Being a minority we already have to struggle with the race to keep up with our white counterparts. But does anyone realize the race we have to keep up with ourselves among our own people? Dark Skin Blacks and Light Skin Blacks have been at a constant battle dating back to the slave age. It's said light skin blacks were treated better because their fair skin made them closer to the masters blood which in all gave them better opportunities and better means of life. With light skin blacks having the interpertation that they were better then there other slave peers, an attitude of cockiness and arrogance grew. For years, the wide spread attitude was passed on to generation and generation. The masters continued to favor lighter skin blacks allowing them to live in the same homes as themselves and family even sometimes eating at the dinner table with the family. Darker skin blacks struggling to keep food on the table for large families let alone get any food for themselves began to strike back. And soon an ongoing war between lights and darks were ignited. Ever heard the term "you have good hair?" Well what does tht mean. Your hair is less coarse and easier to comb? Since when was hair that was easy to maintain deemed as "good" hair? Girls go out there way to purchase false hair, varying from 8 inches to 20 inches ! And why? Because they want to be "prettier" but when did having short hair make you ugly? Is it because WHITE people generally have long hair, and in this society that is ran by WHITE people that is what's consider beauty? How dare someone depict beauty off stereotypical assets. I saw the most demeaning tweet about a week ago that said something on the lines "I dont like my girls dark skin, I like them clean skin" If those aren't the exact words, I apologize but that was basically the main idea of the young mans tweet. Since when did having darker skin make you dirty? I dont understand. How can the level of flith be determined by skin complexion ? And the sadder the question is, why did he think it was okay to say that? Has this society done soo much damage to the black community that our young women only think they can be beautiful with a head full of track and makeup that makes you appear lighter? What have we been subjected to and why hasn't anyone broken free of this cycle? More importantly, why am I one of maybe five people who found his comment to be really disturbing. I dont understand. Maybe it's jst me. But I can't conform to society's logic, I dont think tht skin complexion determines someones beauty. I think the character of that persons personality along with a vast list of other things can consider someone beautiful. Light, Dark, Doesn't matter. Think outside the box. DARK is just as BEAUTIFUL or MORE than LIGHT.
