Anyone who has heard Jill sing, recite poetry, or just talk in normal conversation should know her stance on love and blackness. People's definition of "lightness" vary, and though I agree that Jill is more caramel than mother of pearl, some ignorant folks might've thought other-wise. What she said in that commercial was directed at THEM. You may think I'm not "black enough", not "urban" enough, not "street" enough, but if I'm light-skinned, I'm a PROUD light skinned. If I'm suburban, I'm a proud suburban. Feel me? C'mon ya'll this woman oozes out positiveness, don't forget that.


..."but I've learned to love myself unconditionally, because I am I queen" -India.Arie