[Gina]

I am a dark skin African-American woman. I am not an expert, but I would like to offer a response to your question. Black women have all types of issues. It comes from the media, other ethnic groups, and the male race. I think it started during slavery, dark skin women had to work harder and were put down (often called unattractive). Dark skinned women began to resent our light skin sisters back then because their lives were easier and they were placed on a pedestal. Even today, most black men have a complex. There are a lot of brothers who would prefer to date a light skin woman because she is seen as next best thing to having a white woman. I’m from the south and black people often describe someone as being light skin, yellow, dark, black when we all are just black. It is so much I could say on this issue, but I don’t want to make this response too long. But, black women will continue to have this issue as long as we believe what the media and other ethnic groups say. So, my advice would be for you to not take it so personal and realize that you have not done anything wrong and that dark skin sisters who react this way do not have enough love for themselves. So, until dark skin women can began to appreciate our skin tone and believe that we are just as beautiful they will continue with ignorant actions.

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Name : Gina, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 24, City : Fayetteville, State : AR, Country : United States, Occupation : Graduate Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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