(BlackDoctor.org) -- Celebrities shouldn't affect our personal faith in love...right? When In Touch Weekly recently reported that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith had allegedly separated, the collective moans could be heard all across Black America, from the shores of Chicago’s South Side to the hills of Washington DC (Howard U. is on a hill. Work with me here, people).
To be fair, In Touch Weekly has erroneously reported on the never-happened marriage of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the false pregnancies and adoptions of Jennifer Anniston and many other celebrity rumors that have been proven false. It is and always shall be a tabloid. However, just the idea of a Will and Jada break up forces us to look at the reasons behind our attachment to the couple. People who have never, ever, ever meet the golden pair seemed as shocked and saddened at the news as they would be about the split of some folks from their real, actual lives.
How Many Other Famous Black Couples Do We Really See?
The media rarely places Black couples in the spotlight. Will has remarked remarked himself that he is often paired with non-Black women in films because Hollywood seems to believe that audiences will disregard a film starring him with a Black leading lady as a “Black movie” (which is funny, because he had a Black woman in Independence Day and Enemy Of The State, but whatever).
We don’t have many television shows these days about successful Black relationships and most of our films are too wrought with shuck-n-jive or romantic tragedies to provide balanced ....
Omar epps and Keisha.... angela basset and courtney b vance.. camille and bill cosby... beyonce and jay zdenzell washington and pauletta... president and h first lady
Monday, August 29th 2011 at 4:26PM
Cynthia Merrill Artis
I know, right! I think the person who wrote the article should have just stated that like many Americans, Will and Jada's relationship is likeable by all! Ha!
Well its probably because of there must be in a public scandal to get 24-7 media attention and I do believe until this one, the only public scandal was from those who disliked their chosen religion and tried to get their public school closed because of false media about it being a religious school. (nup)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
