't let it bother y'all ladies. If you can look yourself in the mirror and LOVE what you see, you're good to go. You don't need anyone to make yourself feel better. Berg and the other dude aren't part of your lives. I bet most of y'all will forget about this by the end of the week. I'm in the U.S. Army and during training one of the light skinned girls called me "darkie". At first I wanted to beat her face in with my rifle but what would that do? She wasn't in control of my self esteem and Berg shouldn't be in control of anyone else's self worth or self esteem either. Just like Kat Williams said "BITCH IT'S CALLED SELF ESTEEM. IT'S THE ESTEEM OF YO MOTHA FUCKIN SELF"

Nov 28, 2008 7:09 PM

Guest :

STUPETO MUTHER FUCKER YOU ARE JUST A HATER YOU JUST LOST ALL YOUR DARKSKIN FANS SO NOW WHAT IN JUST MADE A BAD COMMENT BUT REALLY I THINK YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE DARKSKIN PEOPLE YOU PEACE OF SHIT INTO YOU DO THAT IN MAY BE START DATING SOME IN MAY BE SOME OF US ON MY SIDE WILL LIKE YOU AS JUST IN ARTIST THE END.

Dec 9, 2008 11:55 PM

Guest :

Yung Berg is a wonna be rapper, he says the dumbest shit just so people can talk about him, since he wants to do that, why dont we all talk about him getting smack by Maino, thats something to talk about. First off he sounds really ignorant b/c as a black man he should already know how hard it was and still is to be this color, and for him to act like hes much better than dark skin'd ppl makes no since, like they sed if you dont like skin'd females, just say you prefer lite skin'd females over dark skin'd, not even you really didnt even have to mention that, and your not even good for anything b/c first off your music sucks anyway, so how about you take you little lite skin'd self and go climb in a hole cause you look like a chimpmunk anyway....

and let this be a reminder to all the dumb rappers out there, when you say comments about skin color just remeber down your line you had a dark skin'd family ancestor who was probably torched even more just b/c they where darker, so this right here really makes him an ignorant retard...

Dec 13, 2008 1:55 PM

Guest :

unfortunately, white women and asian guys are the least attractive creatures on earth! They are the most ugly women and men. I'm a white guy, and I only prefer Asian women!

Dec 15, 2008 8:15 AM

Guest :

being that I am a dark-skinned young lady i have had more men flock towards me than they would a white woman or a lighter-skinned woman.I think for men to publicly broadcast themselves like that about who they date and wont date because of how they look are dealing with self-esteem issues honestly.it is nothing wrong with being dark-skinned at all.

Dec 15, 2008 8:15 AM

Guest :

Dude,that's DAMN DISGUSTING!!!!!As an ebony-hued,classically handsome black lad,
I DEFINITELY dark-skinned,big-haired,beauiful,spuddy black lasses!!!!

Dec 22, 2008 2:43 AM

Guest :

yung berg is gay. point blank .

Dec 25, 2008 6:53 PM

Guest :

I'm a cute, white girl, and hearing this makes me dislike him even more.

Jan 3, 2009 4:27 PM

Guest :

its real said how todays generation looks up to these hip hop artists that look down on woman..yung berg i doubt u ganna read this but comments like that do make a tremendous impact on young girls..i just want u to know u need to reevaluate ur career because ur a horrible role model.. everyone is entitled to their opinion but no one has the right to degrad another..maybe u should have been born during slavery years....u would be a perfect slave master!!

Jan 4, 2009 12:31 AM

Guest :

These fukin rappers disgust me sometimes. really. they portray women like they're garbage. Videos hoes and video vixens all that crap adds up to this kind of problem. I believe darkskin is beautiful. im BEAUTIFUL DARKSKINNED woman and i dont need no stink ass rapper to tell me any different. If young berg doesnt like darkskinned women thats fine, thats what he prefers. but to say the pool test thats definelty a sign of racism. this article blew me away. His statement was an act of pure ignorance and thats exactly what people want to see. Blacks VS Blacks and some of us jus nevber fail 2 amaze them. Gladly my self esteem is high, otherwise i would likely feel "less of a woman" but being that im aware of my history and know how some men portray women this isnt even a shock to me. I know darkskinned is beautiful so YOUNG BERG needs to read back on his history and reitterate what he said on that show!

