Dark-skinned Black Girl:
I think the media focuses too much on light-skinned or mixed women when it comes to black female representation. I'm tired of seeing women who don't look like me in these hip-hop music videos that are supposed to be for black people, but all you see is white and light-skinned woc. I don't feel like I belong anywhere because I'm constantly excluded from something my women helped create. As a dark-skinned girl, I never felt good about myself because of that. I was made fun of for my skin tone and physical features. It's not helping other girls like me when all you show is white or light-skinned woc with Eurocentric qualities.
The rest of the black community: ..........
Light-skinned Black Girl: Basically, the problem with light vs. dark is that the dark-skinned girls hate on the light-skinned girls, and that doesn't solve the problem with black female unity. We need to come together as black women instead of being jealous and hating on each other. I can't help having light skin, long, good hair, and pretty eyes. It's just how I was born. I mean, dark girls were mean to me in the fourth grade, so colorism goes both ways, you know.
The rest of the black community: Yess!!! *uproarious applause and cheers* We need to end this dark vs. light bullshit! Remember Willie Lynch? We're all black and mixed, anyway! Who is Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker?
The rest of the black community: ..........
Light-skinned Black Girl: Basically, the problem with light vs. dark is that the dark-skinned girls hate on the light-skinned girls, and that doesn't solve the problem with black female unity. We need to come together as black women instead of being jealous and hating on each other. I can't help having light skin, long, good hair, and pretty eyes. It's just how I was born. I mean, dark girls were mean to me in the fourth grade, so colorism goes both ways, you know.
The rest of the black community: Yess!!! *uproarious applause and cheers* We need to end this dark vs. light bullshit! Remember Willie Lynch? We're all black and mixed, anyway! Who is Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker?