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Some black women and black people in particular have a color complex. In the past, certain well-off blacks even used what is known as the 'brown paper bag test' to exclude other blacks. For example, if you wanted into an all-black country club, you could only get in if your skin was lighter than a brown bag. A lot of black people, unlike other cultures, believe in a very Euro-centric standard of beauty. Light-skinned blacks are seen as being closer to white. It affects other cultures as well; in America in general, it seems that to be considered attractive one must only be tall, skinny, with big boobs and blond hair. It is something many blacks still judge other blacks by. Author Dorothy West wrote about this in her book The Wedding.

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Name : LP, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Lincoln, State : NE Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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