I'm half black, and even though I don't much look like it, years ago just the fact itself was enough to alter how people perceived and treated me, apart from my skin color.
And that's my point here. Black people still absolutely face an uphill battle to be taken seriously. But I insist that that can and needs to be separated from skin color.
A) Black does not = dark skin and dark skin does not = Black.
B) This country is stuck in its binary black/white thinking, and it needs to get unstuck.
C) Once we all wake up to the fact that we can find dark skin very appealing, we'll be forced to deal with the 'Black' issue directly instead of hiding behind the knee-jerk response 'I just don't find dark-skinned women/ men attractive.' I suggest discovering as many of the Black folk who are quietly operating at the high end as possible. Trust me, I've had to do this myself.
But this blog isn't and won't be about uplifting Black women. There are many many options ad infinitum if that's what you're looking for.
I'm only interested in reflecting the hotness of dark skin on women from all over the place, and the sweetness and lovableness of our little brown girls.
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