Comments on: Essence Criticized for Sharing Evelyn Lozada’s Bridal Shoot, Is It Fair?

By: Pdiane

Pdiane — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:11:00 +0000

Evelyn is a horrible example of the word “female/woman”. She is nasty, ignorant, vicious and it is evident uneducated. It is evident by her remarks that she hates black women, and what amazes me is that many black women (even the ones she associates with) readily accept or ignore her berating comments made toward African Americans in general. Her attempt at being a soft, shy bride is halrious. Essence is a crap magazine since Susan Taylor left, and sold its true interest several years ago. I do not even purchase the magazine…..if I do take a notion to read the magazine, it is at the store while waiting to check out -refuse to spend my money on this crap magazine that is full of ads,superficial stories and clothes, which fits Evelyn crasp persona. To even associate her with the word black woman is an insult.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:48:56 +0000

I think society focuses on all of the wrong things. Evelyn seems to be in the relationship with Chad for all of the wrong reasons anyway. Even though she is not on the cover of Essence, why is Essence promoting her Bridal photos. She is not BLACK! From watching the show, she comes from a poor Hispanic family. Focus on Black people!

By: Mrs. D

Mrs. D — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:36:37 +0000

I certainly think essence.com coulld have passed on the Lozada photos. I have always looked to essence as a publication that highlighted proud black women. If you listen closely to Lozada’s comments you will hear her constantly demeaning black women and in ways that speak negatively about our hair, body and culture. I was surprised to see the photos and thought it added no value. Ms. Lozada should read Essence not be featured in it in any way. Otherwise Essence risks loosing it’s identity and becoming a clone of everything else.

By: CW

CW — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:11:44 +0000

Indigenous maybe? LOL

By: ThisIshRightHere

ThisIshRightHere — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:22:40 +0000

I just came to say that Evelyn Lozada is, indeed, Black. She may not be the “type” of Black that you all consider to comprise the majority readership of Essence (or even this very site, for that matter) being that she has some other ish mixed in, but she is without a doubt an afro-descendent of Latin America. She is no less black than say Rashida and Kidada Jones, Thandie Newton, Tia and Tamera Mowry or even Barack Obama.

If you don’t like her and don’t think she deserves this kind of glory, then cool. Say that. But if you kin-claim any of the 50-percenters above, then kindly accept that Eve is us.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:42:11 +0000

Essence has some whiny readers. Seems like most of their controversy stems from reader complaints.

According the some posters on here, as well as the American one-drop rule, Evelyn is Black. Being Puerto-Rican, it’s even more likely there’s more than one drop in her.

By: KjenNu

KjenNu — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:27:48 +0000

*Sigh* I accept the fact that previously “all-Black” arenas are now working to position themselves as “multi-cultural.” I also now relinquish any previous guilt I once had felt that I no longer went out of my way (because of scarcity of access and buying habits) to support them.
Hence, I haven’t bought Essence in years.

By: soulfullyreal

soulfullyreal — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:08:51 +0000

Why are we fronting like BW don’t watch Basketball Wives in droves? It’s about the bottom line in any business ($) and if publishing pics of Evelyn get’s more hits for the site, that generates major moola from advertisers. Plus, there is general interest from black women about Evelyn’s life. Personally I could care less, i think she’s rachet as all get out, but we have to look at this honestly to get an accurate idea of why Essence posted the pics. She’s popular. It is what it is.

Now as far as the racial aspect, I don’t think Essence takes the point of view of literally only covering black women, but rather addressing the lives/ interest of Black women, a small difference that apparently means a lot. As far as entertainment is concerned, all those “Basketball Wives” are of concern to many black women. It hurts to type that but it’s true, who else is watchin that show? Please don’t take that as me supporting what Evelyn stands for, she’s no body’s role model in any sense, but I’m not mad that they covered her based solely on the fact that she’s Latina.

By: overseas_honeybee

overseas_honeybee — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:10:10 +0000

Essence sold out years ago. Call it what you want but just the simple fact that she was included (whether they took the photos etc or not) speaks volumes on how far their brand has slipped. Canceled my subscription a minute ago. Their integrity has totally fallen by the wayside. So instead of complaining out loud to folks who “just don’t get it” … I’ll just keep my few dollars in my pocket instead of buying any more issues. Money talks …

By: Ms. Information

Ms. Information — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:22:50 +0000

Essence is for black women…not random women who happen to screw black men….