All of this.
All of this.
Someone claimed I disappear when colorism is discussed, but that’s far from true.
Black women on this board have discussed these exact points for years on here. Dudes don’t want to listen, or say that we are holding on to experiences from HS and need to get over it.
But dudes are allowed to remember the dark skinned girls who didn’t like them when they were kids, and that’s a perfectly good reason to decide to PAWG or chase Latinas when they are grown.
That’s why I don’t bother with the disingenuous conversations.
I’ve had HBCU educated negros tell me to my face they don’t like “nappy” hair
(texturism).
Which is why when many of our men say they prefer natural hair and hate weaves, the natural hair many are referring to is hair with a looser texture; finding Black women with softer, looser hair. Let the latinas tell you what Black men they date say about Black women's hair, or how it’s so nice they can let their hair get wet and it’s still straight/curly, etc.
I already mentioned in another thread yesterday how because of my facial features (nose), dudes ask me if I’m mixed with something. When I would blow my hair out or rock a curly weave Hispanic ppl would walk up to me speaking Spanish thinking I was Dominican or something, and brehs who thought I wasn’t “just Black” or “regular”’would be legit disappointed when I confirmed I was Black and Black.
I mentioned on here before how when I was younger, dudes would literally hold my hand, look down, run their fingers across my hand and VERBALLY CONFIRM that they could see the veins in my hand. Why would they do that? Because I’m brown skinned. I’m dark to them, but not so dark that they can’t see through my skin.
I mentioned the “Blue Vein Society” cuz that shyt is textbook colorism from OUR history and OUR people.
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And it’s not that I don’t acknowledge that Black men can experience colorism from women in our community. Some of us can be just as ignorant and hurtful about certain things, but I won’t say it is on the same scale.
As it was noted in this thread, even this site is proof. The way y’all categorize/describe women strictly based on skin color or ethnicity. DS women thread, LS women thread, Caribbean women thread, PAWG thread, Latina threads, etc. Can’t just be “drop pics of beautiful women” thread.
The way y’all categorize women/looks is completely different, and the difference is always the fact that women are judged initially/primarily on looks/attractiveness, and when dark skin is considered less attractive in general, you will always be considered less than LS women simply because of your skin. You have to be an above average darker skinned woman to balance the playing field.
As men, y’all aren’t primarily judged on looks. Being fit, having your life in order, hell just knowing how to talk to women will get you in there because women/society doesn’t judge y’all the same way.
At the end of the day, men generally do the approaching, y’all are hunters. The women who usually get the most attention are LS.
And the LS baby with “good hair” is a moot point. Part of the desire for a LS or different race partner for both sexes is to reduce their features in their next generation.
Damaged Black women may be more VOCAL about it, but the damaged men running to Becky or Maria have the exact same desire.
@KidJSoul don’t do it; I’ve never ducked a colorism discussion.