Quote from: EXPENSIVE DICK on July 21, 2019, 04:13:41 PM
And the fact that u just said u wasn't made to feel about ur skin until age 20 is just.. whew.
hun every time u turn on the damn television or any form of media u reminded u weren't good enough because u were black..
whether it be directly or indirectly 
the fact that u didn't know this is what scares me ...
anytime u went somewhere and the girls didn't greet u .. it was more than likely because of ur skin..
anytime u turned on tv and the girls used pics of ur brothers and sisters mug shots or them throwing up the middle finger after they we're GUNNED down by first responders.. told u ur skin was an issue and that u weren't good enough
anytime u turned on television and there was only one black character and often times no black characters.. u were told that u weren't good enough
and. BITCH.. when they switched owt ur first AUNT VIV.. for a lightskin one.. u were told ... UR fucking SKIN WAS A PROBLEM
Boy. This was looking back and it was the first time I overtly had to face racism. I grew the fuck up in Chicago. I was "praised" for how handsome etc... I wasn't out her in corporate America, applying for home loans, wasn't driving(Didn't learn until I went away in military)
Don't misconstrue what I'm saying I wasn't oblivious to racism as if it was there. It just didn't directly impact me until much later in life. I wasn't attacked and shaken at my core because of my skin color in my PIVOTAL years of forming my identity.