augbabe (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i still don't understand how they are being used for laugh i guess im not seeing the point either...maybe they just like the actresses...i don't see how queen latifah and jennifer hudson exemplifies hollywood idolizing full figured black women when thats only two people when they also love people like halle berry, megan good.

renabena23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Your telling me society is laughing at Oprah Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson? LOL WOW..im sure there there laughing 2, str8 to the BANK!

TheLipzShow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

honey you're not seeing my point for whatever reason. They're not idolized...they're used for a laugh.

renabena23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

WOW i think this video is pure hate...if u think that black full figured women are praised in hollywood then u must be living in a fantasy world becuase they have to work 10 times harder to keep jobs and to stay relevant. The amount of plus sized black women in the media is extremeley limited you can probably count them ALL on your fingers. If you compare them to all the other str8 sized entertainers we are not as nearly accepted or represented...my opinion

Izolals (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The mammie image was concocted by white men to make white women feel less insecure, and white women have held insecurities since slavery, when their men were creepin' in the slave quarters. So, in seeing all the black women as "Mammie" characters, they could say to themselves, "what could he POSSIBLY see in her?" It's like, an insecure female wanting to be seen with an unattractive friend, to make her look (and feel) prettier.

Izolals (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The mammie image was concocted by white men to make white women feel less insecure, and white women have held insecurities since slavery, when their men were creepin' in the slave quarters. So, in seeing all the black women as "Mammie" characters, they could say to themselves, "what could he POSSIBLY see in her?"It's like, an insecure female wanting to be seen with an unattractive friend, to make her look (and feel) prettier.

ggblueam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

BBW in hollywood are not a threat to the petite/skinny women of other races: overly-sexual in a comedic sense, uneducated, funny, loud, always a single parent, & desperate for any man. I saw "Haven" with the pretty Zoe Saldana. She ended up being passed around as a whore, while the white girl kept her viriginity & got rich at the end. It made me angry & sorry that I bought the video. Not much has changed in the last 40 years. We must continue writing our own scripts in hollywood.

TheLipzShow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes you're so right. I did a project in college on this along with other POPULAR negative images of black women in entertainment. a new good example of this is SHERRI SHEPPARD on the view!! Out of all of the intelligent, witty women that guest hosted on the view...this heffa gets the job?? she is a joke.

naturalnana (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree!

dmovie27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Because of the Aunt Jemima syndrome. Why do you think Oprah has survived in such a racist system for so long. It's really more of a freak sex fetish thing they have with that big fat black woman too. Plus, it's just non threatening because THAT woman just wants to "get along" for the most part and be accepted. It's all about control in the end.