I wanted to start a dialog about the light skinned/dark skinned debate as it relates to black men. We always talk about black women and their struggles in dealing with their skin complexion. Its foolish to think that we aren't affected by the color of our skin just because we're men. Its not a figment of my imagination that there is if even the slightest animosity between dark skinned guys and light skinned guys. Though we make joke, underneath every joke is pain. There are some dark skinned guys who grew up very insecure about their dark skin. And some like skinned guys too. Let not pretend these issues don't exist.