LightSkin vs. Darkskin

Me being a dark skinned girl have had to deal with this for my whole life. I always tended to hang out with light skinned people, for what reason I don't know. I had a problem with my complexion as I grew up. I wanted to be my mom's complexion, and I really hated the fact that I was the same skin color as my dad. I did some self-therapy and I deal with it (even though to this day I don't like to be darker than what I am...I try to wear sunblock all the time in the summer). I was always the center of black jokes...been called Blackie, Charcoal, blah blah. It began to stop when I started beating people's a$$ for dumb comments. In the corporate world, I don't think that the complexion has anything to do with it. They just look at us as a minority...Black people. Amongst the black people, some tend to have complexion preference. I have some male friends that do the paper bag check (but still try to holla at me...guess they are curious how chocolate tastes). I also have friends who won't go with someone lighter or darker than them because they think it won't look right. Personally, I don't care about the complexion. I have dated people who are of different complexions, and I am currently dating someone who isn't even black. I guess since I have been through all the ridicule that I wouldn't do the same to others. As long as they have nice personality, good conversation, and something in common with me, then I can see myself dating them.

Underlying themes of slavery...*sigh* My family has always been an advocate of reading things and becoming more knowledgeable while not being changed in the basic feelings we have as Christians. No matter what I read anywhere I know that theres a verse in the bible stating equality in God and after that I cant use my own earthly mind to discern people or judge them by anything else but their actions. I believe that true Christians arent racists. If they were true Christians, they wouldnt hate unneccessarily or perpetrate stereotypes to the detriment of this entire world and the people that live in it. I need to get back to writing :arrow: