Colorstruck Ideas - Page 5

PrettyGirl03 · #1 09-12-2006, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkies up

I must be really messed up! Being bi-racial, I always HATED being so light skinned. I wanted to be darker like my friends and was always offended when they called me "white girl". I stayed in the sun for hours until all I got was an awful sunburn. I tried to remove myself from anything white; ya'll, I even tried to get a jehri curl!!! (that was awful...) When I became older, I found myself asking guys was the only reason they were attracted to me because I was light, brite, and dayum near white. When they were truthful and said "yes", they had to go. I have gotten over my complex somewhat, however I find there are difficulties being lightskinned. For instance, (these are the superficial ones) I cannot find the right foundation for me. This may seem trivial, but the white make-up is too pink and the black is too red. I can't wear all of the fly ass MAC pigments and colors like my Chocolate and Mocca friends do. I'm stuck with played out pink and mauve. Seriously, I have to deal with getting jobs and leadership positions and going out of my way to prove that I got them with my own merit and not because I was light enough to "pass". It's funny how the grass is always greener on the other side. *sigh*

Oh there's make-up out there for you; you just have to go to the right spots.

I'm light skinned, and I use Clinique. I steer away from Mac, because for some reason it comes off too trendy.There's colors out there for all skin tones.

I got called some of everything, but I've never wanted to be anything but my regular ol' light skinned self. I actually had two college acquaintences (darker complexioned) get offended because I told them I wouldn't change my skin color. I had to ask them...would you change your's?

I don't particularly get into telling people what they should deem beautiful. If'n you don't like darker complexions so be it. If'n you don't like light brights, or folks with nappy hair, or girls with flat chests, or whatever, so. be. it. Just as long as you keep it to what you find beautiful and not how you treat those people, go for it.

pinkies up · #2 09-12-2006, 07:25 PM

PM me and let me know your favorite make-up brands.

pinkies up · #3 08-22-2006, 09:15 PM

Further, here in Cali, as you know, you see some Asian women walking around with parasols to block the
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Girl, I do that too. Not because I don't want to tan, but it's hot as HAYLE in Mississippi!

Choo-ChooAKA · #4 10-02-2006, 06:06 PM

Unfortunately, I think a lot of young males think like this throughout adolescence. Hopefully, they will grow out of this type of "group thought" as they mature. I've seen it happen numerous times: pretty dark-skinned girls get no play in high school and then, wham! College is a entirely different story--especially if they are confident and haven't let other folks' issues with color brow-beat them. And then there are always men of other races. If a significant majority of black men are only attracted to light-skinned women, then why not start looking in "other" directions?

Dionysus · #5 10-02-2006, 06:33 PM

Quoted from the article "Study: Darker Skinned Job Applicants Face More Obstacles" from Diverse - Issues in Higher Education:

Well, that's obvious, but I didn't know it was that bad....

"We found that a light-skinned Black male can only have a bachelor's degree and typical work experience and still be preferred over a dark-skinned Black male with an MBA and past managerial positions."