Jan 4, 2009 12:34 AM

Guest :

Jan 4, 2009 12:34 AM

Guest :

These rappers disgust me sometimes. really. they portray women like they're garbage. Videos hoes and video vixens all that crap adds up to this kind of problem. I believe darkskin is beautiful. im BEAUTIFUL DARKSKINNED woman and i dont need no stink ass rapper to tell me any different. If young berg doesnt like darkskinned women thats fine, thats what he prefers. but to say the pool test thats definelty a sign of racism. this article blew me away. His statement was an act of pure ignorance and thats exactly what people want to see. Blacks VS Blacks and some of us jus nevber fail 2 amaze them. Gladly my self esteem is high, otherwise i would likely feel "less of a woman" but being that im aware of my history and know how some men portray women this isnt even a shock to me. I know darkskinned is beautiful so YOUNG BERG needs to read back on his history and reitterate what he said on that show!

Jan 10, 2009 1:36 PM

Guest :

This comment pissed me off and I'm one of the light skinned ones. My mother is half Italian, but i never met my grandfather so I have no contact with that white side of my family. Growing up around chocolate to caramel to browned skinned cousins is all i know. I believe that black is beautiful! And I don't care what anybody else got to say about it. It pissed me off when i saw "The Buisness" video. Notice how yung berg and his mistress were both light skinned. The ppl they were cheatin on were extra dark?? Iz really a shame that we let the white man divide our ppl like this. Iz niggaz like him that give high tell yellow colored females like me a bad name. Niggaz like him iz the reason why chicks look me up and down and figure i think im all that before they even meet me. What a shame. Yung Berg Yun are a Jack*** and i hope yuh know yuh gone eat ya words sooner den yuh think. ANd as for POlow DA Don........Who da fuck has ever heard of yuh anyway??? Yuh say us black women need to get our shit together. What about ignorant ass black men like YOU??????????

Jan 13, 2009 10:34 AM

Guest :

Who is this dude?
I live in the UK and have never head of a rapper called young berg.
But by this article and googling him I can tell his a fool.
I have caramel skin. I'm not too light or dark.
I have prettty dark skin and light skin freinds .
To say such is disgusting pathetic and unpleasant.
fuck the bastard

Jan 27, 2009 10:54 AM

Guest :

i really think it's necessary to ask the question if the hatred of blackness has grown from a hatred of others into a hatred of self too...because i just think it's stupid to make such retarded comments in the public...beside them being rapstars trying to make publicity...who the fuck do they think is going to buy their music again after making these dull statements??
whatever i'am a blackwoman and i do think i'am pretty and i do know lots of black women who are pretty either...but the fact that our own men go out there and say these typ of crap about us is insane...and by the way a person who entitled a woman as a butt...needs to grow up as far as i'm concerned...i mean don't you have any respect for women??

Feb 1, 2009 2:15 PM

Guest :

The comments that Yung Berg made is completely ignorant. I'm a dark skinned girl myself, however I am very attractive so I've been told. Sometimes I get negative comments like the ones in which Yung Berg made for being darkskinned and some guys aren't attracted to me because they don't date darkskinned girls, but this doesn't matter much to me because they're missing out on something great. I'm perfectly fine with that because its not the color of my skin that gets me through the day, its the content of my character. I often get comments such as my skin is pretty or I should try modeling. I am interested in doing so and those type of comments help me feel good about myself. I not an alek more like a Naomi Campbell complexion, however either way BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL.

Feb 5, 2009 10:34 AM

Guest :

must guys prefer lite skinned women.... get over it sum prefer darker women.... stop hatin bitches

Feb 5, 2009 10:34 AM

Guest :

must guys prefer lite skinned women.... get over it sum prefer darker women.... stop hatin bitches

Feb 23, 2009 8:18 PM

Guest :

Yung Berg is very ignorant and close-minded.

