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that's just the thing.. i didn't even introduce natural selection as an explanation for color preference in society. i used it as an example of perceived fertility by hip size. many hbcuconnect forum posters just seem to have a habit of nitpicking one's replies, and using them in the context that supports their own position! when ya'll didn't understand the basic principles of "WHR" i had to resort to other simpler methods. & just so you know.. natural selection CAN act on physical appeal. the other societies may not have had to endure four centuries of slavery, but then again they really don't apply to the question at hand do they? so speaking on African Americans.. which is what I believed we were discussing, who HAVE suffered through four centuries of slavery, yes, i do believe color preference still exists. i still also believe that it is mainly a result of slavery.

i feel like i'm beating a **** horse in this thread.. my opinions have been clearly expressed, and i really have no intention of trying to change anyone else's. but the question you posed was: "Do you think that color discrimination is still prevalent in the African-American community?" being that this question in and of itself acknowledges that it has been prevalent in American Black society at one point, what do you think started it? slavery. and uh- yes, it still is the main factor behind why colorism exists within us. if you and anybody else doesn't want to admit it, fine. you say it doesn't affect your thinking, fine. but there are millions of Blacks in America and many don't want to be associated with anything "Black" because of the self-hatred that has been passed down from slavery. people keep mentioning how its just based on people's modern idea of beauty.. that it's just what people nowadays think its beautiful, but have yet to delve beneath the cover of its our "own f*cked up view of beauty". why else would we associate light skin and long nontextured hair as beautiful? just because? i'm sorry but that's too easy. & since nobody can make this connection i will try to lay it out as point blank as possible. i said that people are attracted to each other based on how they think they will reproduce. i gave an example that stems way back in the gap to caveman days.. more voluptuous women were often more able to carry to term and give birth to healthy babies than frail ones. thus, surprise another "ingrained" notion that a curvy figure is more attractive than a boyish one. don't bother saying it isn't universally true, thats truly a given. (nitpickers) now enter my point about Blacks thinking "white is right". people find lighter skin and a finer grade of hair more attractive, because they don't want dark babies with **** hair. why don't they? the **** mentality leads us to thinking that those are not the qualities attractive people should posess. and the argument i used was the right one for the point i meant to make.