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Originally posted by Exquisite5
Maybe if they read Carter G. Woodson's The Miseducation of the Negro they will see how we have be systimatically mind-fu@%ed and it will be easier for them to understand how that extends into our formulation of beauty.
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I agree. I am also willing to bet that some of these students that express these sentiments are not the most fair-skinned students in the bunch. I have the same issues in my class. Soror Wonderful, aren't you from the New Orleans area? (I could have you mistaken) If you are, you may know that here we have a different type of skin color challange, like with the whole Creole, passant-blanc, and other foolishness we deal with.
I would suggest that they research the history behind the issue of African-American skin color. Let them research the field vs. house negro issue that seems to pop up in skin color discussions. May I even suggest that they research "paper bag tests." Here is a good article from
ABCNews Maybe they can research the "Black is Beautiful" movement from the 1960s.
Good luck on this one. It's hard to "unlearn" this particular prejudice, but it is not impossible. Keep me posted!!