Mar 2, 2009 6:57 AM

Guest :

As an afro american anthropologist who has studied "whiteness" for over thirty years, I must say that I am deeply saddened by the incredible degree of self loathing that attitudes and statements such as these betray. Unfortunately skin priviledge and the aesthetics of color preferences are not widely discussed, nor are they taught in schools. Therefore the destructiveness of such statements and their effects on the population at large are just not understood by ignorant people such as Ung Berg. It is a sad sad representation of his IGNORANCE. I personally feel sorry for him. Deeply deeply sorry. As one commentator mentioned "isn't his mother black?" And the other comment, about a white man saying such a thing and how unacceptable and racist this would be is also well taken. Self hatred is what is portrayed by this statement. And for people of color to have such deep racial prejudices themselves is in this day and age absolutely pathetic.
In closing a personal note: Let's try and get real deep here on the love tip: Love is not about phenotype (although biology does poke in here - no getting around it) LET'S ALL MAKE LOVE BE ABOUT LOVE - who's going to treat you well, be your friend, who is going to be a supportive partner, a good parent, a sensible witness to your life? If all you are thinking about young man is your dick, well then so be it. But that thang ain't gonna be standing tall and proud forever my brother. And the world, beleive it or not, does not revolve around your penis and who you want to "do". He is self loathing, women hating, generally fucked up person. Pity him.

Mar 3, 2009 7:42 AM

Guest :

im dark skinned and if u saw me u might change your mind but yung berg u look like a dirty mexican anyway and you are short and in case u havent noticed....dark, light, white, asian women dont like mini me's....sorry use some of that money to get your knees extended then maybe people would give a fuck about your ignorant ass comments hoe

Mar 14, 2009 7:03 AM

Guest :

I absolutely love dark women and have since I was a kid, I don't know why but I do. I'm considered light skinned so I've often been looked at funny by other women when I'm out with a dark woman, I wish I knew why. For this fool to come out and say what he said doesn't really suprise me since many more men have the same views. He was just an idiot for coming out and saying it, then again he just another "rapper" and ya can't expect too much from em.

Mar 31, 2009 7:43 AM

Guest :

Everyone I have a problem with this. I am a drak skinned woman and growing up I have been teased and tormented and I was told the lighter was better and that's what I saw around. Even though my parents told me that I was beautiful I just couldn't understand why people who looked like me got treated one way and lighter people got treated a different way. Mind you I grew up in a ALL BLACK AREA. Now I am dating a black man. A man that I've known for years.... Since we were friends before we dated I knew the kind of girls that he would always flirt with or even sleep with. They were always light skinned African Americans or Latino Women or Multi Racial women. That same man is dating me. Darkskinned me. People don't choose what color they are born with or what kind of hair the are born with. And it hurts me when people within my race say these hurtful things about their own people.And guess what noone says anything about it. We get upset and then nothing. How do we stop this interacial hatred?!!-

Apr 19, 2009 6:47 AM

Guest :

i did like him....untill this. He needs to get a better job because we havent heard a song from him like how long.... im dark skinned girl that loves the way i look. Its not up to him if WE put gel on our baby hairs. People with no sense of class would day somthing like that.

Apr 26, 2009 9:25 PM

Guest :

That is the reason why it's 2009 and black men in general, in this society, are still complaining about driving while black, bias justice systems against them, lower salaries etc. They don't realize that the same hatred they treat us black women with is the same hatred they are treated with at will in this society. Prejudiced white people see the self hate they display toward us, and the division, so they pick their time to do or say whatever. Knowing that for those reasons they can do those things with little or no consequence. Its pathetic that men of other races date/marry outside their race, even exclusively, and you almost never hear them treat or speak of their race of women like they are second class to the women in their women. Black men will do it to black women worse than a KKK leader!

