'That Colored Girl'

Big Brother already has its first racial slur, and the season just started two days ago. [DListed]

Miley Cyrus seriously needs to just stop taking pictures of herself. [Yeeeah]

Jay-Z's hotel request: "One giant watermelon was split in two and ornately carved into a mold of Beyonce's breasts. Two cherries were used as nipples." [INO]

• Who wants to see Britney Spears shooting a video in an elevator? [PS]

Jake Gyllenhaal finds his Blackberry more interesting than Reese's kids. [PITNB]

• The end is nigh: Tyra Banks has been named the hardest working person in showbusiness. [ICYDK]

Jul 15, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 10 Responses
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    No. 1 tlatzoteotl says:

    I believe you mean the end is "nigh", as in near. Neighing (sounds like nay) is what horses do.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 1:43 pm
    No. 2 Keeblerkahn says:

    So Miley claimed to be embarrassed over the Vanity Fair photo and implied she was tricked into it. Lets put Annie Leibovitz photo next to the one she had someone take of her naked in a wet tee shirt and compare. Looks like someone will be heading back to the Disney parks for their version of rehab again.

    If this girl isn't completely destroyed my the time she is 18 it will be a miracle.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 2:18 pm
    No. 3 dolt says:

    I know this is really stupid to ask…is "coloured girl" a racial slur? Is "black girl" more appropriate? I really have no idea. I know…I'm a bit slow, but I didn't think it was that bad, but correct me if I'm wrong.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 3:19 pm
    No. 4 April says:

    as a new blackberry convert, i must say: i find my blackberry more interesting than most people.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 3:24 pm
    No. 5 sar says:

    dolt - it's a slur. perhaps you are confusing the phrase with "person of color"?

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 4:19 pm
    No. 6 Alice says:

    Bah .. coloured girl, person of colour … all silly. I'm caucasian, not transparent. I'm a person of colour too .. by colour just happens to be pale, pinky beige.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 5:24 pm
    No. 7 kelly says:

    Dolt, I thought the same thing. An outdated term? Yes. A slur? That's stretching it.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 6:47 pm
    No. 8 blah says:

    Funny, I thought this was going to come out of the mouth of the 75 year old guy.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 8:11 pm
    No. 9 queencrone says:

    Or, maybe, now here is just my thought:

    Since 'That Colored Girl" is in quote marks, could it possibly be some irony? Or satire?

    Maybe we can pretend to be archeologists, and sift through the Lowest Common Denominators
    and see if we can figure out what could be ironic or satirical here?

    This is your homework, if you choose to accept it.

    I blame this current lack of humor on the New Yorker.

    That damn cover seems to have drained us all.

    Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 11:09 pm
    No. 10 gayledi says:

    My niece who is 14 and her friends take all kinds of pictures like this with their phones. Sorry to say this is what the young'ins do nowadays. Thats what the parents get for giving their own phones to "keep track of them".

    Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 12:41 pm
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