Skin color still plays a part in our society especially in the small texas town I live in. I have a cousin who is very light skin and is mistaken as being half-white/ half-black or just totally white. But sometimes her personality isn't very friendly and when other black people see this side of her, they would make remarks such as "she shouldn't act that way because she could use her skin color as an advantage." So this is still a problem that probably won't go away because the media and music videos focus on Vanessa Williams- type looks. But African models such as Alex Wek are providing the image, especially to young women with short hair and dark skin, that they can be considered beautiful as well.