Comments on: Natalie Cole Explains Her Mother’s Complex Against Dark Skin https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/ Everything Old School Live Here! Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark Espin https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-71 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 03:56:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-71 In reply to Junie.

Her family did have a problem with dark complexion though, Maria admitted to that

]]> By: Mark Espin https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-2204 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 03:56:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-2204 In reply to Junie.

Her family did have a problem with dark complexion though, Maria admitted to that

]]> By: Junie https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-70 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:41:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-70 In reply to Mark Espin.

This is why I think it was more of a Class thing as opposed to complexion. Most of the help hired usually had dark complexion. They were in an all white neighborhood.

]]> By: Junie https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-2203 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:41:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-2203 In reply to Mark Espin.

This is why I think it was more of a Class thing as opposed to complexion. Most of the help hired usually had dark complexion. They were in an all white neighborhood.

]]> By: frances https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-69 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:00:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-69 Since Natalie Cole herself is dark-skinned, and her father was as well, I have to wonder about her mother’s mind-set. It looks like she was a bundle of contradictions on the issue of color, given that she also generally seems to have hated dark complexions. I can just imagine the kinds of hang-ups children born into families with parents who have issues with the complexions the kids turn out to be would have. It’s also definitely true that the Coles were only one example of how destructive colorism. Since Nat King Cole died in 1965, and this is 2015, it goes to show how long-lasting and far-reaching colorism is, along with the white supremacy it stems from.

]]> By: frances https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-2202 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:00:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-2202 Since Natalie Cole herself is dark-skinned, and her father was as well, I have to wonder about her mother’s mind-set. It looks like she was a bundle of contradictions on the issue of color, given that she also generally seems to have hated dark complexions. I can just imagine the kinds of hang-ups children born into families with parents who have issues with the complexions the kids turn out to be would have. It’s also definitely true that the Coles were only one example of how destructive colorism. Since Nat King Cole died in 1965, and this is 2015, it goes to show how long-lasting and far-reaching colorism is, along with the white supremacy it stems from.

]]> By: Mark Espin https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-68 Fri, 08 May 2015 19:51:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-68 This shyt kills me, her mother had a problem with dark skin people but married a dark skin man which obviously would possibly mean you would have a darker complexion child, so go figure

]]> By: Mark Espin https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-2201 Fri, 08 May 2015 19:51:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-2201 This shyt kills me, her mother had a problem with dark skin people but married a dark skin man which obviously would possibly mean you would have a darker complexion child, so go figure

]]> By: Gemma 529 https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-67 Fri, 08 May 2015 03:07:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-67 Natalie Cole: “… I knew nothing of Gunilla Hutton, the woman Dad had been having an affair with, but my mother certainly did, and it must have made dealing with the aftermath of his death even more difficult for her.”
Source: Natalie Cole, Digby Diehl. Angel on My Shoulder. 2000. pg. 57-58.

]]> By: Gemma 529 https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/natalie-cole-explains-mothers-complex-dark-skin/#comment-2200 Fri, 08 May 2015 03:07:00 +0000 http://angularjsdevelopment.com/LoveOldMusic/?p=5080#comment-2200 Natalie Cole: “… I knew nothing of Gunilla Hutton, the woman Dad had been having an affair with, but my mother certainly did, and it must have made dealing with the aftermath of his death even more difficult for her.”
Source: Natalie Cole, Digby Diehl. Angel on My Shoulder. 2000. pg. 57-58.

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