I am SOO N LUV with Usher and Tameka Raymond

I am currently writing a research paper, for my psych class, that examines how the media affects how black women are perceived and how they feel about themselves. What does this have to do with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond? Well....there has been soooo much backlash about the couples' union in 2007. People have said that she's too old for him, that she doesn't deserve him, and so on and so forth, and I just think that it is utterly ridiculous! Especially because some of this slander has come from the lips of black women themselves.
Which makes absolutely no sense at all, when every five minutes another successful black man marries out of his race, and I know almost every black woman has thought had a comment on black men not wanting to marry black women. If Usher would have married some half-white looking female, no one would have said a word. Because we have come to accept this phenomenon as being the norm. We talk about how Black men often ditch the strong black women who help them get to where they are, but once they are living the good life, they want to go off and get a white girl. So when a black man actually wants to marry a REAL BLACK WOMAN, WITH KIDS, and we're still hating? C'mon, whats really good? I really feel that the media and everyone else has really convinced us that we are unworthy of marrying GOOD MEN and living happy lives. Ladies this must stop. We don't have to hide behind the makeup and the weaves just to feel good about ourselves. We don't need make our noses smaller, and relax, or press, our hair to feel beautiful.

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL SIMPLY BECAUSE GOD MADE YOU, AND HE DIDN'T MAKE NOT AN UGLY CREATURE IN THIS WORLD.

When will we start believing this ancient truth?

Oh yeah...back to my new fav celeb couple, I hope they "have a ton of babies and live happily ever after" they deserve it. Hopefully other black men will play follow the leader!

Here's some pics I snagged from Essence.com

Think on it.
AJ