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On December 9th, Dr. Ian Smith will be hosting a celeb panel discussion about an age old topic that has plagued black communities for many, many years: light skin v.s. dark skin blacks, and whether light skin blacks have a better quality of life. Click to read more.
Honestly, (in my opinion) I think a lot of the light skin v.s. dark skin mind set is just that, a state of mind. Even though I get some form of discrimination just about everyday because I'm dark skinned, I've been paying more attention to another topic that pissed me off--the fact that many men treat black women (both light and dark) like whores. Yes, I said it, WHORES!
I can't tell you how much it burns me up when men (of any skin color) automatically assume that I already have two or three children with no husband, or they'll assume that I'm promiscuous, when I have never even told them my name. I've never been pregnant and I've been married to a wonderful dark skinned brotha for over a year, and he treats me like a queen.
Yes, the light v.s. dark skin ideologies are very unnecessary. All it will do is lower your self esteem. My mother has felt that way for years, and you can basically say that she has little to no self esteem because she's been put down for being a beautiful and intelligent dark skinned woman. Trust me, it's not worth thinking that way.
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