“And no, that wasn’t suppose to make sense; if it does, I suggest you seek help immediately. “

Saw it. It was like it took the pulse of these threads and integrated into the storyline. As for the healing part, I think it speaks to a strong need to have moderated safe spaces online where people can discuss their personal struggles, triggers, and hurts. I’m lighter skinned, I went through my angry stage in my…

Except there is a history of lighter skinned blacks benefitting from skin privilege and that must be owned. Nobody can move forward if we don't acknowledge where the distrust comes from.

I’ve never experienced a misplaced rage from darker skinned women. I think too often there is a triggering narritive that is perpetuated about ‘mean’ ‘jealous’ dark skinned women that would piss me off no end. I interpret that as legitimate venting of grievances. And I have seen light skinned women flex their…

“When you go opposition like them light folks are the problem”

“I didn’t deny that there was likely privilege associated with my skin- I’m saying that I haven’t seen it. I haven’t had the experiences you list.”

“Light-skinned black people who think any acknowledgment of light-skin privilege means that they don’t experience racism or intra-community discrimination. These same individuals experience a peculiar anxiety around their identities as black people and feel that admitting that light-skin privilege exists is akin to…

Well, as soon as light-skinned folks stop denying and lying about their privilege, the conversation can move forward. Like poor whites who deny their pivilege by lamenting who their prents were, how hard they work, and how they’ve never received ANYTHING, it is infuriating!

I mean, I don’t disagree with you; but, my point still stands that colorism affects Black women significantly more (just like any other abuse which affects women more).

Light skinned Black men catch absolute Hell too. They are usually characterized as being “soft” and “feminine” . I can absolutely see Dre making fun of Junior by called him El Barge or Christopher Williams for being “flimsy”.

But the denials on Colorism in the Black community are telling. Not that it doesn’t exist within the latinos and Asians as well. And this “We’re all Black” thing that keeps being stated sounds suspiciously similar to “We’re all human.” And, “Dark-skinned hated me because I was light and pretty,” is nothing but the…

I’m going to be honest - I don’t trust any Black man to lead a discussion on colorism. Colorism in the Black community disproportionally affects Black women and especially so when it comes to mass media.

You get invited to do it for free

From the god fathers of the ATL to Big Grams’ in-house rapper to carrying water for an unpaid NFL gig.

Travis Scott, known for accepting sloppy seconds and having the name of the guy who sat behind you in your fourth-grade social studies class

They have counseling in prisons. He can get the help he needs while he’s there. He cannot be trusted to walk among people until he attends to his “issues”.

I agree. It seems clear to me that he’s going to do what he’s been doing until he physically can’t do it anymore. He’s not going to stop on his own. 

“And i really wanna hear what kind of bullshit he spewsnow that his shit is finally hitting the fan.”

“I would never ever condone, or justify anything that he’s been accused of doing,” she says. “But locking him up in jail...it’s not the answer...he’s sick.”

“I would never ever condone, or justify anything that he’s been accused of doing,” she says. “But locking him up in jail...it’s not the answer...he’s sick.”