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Comment on Do light-skinned black women have life easier than dark-skinned black women? by BRITTNEY

BRITTNEY — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:54:16 +0000

IM DARK SKINNED AND I’VE BEEN TOLDED THAT I WOULD BE PRETTY IF I WAS LIGHT SKINNED TO. IT IS SO TRUE WHEN YOU ARE LIGHT SKINNED YOU HAVE ADVANTAGES. PEOPLE WILL TREATED YOU BETTER. MY BEST FRIENDS ARE LIGHT AND PEOPLE TREATED THEM WITH WAY MORE RESPECT. EVEN IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT IN YOUR BLACKNESS IT STILL CAN BE DEPRESSING WHEN THE WORLD TELLS YOU THAT YOU’RE NOT BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE “I PERFER BRIGHT SKINNED WOMEN”

Comment on Do light-skinned black women have life easier than dark-skinned black women? by Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:13 +0000

Hello All,
I am a dark-skinned black sister with dreadlocks. And, to be quite honest, I love being “blue-black” (smile) because it, to me, means purity and depth in my African roots. My brown-skinned Afro-Caribbean mother always raised me to believe that darker skin was superior and raised me to be natural. Hell, I am 23 and have NEVER worn a weave or embraced any form of Eurocentricity.
Overall, I prefer darker-skinned men and want dark-skinned babies in the future. But, oddly enough, I ALWAYS get hit on by White men. This, to me is because Black men have a VERY Euro-Centric perspective on beauty and ALWAYS prefer the lighter skinned sister over a dark-skinned sister; even in some cases where the light-skinned sister is visibly less attractive. In addition, even though I am “naturally dreadlocked”, a White man will tell me that I am beautiful first; even though he is not my first choice in who I want to be my KING.
On the flip side, I feel that light skinned sisters have it easier than light skinned brothers. In today’s society, the dark-skinned black man is seen as “smooth chocolate” and is preferred by most sisters. I am guilty of this as well; as I described before.
Lastly, I do have some resentment towards lighter-skinned women because to me, they believe that they are superior to their caramel, chocolate, and/or blue-black sister counterparts; which gets on my damn nerves. Hell, on this particular show, there was a lady named Tamara who hated dark-skinned women even though she was caramel and had a NATURAL HAIRCUT; making her a hypocrite all around. And, as a child, lighter-skinned sister were very mean to me; forcing me not to trust them even in friendship. At the end of the day, I know I have some healing to do; which I acknowledge and truly wish that colorism was not so important in our community.

Comment on Much Ado(ration) About Emma by Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:46:16 +0000

I enjoyed reading your blog about the obsession our culture instills upon women to be a certain image. It is refreshing to see there are some level headed people still out there.

Comment on Gym Blog #3 by agriya

agriya — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:11:41 +0000

I like to go gym and do exercise but I don’t have a time to do that, daily I am doing .30 exercise in my home and taking good healty foods also, I feel this is good for me.

Comment on Do light-skinned black women have life easier than dark-skinned black women? by MadBlack Woman

MadBlack Woman — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:41:30 +0000

Light skin blacks ARE NOT the true blacks-nuff said!!!!!

Comment on Do light-skinned black women have life easier than dark-skinned black women? by Tinay

Tinay — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:24:12 +0000

ALIYAH- you are so right! I hate hearing, “she is pretty, for a dark skinned girl”. Or, “wow! he is handsome for a dark black guy”. These statements ARE RIDICULOUS!! And this idiocy comes from people of color as well as white folks. Of course it stings worse coming from a black persons lips! Next on my list would be hearing, “i dont want anyone darker than me”! What the hail?? What is even more sad, is that the ones I hear say this are quite dark. So to me, Im thinking “you are pretty dark, is there someone darker”? By no means was that said negatively, however, it is the truth. Which goes back to my original stance that, “shade of brown is in the eye of the beholder”. Being of light tone, I dont see how someone quite dark can tell if someone else is darker- from their point of view, I guess they can tell. I have always had equal love for EVERY shade of brown!! From barely brown to deliciously ~beautifully deep brown!!!

Comment on Bitch, please. by n/a

n/a — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:39:37 +0000

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Comment on Fat Princess: PlayStation Abomination by n/a

n/a — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:32:33 +0000

talk about over the top. you’ve reacted wy too badly too this. games are for fun, they dont have to reflect real life. you really need to lighten up seriously

Comment on Fat Princess: PlayStation Abomination by boo

boo — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:31:19 +0000

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Comment on Fat Princess: PlayStation Abomination by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:29:19 +0000

you are just taking this too seriously, its a little kids game for gods sake, your just looking for the wrong in every minute detail you’ve lost the big picture. Its for fun, its a childrens game and you are stupid.