So, here I am bringing this age old debate back. I know some of you reading this are probably thinking "Damn, can we let this shit go already," but what's a site focusing on black articles/situations without a good ol' light vs dark debate?
We all watch television and we all know what the media portrays as beauty. Light skin, with petite features. We all see who the rappers are hiring as the hoes for their videos and granted their might be a couple dark girls thrown in their but that's mainly only because she's got a fat ass. Rarely ever will you see the main video girl be a dark skin chick.
The real question here is; what’s wrong with being Dark Skinned? The only time dark skin is revered over light skin is when concerning men. Dark skin men are seen as masculine and strong, generally speaking, while light skin men are seen as more feminine. So I guess to rephrase that question it should be; what’s wrong with being a Dark Skinned Woman. Can we take the stereotype of dark skinned men being the most masculine and apply it dark skinned woman also? If dark skinned men are seen as the most masculine, are dark skinned women seen that same way?
We all watch television and we all know what the media portrays as beauty. Light skin, with petite features. We all see who the rappers are hiring as the hoes for their videos and granted their might be a couple dark girls thrown in their but that's mainly only because she's got a fat ass. Rarely ever will you see the main video girl be a dark skin chick.
The real question here is; what’s wrong with being Dark Skinned? The only time dark skin is revered over light skin is when concerning men. Dark skin men are seen as masculine and strong, generally speaking, while light skin men are seen as more feminine. So I guess to rephrase that question it should be; what’s wrong with being a Dark Skinned Woman. Can we take the stereotype of dark skinned men being the most masculine and apply it dark skinned woman also? If dark skinned men are seen as the most masculine, are dark skinned women seen that same way?
Does being dark skinned automatically make a woman less attractive? Is skin tone the defining factor of who's beautiful and who's not? I say no. I've seen many beautiful dark skinned black women as I have also seen much beautiful light skinned black women. Beauty is beauty no matter what skin tone it happens to come in. To counteract that statement, ugly is ugly no matter what skin tone that comes in also.
What we all need to sit back and realize is that being light and being dark doesn't matter because at the end of the day we are all black people. When non-black people look at a dark skinned person they a black person, when they look at a light skinned person they still see a black person, just with lighter skin. In the end they still see black. Instead of dividing ourselves because of skin tone we need to work together, to build our communities back up.
If there's one race of people that do not stick together and have each others backs, that would be black folks. We’re constantly dividing ourselves, over ignorant problems, instead of building each other up and working together. Who's going to take care of us, but us? We all know how unfair and unjust this world is, especially against minorities. Mexicans stick together, Asians stick together, Middle Easterners stick together. Were damn near the only race that has divided ourselves and could care less what happens to the next black family. We need to get back to the times when being black, in general, was beautiful and we built each other up instead of breaking each other down.
The light skin vs. dark skin debate is a bit dated but it is still relevant today. We need to let go of this self-hating mentality we have against one another. All were doing is feeding into what the “white man” had planned for us so many years ago when they started raping our black women. They wanted us to divide ourselves and hate each other so that they have the upper hand and to this day they still do. The only way we can start to get some power back is if we start trying to come together and rebuild ourselves in any ways that we can. First stop is getting over this light skin vs. dark skin problem. People need to realize that regardless of skin color were all still black and black is beautiful no matter the skin tone.
If there's one race of people that do not stick together and have each others backs, that would be black folks. We’re constantly dividing ourselves, over ignorant problems, instead of building each other up and working together. Who's going to take care of us, but us? We all know how unfair and unjust this world is, especially against minorities. Mexicans stick together, Asians stick together, Middle Easterners stick together. Were damn near the only race that has divided ourselves and could care less what happens to the next black family. We need to get back to the times when being black, in general, was beautiful and we built each other up instead of breaking each other down.
The light skin vs. dark skin debate is a bit dated but it is still relevant today. We need to let go of this self-hating mentality we have against one another. All were doing is feeding into what the “white man” had planned for us so many years ago when they started raping our black women. They wanted us to divide ourselves and hate each other so that they have the upper hand and to this day they still do. The only way we can start to get some power back is if we start trying to come together and rebuild ourselves in any ways that we can. First stop is getting over this light skin vs. dark skin problem. People need to realize that regardless of skin color were all still black and black is beautiful no matter the skin tone.
*Note* My thoughts are a bit jumbled here. To conclude it, my point basically is regardless of light vs. dark beauty is not determined by skin color and INSTEAD of focusing on each others skin tone we need to realize that black is black regardless of the color. Stop the division over dumb shit, it get's no one anyone.
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