Dark Skin Colorism

Race is a huge problem in society. Martin Luther King Jr died for everyone to be treated equally. Dr. King fought for our rights so that we wouldn’t be treated differently. Especially on the bus, people of color could only sit at the back of the bus and were forced to stand up whenever a white person wanted a seat. Race is a huge issue between races but there many issues within in race. Race can be a conflict between Whites and Blacks but there is another problem between light skinned and dark-skinned. Colorism plays a huge role in sexism. It creates a divide in black society and blacks’ women especially feel as if they’re not important. The foundation of this problem is based on the same misunderstanding of the definition of race and why colorism …show more content…
Rooted in slavery in America when blacks and whites were treated differently, Researcher Sarah L. Webb says “Slaves owners often granted more privileges to the lighter skinned slaves, saw them as smarter and more capable because of their white ancestry, allowed them some form of education or training, and occasionally granted them their freedom” (2014).” Even after slavery ended, colorism still impacted a lot of blacks mainly when it came to school and finding jobs. This judgement about darker skin tones became more severe strict. Through a religious aspect in which darker skin color was considered evil and lighter skin color was considered pure. Some people do not understand the meaning of colorism and its heritage. Some people feel that if they explained the birth of colorism in America, it is just as explaining slavery but it is deeper than that. Colorism is the outcome of white supremacist ideology, which is compared to slavery in the Americas. It is important to understand the difference between race and colorism. Racism, for example, a company that refuses to hire black people. Colorism, for example, hires a black person, but prefers a black person with a lighter skin tone than