❤️🖤💚 #Repost @blackmenbuild with @use.repost ・・・ I’ve heard too many brothers brag about their yearning for light, Latina, or white women while showing disdain for onyx-skinned sisters, even when their mothers and sisters were brown or darked skinned. This hits close to home for me. As a Black man, I grew up in a community that constantly praised brothers and sisters that had “fair skin” and “good hair.” Eurocentric features were seen as a blessing, while features typically associated with Africa were seen as a curse or, at the very least, a burden. Light, bright, and damn near white women are seen as status symbols, while “chocolate” sisters are undesirable or only good for sex. People, this is a sickness. In popular culture, light-skinned singers, models, actresses, and even activists have long been celebrated and elevated, while many amazing dark skinned women have been maligned or ignored. An excerpt from, "Colorism: Will Dark Skinned Women Ever Be Loved?," from WARTIME Issue 3, written by brother @lyfestile7 Hit the link in bio to read the full article 🙏🏾 #blackmenbuild #wartime #colorism #womenshistorymonth #lyfestile #lyfestile7 https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYbpT-M1cG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
