Current Events > Why do light skinned black people get **** on

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Like they are at front end battle of every civil rights advancement for not just blacks but other races too....W.E. Dubois, Malcolm X, MLK, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, Plessy, Freddie Doug!! Give them some love bruthas.

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Because they have a privilege that dark skinned black people dont. If they recognise that then its all good.
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I thought light skin was coveted among black people?

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BigSexyShoots posted...

Because they have a privilege that dark skinned black people dont. If they recognise that then its all good.

other races just see black though

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racism comes in many shades...

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

other races just see black though

Generally? No they dont. Light skin black people get more opportunities than dark skin black people.
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People wanna assume light skinned brothas are soft, gay, and not black enough. Like bitch just because I don't like Wayne doesn't mean I'm not black. Same people that are in interracial relationships wanna measure somebody's blackness.

Sorry about that mini rant y'all but shit.

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

other races just see black though

Facts
Whenever someone gets upset, that N-word suddenly slips. "I'm not a racist though"

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The whole "blackness" thing in black communities is that 100% self-hating, self-destructive shit that does nobody any good.

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BigSexyShoots posted...

Because they have a privilege that dark skinned black people dont. If they recognise that then its all good.

What is this privilege exactly?

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Master Fard Muhammad was the most Pro Black light skin Black Man of all Time. The Son of man that the Bible speaks of

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ReturnOfThaJedi posted...

What is this privilege exactly?

They dont get profiled as much, they get more opportunities. Shit do you think Beyonce would have broken out if she was as dark as say Kelly? Open your eyes
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KStateKing17 posted...

People wanna assume light skinned brothas are soft, gay, and not black enough. Like bitch just because I don't like Wayne doesn't mean I'm not black. Same people that are in interracial relationships wanna measure somebody's blackness.

Sorry about that mini rant y'all but shit.

my black friend did some tag every black male on Facebook did the cause thing and didnt even tag me :(

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BigSexyShoots posted...

Because they have a privilege that dark skinned black people dont

Is this a reason to shit on them? Bringing them down won't make anything better.

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Im not shitting on them, they just need to recognize their privilege.
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BigSexyShoots posted...

Generally? No they dont. Light skin black people get more opportunities than dark skin black people.

yeah and this is how they are able to fight the fight in the front lines for other black Americans. I was first black guy in my white SEC fraternity, but I had to endure a lot of **** for them to start doing that.

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BigSexyShoots posted...

They dont get profiled as much, they get more opportunities. Shit do you think Beyonce would have broken out if she was as dark as say Kelly? Open your eyes

Bullshit

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Pretty hilarious you chose to omit Obama

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It's called colorism.

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There's a whole thing about "colorism", which is essentially the idea that light skin people get treated better or seen as better than darker skin people on average, in many different respects. And not just by non-black people.

Which I won't deny cause I've seen it with my own eyes in many different forms. That doesn't mean that light skinned black people don't get profiled or treated badly at all though. The argument is just that on average they get treated better.

Also, this isn't just isolated to black populations either. Similar shit has been seen in other places, such as India as well.

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BigSexyShoots posted...

Im not shitting on them, they just need to recognize their privilege.

Do they, though? Would them "recognizing their privilege" make anything any better? Is it even actually a step towards improving the quality of living for black communities? Or is it just a petty desire you have to excuse your own lack of opportunities?

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Pogo_Marimo posted...

Do they, though? Would them "recognizing their privilege" make anything any better? Is it even actually a step towards improving the quality of living for black communities? Or is it just a petty desire you have to excuse your own lack of opportunities?

Right? That shit just reeks of self loathing.

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I'm dark skin and people call me an oreo

Lots of problems like this in the black community. The hate on light skins is another one.

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Solid Snake07 posted...

Pretty hilarious you chose to omit Obama

Hes African and white, not African American

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

Hes African and white, not African American

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

Hes African and white, not African American

I, what?

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This is a baguette :




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Twin3Turbo posted...

There's a whole thing about "colorism", which is essentially the idea that light skin people get treated better or seen as better than darker skin people on average, in many different respects. And not just by non-black people.

Which I won't deny cause I've seen it with my own eyes in many different forms. That doesn't mean that light skinned black people don't get profiled or treated badly at all though. The argument is just that on average they get treated better.

Also, this isn't just isolated to black populations either. Similar shit has been seen in other places, such as India as well.

Topic over.

Colorism is real you see it all over the western world, Asia, and Latin America.

Obama would NOT have been elected if he was dark skinned or fully black.

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I got a light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson

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BigSexyShoots posted...

Shit do you think Beyonce would have broken out if she was as dark as say Kelly? Open your eyes

I've always attributed that to nepotism tbh

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KStateKing17 posted...

