Tichina Arnold is apologizing for the feedback she made in regards to the concept of reverse colorism when she appeared on Deon Cole’s “Funny Knowing You” present. Arnold introduced up the concept of reverse colorism after singer Ari Lennox mentioned earlier this 12 months that she observed colorism taking place on Martin within the Nineties.
Arnold says she mirrored on her feedback after a dialog along with her tv sons from The Neighborhood, Marcel Spears and Sheaun McKinney.
What did Tichina Arnold say about seeing reverse colorism on ‘Martin’?
Speaking to Cole, Arnold mentioned her co-star, Tisha Campbell, skilled reverse colorism as a light-skinned lady on the favored sitcom. The 56-year-old star advised that dark-skinned women shunned Campbell as a result of they didn’t wish to see her get near the present’s star, Martin Lawrence.
“Even with Tisha, individuals don’t notice that reverse colorism occurs as effectively,” Arnold informed Cole, per The Grio. “I keep in mind Tisha, she would cry typically. It can be so dangerous as a result of we had the dwell studio viewers and the women, the Black women would are available, they usually have been there for Martin. That was Martin [during] ‘Def Comedy Jam’ and stuff. So, it was that type of crowd that might come to our exhibits and they might snigger so arduous they might bang on the ground.”
On Thursday, nevertheless, Arnold went to Instagram, in a video with McKinney and Speas, to say that she regrets the feedback she made about reverse colorism.
“Listen, all of us have opinions. We all have our rights to opinions, however we even have duty. So after I misspeak, I wish to apologize for that since you’re by no means too previous to study,” Arnold mentioned. “So I made a press release on Deon Cole about reverse colorism. I used to be talking too quick, simply talking from expertise, however I by no means wish to insult anybody for no purpose. I misspoke, I spoke too quickly.”
What did Ari Lennox say about seeing colorism on ‘Martin’?
Lennox talked about colorism on Martin when she sat down for an interview in July, as Blavity beforehand reported. The singer mentioned she remembers watching the present within the 90s and realizing that Arnold’s character, Pam, was dealing with colorism.
“The factor that pissed me off about Martin was how a lot he was goin’ in on Pam, and that is coming from a woman who loves a joking a** film and even when the joking film is like ‘Damn, that was f**ked up.’ There are some issues the place I draw the road,” Lennox mentioned within the interview, per People. “Pam was so f**king lovely and so high-quality, and I simply really feel like rising up as a chocolate lady, I don’t even know if I used to be in a position to perceive the greatness of Pam.”
American singer Ari Lennox speaks out, saying Martin’s jokes about Pam’s seems to be nonetheless hit a nerve: “I’ll all the time really feel a means about that. It’s disrespectful to dark-skinned ladies; she’s lovely.”
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