How can we as black people come together when we separate ourselves...... by the shades of our skin (red bone/high yellow/sexy chocolate) and we discriminate against the opposite sex (if they are too light/too dark for our preference) not too mention the stereotypes we make up ( light skinned females are stuck-up) & sayings (the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice) we just down each other to make ourselves feel better.
Not to mention: the good/nappy hair, acting white/ghetto, paper bag test just to name a few !!!
Personally I think it all happened during slavery when our ancestors were either inside/outside workers. Obviously working outside they were darker and stronger whereas working on the inside they were lighter and had access to more information. Instead of uniting and using their physical and intellectual strengths to overcome, they let it become a separation barrier.
United we stand~ Divided we fall........United we have never stood so divided we are falling......
Divide & Conquer.........We divide ourselves which makes it easy for anyone to conquer.
Honestly sister as a light skin female with hazel eyes I dnt know how many times I can actually recall feeling discrimanted against because of that. And still to this day as I look excema(ed) out, nappy hair, fat an pregnant as hell feeling like shit on the inside people still find a reason to look at me funny. Or talk crap about a freaking skin tone:-(
ReplyDeleteLOL not at you but the way you put it!!! I was actually going to say something similar to that effect..... People feel negatively towards us for superficial reasons and in all reality our light eyes and skin are probably the result of our ancestors being raped...... Thanks for commenting & things will get better so smile :)
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