I know many Asians, Indians, Latinos, etc do not want to be called Colored. It make like, two class of people: White and Colored. I agree with them, Colored should only associated Black or African American.
The movie is about African American Female or Black Girls. So Black Girls or American American Girls
I think the title "Colored Girls" suggests the stigma and further humiliation that black women deal with.
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no it's based off of an old play of a much longer title.
shareYes, but I think the original post is asking why the reference to "Colored Girls" instead of "Black Girls" or African American Girl.
I know, and that is what I was referring to. The "colored girls" title is taken directly from an old play that it is based on.
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Whites lack skin pigmentation or color. Other races are considered colored because their skin has pigmentation or color so they are literally people of color, hence the term "colored". Scientifically speaking, Asians, Indians, Latinos are all people of color. I don't see that as a racist term at all. Its actually, imo more accurate that the term "black" or "negro" which is spanish for black.
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Does this movie actually deal with the issues faced by women from African that move to America (African American)?
In a way it does.
The original play .. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf was very powerful and although the "poems" are a lot about the struggles of women it celebrates their lives and differences.
In the movie is just as powerful (I thought) but in a different way. It shows mostly African American woman, their struggles and their unity in a story format.
Some would say the movie was a cope out and is almost stereotypes of Black woman. I found it moving and heart wrenching.
Also the original play was choreographed to various rhythms which added a surreal dimension to it while the movie is all drama.
It shows mostly African American woman, their struggles and their unity in a story format.
i thought it had something to do with the women representing colors, i noticed they all wear a certain color of clothing in the movie. it's a double meaning i think. anyways, i'm not 'colored' and i enjoyed it so if i paid attention to the title technically i shouldn't have watched it.
shareIts based on the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is a 1975 experimental play by Ntozake Shange. Initially staged in California, it has been performed Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and adapted as a book, a television film, and a theatrical film.
The "Colored" part is for the different colors used in the play/film and probably because colored is what black people were called when the original play was written.
some explanations are in the dvd special features.
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Asians, Indians and Latinos might not want to be considered colored, but they are considered just that by whites and that's not going to change any time soon. I'm half Black and DO NOT want to be considered "colored". I think it's a stupid term. Everyone is colored even whites. We all have COLOR. We all have a color. Whites are not transparent.
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As a proud woman OF COLOR, I can tell you black reclaimed the term colored, whites had no part of it. they may use it still as a racist term but WE took it back.
shareand as a proud woman of black and white heritage. I can tell you that blacks aren't the ones to put that label on themselves. Also it wasn't just used for blacks.
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At the time the play originally ran, which I think was the 1970's, the word "colored" always meant black when it referred to a person.
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While the title was probably initially aimed at women of the distinct race and the hardships they have endured, all women of any colour could have endured these hardships. The colour could be the emotions these women have through their struggles, not necessarily their ethnicity. Some were angry, some were jealous, some were sad....all feelings associated with colour which the women wear in the movie.
It's universal I'm white and didn't feel this movie was just aimed sourly at women of a certain colour. These women could be any of us. I may be white but I have blue days or red days, I may have purple days and green days. Don't we all?
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We've become a race of peeping toms.
So, what would the color purple mean for Nyla and "orange" for Tangi, or brown for Crystal for that matter?
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