    
Ruth Engels
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 03:39 pm: | |
Kola--
It's funny how Cynique equated having a sight impairment (ie. wearing glasses) and being "overweight" (unhealthy) with the beauty of darkerskinned black women. These three are in the same boat with her. Apparently, she is one of those "fair" women who fears that abolishing racism in its totality will take away the spoils that her lighter skin reaped from it. Her comments certainly did take me back to the pointy-nosed colorstruck yella mamas I grew up around in 1960's Georgia.
By the way, I am a lightskinned woman who didn't appreciate the severity of what you describe Kola until I had two very dark and beautiful daughters of my own. There really is a difference made in this community and your right, it does make people very uncomfortable to have it brought up. In many ways, we are annoyed by discussions of colorism just as Whites are annoyed by discussions of racism. Very true, Kola.
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