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11 months ago
in Self-Hatred Within A Race– It Really Does Exists! on 7daybuzz
What you've presented is sad, but true. Unfortunately, Black society as a whole is in competition. Women against women. Men against men. Different shades against one another. I don't think there is ever going to be an end to this sort of discrimination/racism. Our history breeded us to be insecure about who we are and it has been passed from one generation to the next. Even if you were able to avoid it within your own family as soon as you broadened your surroundings (high school, college, work), you were met with that and experienced it personally or through associations.
It's funny because as a person who others call "light skinned" I never identified myself like that and -- although it sounds silly -- didn't realize I was considered that until I was an adult. It wasn't a phrase we used in our family. I am careful about phrases like that in my home because I have one "dark-skinned" child and I would never want to single her out as inferior or different. Unfortunately, I can only shelter her for so long.
Well-written post. Thanks.
It's funny because as a person who others call "light skinned" I never identified myself like that and -- although it sounds silly -- didn't realize I was considered that until I was an adult. It wasn't a phrase we used in our family. I am careful about phrases like that in my home because I have one "dark-skinned" child and I would never want to single her out as inferior or different. Unfortunately, I can only shelter her for so long.
Well-written post. Thanks.
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ksawyer123
Hi Petula. Welcome to 7daybuzz. Thanks for commenting on this post. Your statement, "Our history breeded us to be insecure about who we are and it has been passed from one generation to the next" is sooooooooo true! I'm about to have my first child and, like you, I plan on not using, what I consider, negative, discriminatory and derogatory terms as they relate to our race. But I know, I'm only going to be able to shield her for only , as you say, so long. By the time that I can't shield her any longer, my goal is for her to be secure in who she is (regardless of what other's think or say).
