This light vs. Dark thing that's going on , I hope it stops soon . Its so generational I don't see that happening though . Just because girls light skinned doesn't mean we "think we cute" and being darkskinned doesn't make you any less of a person .
Its song lyrics like : "I like a long haired thick red bone" .. - Lil' Wayne
"My passenger's a red bone , her weave look like some curly fries" - Young Jeezy
"Got some light skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands" I Kanye West
Lyrics like these make darker skinned girls kinda bitter sometimes , I find . My friends have no problem with this because they're all
beautiful . Why can't you guys just be comfortable in your own skin ? Society shouldn't have control over your self worth .
A really dark women on the Tyra show said "us darker skinned black women have more struggles than light skinned African Americans" . She felt as if light skinned people have an easier life that darker skinned women . Then she bought up a saying that calls light skinned person the "house slave" & darker person the "field slave" . She used this expression to say that light skinned people have had it easier "since day one" because our complexion is closer to "Massa" .
Either way , the word slave is after the complexion shade . We need to get out of that slave mentality and realize that we have more in common that we think .
Another women on the Tyra show even said that she went through extemes like pouring bleach on a hot rag and putting it on her face . She burned herself and peeled off her skin the next morning only to find a darker shade . It took her that to realize that she's pretty just the way she is .
So , whenever somebody comes up to you and gives you a compliment followed by "for a darkskin girl" say thank you .... and give them the middle finger !
Because I Am a Queen - India Arie
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