I've always attributed that to nepotism tbh

Like anything, there are always multiple factors as to why something is what it is.

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ReturnOfThaJedi posted...

lmao

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

Hes African and white, not African American

say it again!!!!

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A cop who pulls over a black guy wont act any different if he is a light skinned black.

I am am not sure what the privilege talk is about

TopKekBro posted...

A cop who pulls over a black guy wont act any different if he is a light skinned black.

I am am not sure what the privilege talk is about

If you truly believe this I don't know what to say.

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Ffs, if yall havent experienced it, then did yall at least learn anything in school?

Dark skinned people in general dont get the same opportunity as light skinned minorities. Not just black people.

Its okay. Its not racism to say you know it happens.

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Patty_Fleur posted...

If you truly believe this I don't know what to say.

You really think an obviously black but lighter skinned person would not get discriminated by a racist?

to a racist black is black.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Ffs, if yall havent experienced it, then did yall at least learn anything in school?

Dark skinned people in general dont get the same opportunity as light skinned minorities. Not just black people.

Its okay. Its not racism to say you know it happens.

You may be confusing light skinned with white passing

TopKekBro posted...

You really think an obviously black but lighter skinned person would not get discriminated by a racist?

to a racist black is black.

I think dark skins in general are treated worse. Its literally in the history.

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Patty_Fleur posted...

I think dark skins in general are treated worse. Its literally in the history.

a light skinned black is still dark compared to white

TopKekBro posted...

You may be confusing light skinned with white passing

Where did you grow up? Because Ive experienced this firsthand since me and my brothers are conveniently darker than each other in descending order.

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prolly because, and heres a fucking whopper of a concept for so many of you

black people can be racists too

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Ffs, if yall havent experienced it, then did yall at least learn anything in school?

Dark skinned people in general dont get the same opportunity as light skinned minorities. Not just black people.

Its okay. Its not racism to say you know it happens.

Yeah, it definitely happens. I mean, people's perception of other's traits is all a sliding scale. I've even known a white guy who got confused for Korean even though his entire ancestry is European. Subconsciously, people who harbor racist thoughts towards a minority will likely have less and less strong emotional response the "closer" a minority looks to "white". They may still make a point about insane "one drop" rules and such, but inherently most people who harbor racism are reacting to a series of visual cues that they've learned to identify with the subject of their irrational hatred.

This is most obvious when you look at the explicitly racist caricatures back during colonialism. It was important to define a series of exaggerated traits in order to simplify and easily educate what is "them" as opposed to "us".

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TopKekBro posted...

You really think an obviously black but lighter skinned person would not get discriminated by a racist?

to a racist black is black.

I think you're trying to limit this discussion to just how racists might treat lighter skinned black people when this discussion is beyond just about how racists might treat them.

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I dated a pinay once and she told me that in the Philippines, the dark skinned girls were considered ugly by Filipino men but American men loved them. They said the most beautiful women were the short, thin, white looking ones while girls who were taller and darker were only chased by American soldiers. Which worked out for them since they loved American men, but it led to the saying that they were "so dark that Americans like them" or something to that affect.

Kinda strange how the beauty standard is more or less universal across the cultures.

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tigerslashII posted...

I dated a pinay once and she told me that in the Philippines, the dark skinned girls were considered ugly by Filipino men but American men loved them. They said the most beautiful women were the short, thin, white looking ones while girls who were taller and darker were only chased by American soldiers. Which worked out for them since they loved American men, but it led to the saying that they were "so dark that Americans like them" or something to that affect.

Kinda strange how the beauty standard is more or less universal across the cultures.

Not really sure it's strange tbh. I think imperialism has had A LOT to do with it.

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Twin3Turbo posted...

Not really sure it's strange tbh. I think imperialism has had A LOT to do with it.

I think this has been a perception long before Imperialism.

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It's racism. You'll see similar prejudice towards people with facial hair in Korea (our Ambassador for South Korea got shit for it.) And people with brown hair in Japan (the president of Nintendo before Iwata hated brown hair, and some schools forced you to dye it black.)
Also gingers are another example.

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Twin3Turbo posted...

I think you're trying to limit this discussion to just how racists might treat lighter skinned black people when this discussion is beyond just about how racists might treat them.

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Tropicalwood posted...

It's racism. You'll see similar prejudice towards people with facial hair in Korea (our Ambassador for South Korea got shit for it.) And people with brown hair in Japan (the president of Nintendo before Iwata hated brown hair, and some schools forced you to dye it black.)
Also gingers are another example.

That's not racism though, those people are the same race, they just look different. It's like saying hating short people (another thing Korea does) is racism.

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