The fear of Black skin by some whites and some blacks

I have seen white people who are as pale as a glass of milk, yet I have never heard someone white talk about how white and pale another Caucasion is. Yet I have heard a few whites as well as some blacks talk about how dark an athletic, model or celebrity is.

Some of you may be to young to remember how Negros in college sororities in the 50"s and 60's would be given the manila envelope test. If you were darker than the manila envelope then you couldn't get in.  A recent report by John Stossel on ABC 2020 showed that many producers of music videos primarily select light skin black females to be the devia's and dark skin girls to be the hoochies. On this segment, young black boys indicated their preference for light skin girsl. Our kids are to young to realize that they are the victims of brain washing. Ask the average African American teenage boy to describe a beautiful girl and you will see what I'm talking about. By having so few Beautiful dark and brown skin Black women who are displayed as beautiful in magazines ,commercials and movies, this allows someone else to impose their standard of beauty on you.What makes it worse is that so many Black men have bought into it...what do you think?

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[Ed]

I remember back in the 60's in college all of the AKA's were so fair skinned as to look white, like they were "passing"; it was a requirement to join.

[helen]

february 6 2006

i live in a town called quincy...i have lived here for over 32 years...i have never liked this place...a nice place for raising children..there are african americans here not a lot though...this town has always had predjudiced over tones...still does...it has gotten maybe a tad bit better..but not much...once in a while there might be one person working in a bank...a few on the police department..finally more than one on the fire department...it was not easy getting people of color working at these jobs...now and for a few years from time to time there have been blacks working in the news and weather department....i say "now and then"...because they never stay...very long i can probably understand why...there is nothing for younger people here ....they keep building banks and houses that the average people cannot afford...a retirement town....sounds good especially and usually whites...come to live here....most blacks work in factories that are still here the naacp has no pull...the city finally put up signs with martin luther king's name on 8th street in town....a lot of whites did not like this idea...but somehow...it went into effect...one thing....there are a lot of bi-racial children here you see white women with a lot of bi-racial childen but now black fathers around!!!interesting....isn't it...i am older i live here but i have never liked here but i had no choice...you don't really see blacks in city hall either if any maybe one....there is a lot of nothing here...no black businesses whatso ever...i don't think this place is ever going to change...this is a german/old quaker town of old.....

[Tre Millyanz]

It's all about Black images in the media like my man said above. The socially constructed image of beauty doesn't make room for dark-skinned women of the world. Once in a while you'll see a darker model or something that everyone loves (i.e. Naomi Campbell), but it's rare. It's crazy....I realize that we're being brainwashed, but I still find myself preferring light-skinned women. I didn't even realize I was doing it until recently. We've got to start showing more dark-skinned women in the media as images of beauty so our kids don't get screwed up like we are.

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[Oldahus]

Society is not ready to see the typical black features as beauty. Yes the dark skin, but not that combined with kinky hair, broad nose, big lips, and body type. Even some the of dark women who are on television and magazines have features similar to Caucasian women. (If it's not the hair, it's something else) I still applaud them. It's a step up but not typical black features.
That won't come until we have more black women who are in positions where they can be admired for more than just their physical features. People who are in high positions, well-respected, or have money dominate the media (thus why the Caucasians are there now).
Once we as a people move up in knowlege, positions of power and influence, and positivity, while at the same time, carry ourselves in natural form, then we will be seen as the image of beauty.
It's hard, because right now it's the other way around.

[John In SoFla]

Hey I am a white guy and I comment on pasty white folks usually just women. I have also seen it with my family members and other white people. I have a friend who is Cuban with a white complexion and his Cuban birth certificate states his race white. He also makes comments about pasty white people.

South Park (whose writers are white) aired an episode called Ginger Kids
(Episode Number: 136 Season Num: 9, 1st Aired: Wednesday November 9, 2005)

The story line was about Cartman (white kid) dislike for kids with red hair, freckles and pasty skin. You can read details here.
http://www.tv.com/south-park/ginger-kids/episode/561203/summary.html

I wrote this in response to your comment "I have seen white people who are as pale as a glass of milk, yet I have never heard someone white talk about how white and pale another Caucasian is."

Just wanted to let you know, now you have.

[Victoria]

Christ was a black man but there is more to it that you know. Christ is an Isralite and most of us are but we don't know it. Please go to www.thecomforter.info.com and learn the truth in the real word of God and the scriptures proving that Christ was black and we are his people.

[Stacey]

In reguard to the comment about knowing white people as 'pale as a glass of milk' i am one of these ppl, despite numerous visits to sunbeds, these are in vain. And my skin colour is constantly commented on. Only by other white people. So it would seem some white people struggle to accept people no matter what shade of what colour they are!!

[Michael]

i am hispanic, but look white. besides being the "white" sheep of my family, i was also the outcast in my "brown pride" neighborhood because the color of my skin. but because of the times, the 70's in southern california, i always felt more comfortable around white and mexican stoners and hippies where color didn't mean a thing. and there was always plenty of talk if someone was too white or pale because we had plenty of sun and beaches to remedy that. i've never known anyone who didn't like darker skin. i think it's what's under the skin that people don't like. brown is beautiful. hatred is not.

[simon cyrene]

im white and most of my life, as a kid ive been a victom of black on white crime. i have a mixed daughter, her father is a crack head, and he seems to miss all his visits. there is hatred every where, on every side. why do people hate someone else for something they cant help? i dont know...but what i do know is that Jesus is a man of color, so is the rest of the world (whites too), he just has more color then most. its just that white folks for got that they used to be dark too, before the curse on us for our shame.

[Summer]

Yeah, every race comments on skin "shades." I am a pasty white girl and I got it all the time.

There are a lot of beautiful black models...
Naomi Sims
Alek Wek
Naomi
liya kebede
etc. etc.