"The darker the berry the sweeter the juice" isn't always how you really feel when you're a Dark-skinned woman.

You may have heard about this controversy (that may have been blown out of proportion) about r&b crooner Eric Benet. His latest single entitled ‘Redbone Girl’ has caused a negative uproar amongst darker toned women for obvious reasons. It’s gotten quite a bit of backlash and it’s brought up the light skin vs. dark skin debate. Benet calls the […]

Eric Benet is feeling the heat from fans and some new enemies after dropping controversial song, “Redbone Girl,” playing on the classically Southern phrase describing light skinned women. (Seriously ladies, is it really that serious?) http://www.blackamericaweb.com/entertainment/music/eric-benet%E2%80%99s-dark-skin-vs-light-skin-song-causes-outrage

Every time she’s mentioned on a blog, the comments are inevitable. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/life_style/style_beauty_life_style/30598