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Topic subjectRE: Pass
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12702093, RE: Pass
Posted by Deacon Blues, Sun Jan-18-15 11:40 PM
>I think most hate directed towards light skin women is rooted
>in jealously which is really no comparison to the hate that
>darkskin women get, when people genuinely think you're ugly or
>inferior and sometimes even treat you as so simply because
>your skin is dark and have no problem being vocal about it.
>So to me this is kinda of reads like when black people are
>voicing their issues and white people chime in on the " well I
>was oppressed too!" tip. I could be far off though lol.
>
>
>This past November when I was visiting Honduras I did have the
>opportunity to have dinner with this mother and daughter duo
>from Louisiana. The mom was black and the daughter was
>biracial. She shared her mulatto woes, and it was actually
>very touching. She pretty much broke down into tears because
>she said that she felt like she had no place and she felt
>ridiculed from both her black and white peers. She also said
>that she has social anxiety issues because shes aware that
>people are constantly looking at her and judging her and she's
>become reclusive because of it. People always asking her "what
>are you?" before even bothering to know her name or anything
>else about her. She really broke down, and although I couldn't
>relate it did put alot of things in perspective for me. Like
>the girl was only 22 and was crying about feeling like an
>outcast, and not wanting to even leave the house, it really
>was sad and I felt for her.

Yeah but a lot of people from all sorts of backgrounds and ethnicities, feel like outcasts, she may be blaming it on being biracial when it just may be poor social skills or just bad luck/choices in meeting people. We all have to deal with assholes from time to time some people just don't know how to handle it.

I tend to agree with your first paragraph