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As far as people preferring to date people of a specific tone--that's their preference. Honestly, as long as they don't disrespect me in the process, I say live and let live. I have my own preferences, too. I believe the difference between a prejudice instead of a preference is when you won't even consider someone who is dark just because of sterotypes or whatever.
Good/bad hair--There are still morons who think straight hair=good hair and kinky hair=bad hair. If your hair is healthy and looks good, it's good hair. I've seen some women with the kinkiest hair but they looked great with it! I've seen people with naturally straight/long hair and they looked a hot mess! When people make stupid remarks about it, I confront them. It's offensive!
There are beautiful women in ALL skin tones! People are just too immature to appreciate it. When I was younger, I didn't appreciate how beautiful Grace Jones was. I was more caught up in her skin tone (the masculine thing may have also played a part). I'm dark-skinned and was lead to believe that I would never look as good as a light-skinned girl. I believed that mess because that's all I heard. As I've grown, matured, AND LEARNED TO THINK FOR MYSELF, I was able to see and appreciate that there isn't one way to be beautiful.
People naturally categorize people, things, experiences, etc... It's natural. However, some people have an 'us' against 'them' mentality and if those who fall in a different category as them become the enemy (or a threat in some way). The response to that is negative stereotypes. Those sterotypes get perpetuated by followers who just repeat what they're told and can't think for themselves. Unfortunately, this world seems to be made up of mostly those kind of people.
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