Apr 27, 2009 10:32 PM

Guest :

I am so ashamed of this ignorant cat that he is actually Black. I read he went to boarding school. Don't go there people!!! lol. I wouldn't allow this cat to get away with this sisters. And that wack apology. Man, I love Black women period!! Another problem I have is people hating Hip-Hop for it. That little bitch is not Hip-Hop!!!!

May 2, 2009 4:16 PM

Guest :

Lighter color skin is always more attractive than darker skin. The reason is evolution, lighter colored people are more intelligent than darker colored people and hence a more desirable mate. The more white a European or Asian is, the smarter they are because it shows a genetic trait that they once lived very North where it was very cold and harsh, they had to be very smart to survive, and there skin became white to absorb vitamin D from the dim sunlight in that region. Lighter colored people are also more compassionate, have more humanity and raise their children much better than darker colored people. This is because in the harsh environment, a woman must have a mate that will provide for her children because in the wind and snow it would be impossible for her children to survive without the father staying to provide in stark contrast in African nations where the men are much more promiscuous and they do not help rear the children as food back then was generally abundant and the woman and children could find food and fend for themselves while the African man is off pursuing other short term sexual relationships.

May 15, 2009 6:26 AM

Alison Ankoma :

I live in the UK and was not surprised with regards to the comments made. I also heard that P Diddy made similiar musing when advertising for a casting. When watching most hip and r'n' b videos, the women are usually always light-skinned or mediterranean looking. Musik Soulchild seems to be one of the few artists who actually use dark skinned women.
I agree that the tussle between light skinned verses black is a tough one. We as black people do not help ourselves, as we are mainly the ones who put these issues on ourselves. We could do so much to change this situation, but I am not sure if we will.
We are bombarded everyday of what it means to be attractive, and these images usually consist of light skinned women. Many artists and actors are light skinned, so if we are being told this is what society must embrace as the 'acceptable' face of black people, we really need to coome together to challenge these opnions.
The divide in London is greatest between Africans and West Indians.

May 31, 2009 2:44 AM

Guest :

just the other day i was talking with my friends about the hip hop video and how there are never dark skin women in them.....whats wrong with our dark skin being dark myself....i find it disgusting that blk men dnt prefer our skin tone....today you have to be pretty n dark in order to get a guys attention....i hate when i meet someone and they say you are cute to be a dark skin girl....what kind of sh%t is that....ppl of dark skinn feel as if they have to bleach their skin in order to fit in.....i have a few dark skin friends n they've said being light isnt everything....some wish they where darker bacause they feel as if they dont fit in with the rest....but blk well dark skin is the most beautiful thing ever.....i wouldnt want to change a thing about my tone....so f**k whoeva has a problem with it....n yung berg....is shit anyways.....short and wack with his rhymes.....

Jun 27, 2009 6:28 AM

Guest :

Wow both yung berg and pollow da don (wtf) need to get there act together . First of all yung berg I hope you find out one day that their might be a girl that you fall in love with that is dark skinned for her personality but you being a dumb ass fag wouldn't wanna marry her cause she's darker than you . And All Dark Skinned woman are beautiful in every way cause we stand out . People might make comments about us ( dickheads like you ) But we stand strong . So thats basically saying that you don't like Michelle Obama , Thats truly amazing how stupid you look right now . & For you Pollow da faggot ; you the one that gotta get your shit straight like what the fuck you been sippin . I Got My life straight I'm Smart,Nice,BEAUTIFUL,Sweet. & Im ME . And if you had your shit together you wouldn't be concisedered "The King Of the White Girls " Ohh I see your saying that your the pimp & their your prostitutes ! Both Of you ugly ass jerks can fuck 0ff. -Black & Proud (=

Jul 9, 2009 3:37 PM

Guest :

i am a mexican and i live in san fransico,i have long hair and just to tell your a$$ somthing yung tall berg...your jokes are lame and dark skinned women are much better to eat.then sit here and hear this shyt from you.don't hate dark,hate yourself.

