May 7, 2001 at 12:00 am #38832
Simone R.
Participant
I’m also a light-skinned woman and have been snubbed more times than I can recollect by dark-skinned women. After reading these two books: Our Kind Of People and The Color Comple, I realized why. To a certain point, light-skinned blacks have led privileged lives. The first three historically black colleges were built for light-skinned blacks who weren’t allowed into the white Ivy League schools. Churches and social groups were restricted to light-skinned people. After reading these books, I realized that dark-skinned people of the older era have a right to be upset, but not the generation of today. If anyone wants information on these books, e-mail me.