So........... today was the first day of class for the summer quarter at school, and we went through the basics of the first day of class. Its a computer class so of course I was on:http://www.octobersveryown.blogspot.com/ ! I was watching this post of a fan video for lust for life and Drake said in one of his verses: " And as for them pretty light skinned models standin in the cold aw yeah they with us". Now........I am a darkskinned african-american woman and proud of it! For some reason when I heard that today ( and its not the first time i've heard that song) I was somewhat offended. I'm not saying that I was offended because DRAKE said it, I was offended because I've heard it several times before, and I've experienced several times before thorugout life. Why is it that within the black community we emphasize skin coloe so much and moreover why is it that we see light-skin as superior to dark? I've always heard that it goes back to slave days, when the lighter- complexion slaves were working in the house as maids, nannys and drivers while the darker complexion slaves were in the fields. Regardless, of where this mindset came from, it's WRONG. When other races and cultures look at the african-american community they don't see skin tone all they see is BLACK!!!! You've never heard a white person say hey isn't that light skinned girl cute.....no they say that BLACK girl is cute. WAKE UP people we are all one race of humans, get over complexion and down to real beauty, because DARK SKINNED women are beautiful too!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Dark Skinned DIVA
So........... today was the first day of class for the summer quarter at school, and we went through the basics of the first day of class. Its a computer class so of course I was on:http://www.octobersveryown.blogspot.com/ ! I was watching this post of a fan video for lust for life and Drake said in one of his verses: " And as for them pretty light skinned models standin in the cold aw yeah they with us". Now........I am a darkskinned african-american woman and proud of it! For some reason when I heard that today ( and its not the first time i've heard that song) I was somewhat offended. I'm not saying that I was offended because DRAKE said it, I was offended because I've heard it several times before, and I've experienced several times before thorugout life. Why is it that within the black community we emphasize skin coloe so much and moreover why is it that we see light-skin as superior to dark? I've always heard that it goes back to slave days, when the lighter- complexion slaves were working in the house as maids, nannys and drivers while the darker complexion slaves were in the fields. Regardless, of where this mindset came from, it's WRONG. When other races and cultures look at the african-american community they don't see skin tone all they see is BLACK!!!! You've never heard a white person say hey isn't that light skinned girl cute.....no they say that BLACK girl is cute. WAKE UP people we are all one race of humans, get over complexion and down to real beauty, because DARK SKINNED women are beautiful too!
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