WTF?.....Volume 10

Unrelated to black cinema, but interesting just the same.

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An update from Crunk And Disorderly:

A local DJ and party promoter retreated Thursday from a plan to sponsor a bash that would let "light-skinned" black women into a downtown club for free.

But the "Light Skin Libra Birthday Bash" at Club APT on Woodward Avenue turned out to be a bashing -- of promoter Ulysses "DJ Lish" Barnes after word of the unusual party spread on the Internet.

"I made a mistake," Barnes said. "I didn't think there would be a backlash."Barnes, who said he's been a party promoter for six years, canceled the event.He said he has gotten angry calls and e-mails from around the country about the party."I didn't mean to offend anyone," he said. "I had planned a party for other shades (of black women). We were going to take a shade of color each week. Next week was going to be a party for 'Sexy Chocolate' and the week after that 'Sexy Caramel.' "Barnes is African-American and describes himself as "dark skinned."

The issue of skin color is an often painful and emotional among African-Americans. The history of slavery and the resulting legacy of intra-racial segregation have sometimes pitted darker-skinned and lighter-skinned blacks against one another.

From I.W.: Suuuuure he planned other parties for other skin tones.