Jul 15, 2009 12:40 AM

Guest :

yung berg and polow da don are assholes, i got to say but ,im not attracted to any african american mens, i love me some white boys,im like really attracted to them and plus im dark skin, but i cant help what i like

Jul 18, 2009 4:18 PM

Guest :

LOL ok... skin is skin. You bruise it, it bleeds, you scratch it, it bleeds. It comes in all textures, shades and colors. Embrace it, love it and respect it! The young rapper obviously doesn't know any better. Like it's been said before, "it's not what you say, it's how you say it." It must have made him feel good putting people (especially women)down. It shows in his video...he disses the dark skin girl for the light skin girl, but if you notice that the darkskin girl is much more curvy. All skin is beautiful...wait until he runs into that dark Brazilian booty, he'll change his mind.

Jul 23, 2009 6:13 AM

Guest :

Firstly to the idiot that says light skinned people are more intelligent and compassionate, GROW UP!!! Then why do we still have white rapists, child molesters, etc?..... Dark skinned people like Mandela, Gandhi, Oprah had to teach whites to be intelligent and compassionate to others. I am dark skinned and was also teased all my life but my friends and family always told me that i was the prettiest of all my cousins. Most Dark woman have beautiful facial features!!! However We are all beautiful in the eyes of GOD!!! As for this Young Berg, he may be light skinned but he's not good looking!!! I wont waste my money on his music or him!!!

Jul 28, 2009 2:14 PM

diane77 :

continued In Philadelphia sometimes brown skin blacks date light skin blacks.More brown skin blacks than young adult dark skin blacks date light skin blacks in Philly.

Jul 28, 2009 11:09 PM

Guest :

What's really making me angry is that these Black fools are voicing, for the world to hear, their aversion to members of their own race. This Berg faggot is the worst. I just stumbled upon this blog and find it appalling that all the equality that our race fought for, that some are still consumed with perceived beauty. Light women, nor white women look any better than caramel or dark skinned women. I guarded a Hip Hop concert in the Midwest a few months back and I witnessed how pretty and well dressed these young women that attended were. And the men that accompanied them were dark as well and they made such beautiful couples. It showed to me that there are foolish men out there that still believe that if you're white you're right, If you're yellow you're mellow, if you're brown stick around and if you're black step back. I don't expect a white person to know any better with their flaming racism but a Black? It's just too sad that we have stepped back so far. And incidently, I am not even dark skinned, I'm just a regular Black female that will never understand this type of stupidity.

Jul 30, 2009 10:36 AM

Guest :

shit i use to b e one of his fans im brown nn im latina n he can suck my ass how dare he say sum shyt like dat "black butts" ?? how to fuck cares if u use gel to hold down ur hair his ugli ass his ass ugly aniwais n wen he rap he sound lyke he need to take a shit aniwais fuck hem he lost a big part of the black girls and woman as fans

Jul 31, 2009 1:00 PM

Guest :

dark skin is just as good as light skin , i'm dark skin & i get comments like "your beautiful for a dark skin girl" so not all dark skin girls are ugly .. niggas need to get that straight because i'm BAD ; Yung Berg needs a reality check!

Jul 31, 2009 1:02 PM

Guest :

Aug 4, 2009 3:47 PM

Guest :

My daughter was a fan of Yung Berg and now she feels intimadated and horrible because of what he said. she is dark skinned herself and now she feels useless because her celebrity crush and role model let her down. She said that she doesn't understand why because in the beginning of his music video "The Business", he was all over what he considers to be a "dark butt". I just think what he did was rude and very unexpected since his mother is dark skinned herself.

Aug 8, 2009 3:17 PM

Guest :

immma light skinn chick and even i took offense to what he said, thats immature of him, and its gonna b funny when he drop his next album and that shit dont sell, and pollow the don. wacc he had that one verse, they stupid they coulda left there comments to thereselves. light skinn (me) where fake eyeslashes, and where gel ( i dont. .lol. but i some lights that do) but i hope they dont see sell shit to teach them something about dissin black skinn chicks

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