COLORISM: The hidden prejudice of Black people against other Black people.

[MarathonMike]

surada That's what I like to hear, excellent!

 

[MarathonMike]

No....I said nothing about super light skinned white people....but we DO have a prejudice based on skin color......tanned means you have the spare time to be out and get that tan....pasty white means you are stuck inside working. Ironically, it's now the opposite to what it was about 150 years ago when the idle rich could afford to stay out of the sun and it was the agrarian poor who were darkened by the sun. If what I said wasn't true, why such a $$$$ industry on getting tanned?

Tanned can also mean you are a day laborer, so that's not quite true. At a minimum, tanned White people are a mixed bag when it comes to economic status. And the topic is still inherent Racism within the Black community against dark skinned Black people.

 

[IM2]

I have to laugh at how hard some white try to make it like blacks are as racist as whites have been.

Marathon, would you like to explain how lighter skinned and darker skinned blacks in America came to dislike each other?

Or are you just going to pretend white supremacy had nothing to do with it?

 

[IM2]

Tanned can also mean you are a day laborer, so that's not quite true. At a minimum, tanned White people are a mixed bag when it comes to economic status. And the topic is still inherent Racism within the Black community against dark skinned Black people.

Inherent? LOL!

 

[MarathonMike]

IM2 Who cares? At least you don't deny that light skinned Blacks are often prejudiced against dark skinned Blacks, so I guess that's something.

 

[Godboy]

Tell you what. Spend 3 months at sea with 500 other white people, chained up and covered in vomit and feces on a slave ship.
Then we'll talk about white racism.

No one alive has had that experience. Also, youre a fucking idiot if you dont think there were MILLIONS white slaves throughout history. Blacks dont have a monopoly here, retard.

 

[Godboy]

Oh yes! White fragility.

^ This post perfectly demonstrates my claim about white racism in 2021.

 

[Hellbilly]

No one alive has had that experience. Also, youre a fucking idiot if you dont think there were MILLIONS white slaves throughout history. Blacks dont have a monopoly here, retard.

and yet, assholes like you compare not getting a job to what slaves of all colors have gone through.
You are a pathetic human being.

 

[Blues Man]

IM2 Who cares? At least you don't deny that light skinned Blacks are often prejudiced against dark skinned Blacks, so I guess that's something.

It works the other way too.

Light skinned Blacks get shit from their darker skinned contemporaries.

Too White to be Black and too Black to be White

 

[Godboy]

and yet, assholes like you compare not getting a job to what slaves of all colors have gone through.
You are a pathetic human being.

It sounds like you talking about black NFL players.

 

[Moonglow]

Strike two, still irrelevant.

No one died and made you boss, nor have you proven why it is false.

 

[IM2]

No one alive has had that experience. Also, youre a fucking idiot if you dont think there were MILLIONS white slaves throughout history. Blacks dont have a monopoly here, retard.

Excuses. Stop talking about the constitution. Nobody alive had that experience either.

 

[IM2]

Time to face the truth. Whites like the OP go looking for reasons to call blacks racists. It's based on white fragility and a simple mind.

Origins In the United States, colorism evolved when the enslavement of people was common practice. Enslavers typically gave preferential treatment to enslaved people with fairer complexions. While dark-skinned enslaved people toiled outdoors in the fields, their light-skinned counterparts usually worked indoors at far less grueling domestic tasks.

Colorism didn’t disappear after the institution of slavery ended in the U.S. In Black America, those with light skin received employment opportunities off-limits to darker-skinned Black Americans. This is why upper-class families in Black society were largely light-skinned. Soon, light skin and privilege were linked in the Black community.

Upper-crust Black Americans routinely administered the brown paper bag test to determine if fellow Black people were light enough to include in social circles. “The paper bag would be held against your skin. And if you were darker than the paper bag, you weren’t admitted,” explained Marita Golden, author of "Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex."

Colorism didn’t just involve Black people discriminating against other Black people. Job advertisements from the mid-20th century reveal that Black people with light skin clearly believed their coloring would make them better job candidates. Writer Brent Staples discovered this while searching newspaper archives near the Pennsylvania town where he grew up. In the 1940s, he noticed, Black job seekers often identified themselves as light-skinned:

The Origins of Colorism and How This Bias Persists in America

The roots of colorism, or skin tone discrimination, grew in the time of human enslavement and extends to many ethnic groups.

www.thoughtco.com

 

[Juicin]

Time to face the truth. Whites like the OP go looking for reasons to call blacks racists. It's based on white fragility and a simple mind.

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Origins In the United States, colorism evolved when the enslavement of people was common practice. Enslavers typically gave preferential treatment to enslaved people with fairer complexions. While dark-skinned enslaved people toiled outdoors in the fields, their light-skinned counterparts usually worked indoors at far less grueling domestic tasks.

Colorism didn’t disappear after the institution of slavery ended in the U.S. In Black America, those with light skin received employment opportunities off-limits to darker-skinned Black Americans. This is why upper-class families in Black society were largely light-skinned. Soon, light skin and privilege were linked in the Black community.

Upper-crust Black Americans routinely administered the brown paper bag test to determine if fellow Black people were light enough to include in social circles. “The paper bag would be held against your skin. And if you were darker than the paper bag, you weren’t admitted,” explained Marita Golden, author of "Don’t Play in the Sun: One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex."

Colorism didn’t just involve Black people discriminating against other Black people. Job advertisements from the mid-20th century reveal that Black people with light skin clearly believed their coloring would make them better job candidates. Writer Brent Staples discovered this while searching newspaper archives near the Pennsylvania town where he grew up. In the 1940s, he noticed, Black job seekers often identified themselves as light-skinned:

The Origins of Colorism and How This Bias Persists in America

The roots of colorism, or skin tone discrimination, grew in the time of human enslavement and extends to many ethnic groups.

www.thoughtco.com

Wow maybe you should work harder and change it so the perception is that the darkies are the best...?

They're looking for workers not basketball players, LOL

rekt

"the house niggas were light skinned those white people treated their own descendants better" shocker, why exactly do you think they were light skinned?

I'm sure the Africans they bought your ancestors from were real open minded people. lol

 

[Godboy]

Excuses. Stop talking about the constitution. Nobody alive had that experience either.

I have constitutional experience. Im literally protected by the constitution as we speak. What the fuck are you talking about?

 

[Concerned American]

its whats said to you....do i have to explain that to you too?....

Yeah, lets hear it.

 

[Concerned American]

you pale fuckers never get any bigotry do you?....

RACIST BIGOT.

 

[Concerned American]

Are you a black person?

Mighty racist of you to ask--what difference does it make?

 

[surada]

Mighty racist of you to ask--what difference does it make?

Does this "colorism" impact your life? It doesn't affect mine. Its not my place to drone on about black prejudice against other blacks. How does it help?

 

[Harry Dresden]

RACIST BIGOT.

its funny how dont say shit to a racist like brokeloser....oh of course he and you are alike so why would you....