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woman wearing paper bag[Blind Gossip] When one celebrity sees another celebrity they know launching a new business venture, you would think that they would be supportive.

Not always. In fact, they can sometimes be downright mean!

This celebrity is launching a skin care line. One of her friends snarked:

I wonder if she’s going to include bleach in the line. Anyone else notice how she’s gone from black black to paper bag black over the years?

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  1. koreanchiq says

    The system broken, the schools closed, the prisons open
    “We ain’t got nothing’ to lose, ma’ fu-ka’, we rolling
    Huh? Ma’fu-ka’, we rolling
    With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands.”

  2. up2trouble says

    Celebrity Launching New Business: Kelly Rowland

    Friend: Beyonce

    I have dark skin and finding the right shade in foundations is horrible

    • flower says

      I’m really pale and have the same problem. I actually avoid makeup because everything looks so artificial.

  3. QueenP760 says

    Paper bag black refers to a test(paper bag test) that used to be performed (frats, nightclubs, churches ext..) to determine a persons skin color. If you were lighter or same color as the bag you were granted entrance.

    • RickiHazel says

      There used to be a test that if you were black, your skin tone had to be lighter than a paper bag to be allowed in to certain groups or clubs. If you were darker, you weren’t allowed in.

    • Me Talk Pretty says

      It means they can now pass the “paper bag test”, meaning the person’s skin tone is now lighter than a paper bag.

      Way back in the day black people who could pass the test were considered prettier, smarter, and classier – and had access to more privileges because of it.

    • chicagogirl says

      It’s a reference to the paper bag test and colorism within the Black American community. At one point, there were clubs that only allowed entrance to those who were the shade of a brown paper bag or lighter.

    • Wifabif says

      Refers to the old racist practice of deeming someone an “acceptable” level of black if they were the shade of a paper bag or lighter.

    • caligrlth25 says

      It means if you are the color of a brown paper bag or lighter, you were accepted by the white community and were privy to more privledge then your darker counterparts. It was a practice that mainly took place in the south

    • jeannie says

      I think they are referencing a lighter skin tone. Going from “black black” to “paper bag black” would mean she lightened her skin several shades over the years.

    • BeauSo says

      Colorism. Black folks judging Black folks on whether or not they pass the “paper bag test,” meaning their skin must be no darker than a paper grocery bag.

    • gingerwinters says

      It means being the color of brown paper bag. Back in the day some college sororities used a “paper bag” test to select members. If you were dark than brown paper bag you were rejected but if you were lighter than the bag you were accepted.

    • chaseboogie says

      I don’t know if you are being sarcastic or you just innocently don’t know, so I’ll explain just in case it is innocent. There used to be a time when blacks had to be lighter, in terms of skin color, than a paper bag to be put on shows, etc. Anything or person darker in skin color, aka dark brown, and it wasn’t or the person was considered a no go or considered unattractive. Part of several reasons African Americans are color struck and divided within our race, finding lighter skinned…

    • Cuddlebutt says

      It is a reference to the “paper bag test” from the last century where people with skin darker than a paper bag were not allowed into certain clubs or social activities. Basically color discrimination.

    • FelipeA says

      Back in the day, African American performers were given the paper bag test. The light skin ones would pass and get hired, the others got rejected.

  7. thisisannoying says

    Nicki Minaj? Firstly her skin is terrible due to her thick make up, and secondly she used to be way darker.