"Dark skin girls are ugly"
"Light skin girls have it so much easier"
"Light skin ain't in no more"
"Dark skin girls are all ghetto"
"Light skin girls aren't even really black"
"Dark skins and light skins can never be friends"
Well, speaking as a light skin girl myself who is also not considered to be black, I don't believe any of these statements are true. Yes, people in society do show favoritism toward lighter skin people sometimes. Yes, dark skin people are discriminated against more often and poorly represented in the media; but this debate covers up the real issue: the black community struggles as a whole - the African American culture is misrepresented and oppressed as one unit, and the light skin-dark skin controversy only make things worse. If African Americans don't unite to take control of how we are portrayed, the rest of the world will keep blacks oppressed and continue to misrepresent us in all ways, and little black girls all over the world will continue to suffer from emotional distress because they think they're "too dark" to be pretty or intelligent. Just remember to teach them that beauty comes from within and it can be found in all shades.
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