Stating the Obvious
Brown skin people and dark skin people always have something to say about light skin people. Like I don’t wake up everyone morning knowing I’m light skin. Like somehow I forgot. Like somehow I don’t know that in the winter I get paler with every snow fall. Like I don’t know that I’ll never get as dark as you even if I lay in the sun everyday.
They say, “black is beautiful” but they keep riding me like I’m not a part of that movement. Like I should find a way to do more than I can about it. Like somehow I asked to be two shades from a white girl, sorry, make that one shade.
But fuck it, let ‘em point it out. Because when it comes down to it I’m not going to change and I’ll probably have kids that look just like me. So when you see him or her playing in the school yard with your kids feel free to crack another joke because he or she will be ready for all the dumb shit you have to say. Because we all know you will still think your jokes haven’t gotten as old as your wrinkly as has.
Peace.
Wow, powerful. keep doin your thing, i enjoy reading your blog.
Love, and God Bless
SS
Thank you Sid! I was trying to be brutally honest. I’m super happy to hear you enjoy what I’m doing here. Thank you!
My fair skin lady. Your child will have witty come back I’m sure of it.
Oh yes babe, she will.
u know I feel this! Sending you an e-mail now!
wow thats a bit harsh,im dark skin and i have nothing bad to say about lighter people unless there bad people. not all brown and dark skin girls are like the ones you describes in that post. some don’t care that your light they don’t wake up everyday thinking “dam i hate light skin girls”..but maybe they care that lighter people are being made out to be better than darker girls just because there light (because of the media and black boys) … and honestly SOME light girls behave like there better too(because of the media and black boys) .little kids aren’t oblivious to whats going on around them so maybe the dark skin girls who teased you are insecure. can’t blame them if there feeling rejected by there own race ?
there two side to every story you may be feeling upset about them teasing you,but their sure as hell feeling upset too.
@ shev. I agree my post may be a bit harsh especially since all I’ve posted are my immediate thoughts without any sort of disclaimer. That’s the trouble with these things. I can write what I’m thinking and assume people will know and understand all the thoughts around that one thought. I did not intend this thought to generalize all brown skin and dark skin people. I have friends that don’t bother me about my colour. This exact thought came out when I was thinking about a situation I was in not long before. So this is how it came out, pissed off and harsh. I was tired of “nicely” saying how irked I was about people “Stating the Obvious” so I just let it go and said it how it really was in my head.
I understand the reasons for people making their comments about skin colour, I really do, but this is not what this post was about. Sometimes you just wanna tell them to STFU! while fully knowing where it comes from. I also understand why light skin, dark skin, brown skin people view themselves and each other a certain way but again this is not my first and only reaction to my experience with it.
Hopefully I didn’t offend you as that was never my intention. Thank you for sharing your thoughts though! I’m always up for the conversation.
Peace.