Ebony & Ivory - The Essence of History?

Everyone looks at the reaction to the covers of Ebony and Essence and not the underlying problem. Yes, Essence advertised "black love" and had a man who didn't embody that quality gracing the cover and yes, Kimora Lee is half black, so she technically belongs on Ebony's cover. A bigger picture is in play here, though. There is a historical stigma attached to interracial relationships. It is usually more acceptable for a white man to engage in a relationship with a black woman because of the history of white men engaging black women behind the scenes plantation-wise. Black men were torn from their families, therefore the logic stands that once they were able to return and engage their beloved black women, they would not want any other race given the traumatic experience black men have endured during slavery. Black women as a result feel rejected because of black men that choose "the enemy" over them considering the struggle they have had to go through, which is psychologically the mindset of those who are angry to this day when a white woman is seen with a successful black man. We often forget the years of programming that blacks have been accustomed to and blame it on jealousy, further damaging the black woman's image. We can see the opposite reaction in the Tiger Woods story, where there was a survey taken by ABC viewers over who was the worst behaved celebrity in 2009. Over a celebrity who beat up his girlfriend and was charged with a crime in court, Tiger Woods was chosen as the worst behaved. Is it any wonder why black women are cautious but deemed paranoid when their country sees a black man who cheated on his white wife as worse behaved than a black man who beat his black girlfriend? Forget the reasoning behind PR and brand management and damage control. There is a message we're sending out to America's black women - and that is that "she" still has a ways to go.