Comments on: Brown Skin Is Beautiful Skin

By: LIsa

LIsa — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:53:23 +0000

The reason why the entire world is full of dark people wanting to be lighter is simple. European Imperialism. They beat down the natives and made themselves superior. There was mixing with the natives and by then the systematic racism and degradation was already firmly established! Nobody wanted to be a part of the degraded groups so they aspired to make their children lighter and their grandchildren etc. Of course we still see it to this day! The countries who were hit the hardest with European colonialism have the hardest time with “dark” skin. All of Latin America, some parts of Africa, India, Phillipines, and many other parts of Asia.
I am half Black and half Korean and Asian people always say, Oh, you don’t LOOK Korean. The prejudice in those countries is rampant. I was studying Spanish in Guatemala several years ago and all my teachers were of Mayan descent- all various shades of brown. I remember relaxing in the sun and one of the teachers said to me, Oh, don’t sit in the sun! You’ll get dark! I sat up and smiled and said in my then good Spanish- But I AM dark and I am beautiful! I got smiles and claps from the darker skinned instructors. When I hear people say offensive things like this it always tugs at my heart because I know the years of degradation and discrimination a people went through to be this way today. It is just a sign of ignorance- a clinging to antiquated notions of survival and coping with generations of systematic racism. Remember, we all are BEAUTIFUL!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:39:30 +0000

People always think I’m sick because I’m so pale.
It’s so hard to find a foundation that makes a color light enough.

By: Donna Vitan

Donna Vitan — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:11:52 +0000

I love my brown colour. I hope that more and more, people will be more accepting and happy with the skin they’re in.
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By: Candi

Candi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:44 +0000

HI Karen, I’ve been reading your blog for only about a week now, but I never knew your ethnicity.

Today, I was bored so I googled Filipino NC45, because that’s what I am, and came across your blog about this.

Thank you for posting this blog, it makes me feel better about being a darker skinned filipino.

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:37:33 +0000

Hi Karen,

I appreciate your honesty and common sense. I have fair skin and I’ve always thought that every skin color is unique and adds to the beauty of an individual!
I also think this unfortunate “darker is bad” mentality can be found in ALL cultures. I’ve had experience in a similar circumstance: two of my cousins are half Turkish as my aunt’s husband is from Turkey. The elder boy has a lighter complexion along with sandy blonde hair and turquoise blue eyes. The younger boy is darker with dark eyes. Growing up, their dad (who is dark himself) seemed to always favor his oldest son with comments like “your skin is light like your mother’s” or “you are unique”….my aunt would get so mad, as she loves both her sons equally.