The world in which we live is made up of a variety of people. People of different, religions, economic statuses, ethnic groups and within the last characteristic we live in a society of people with different colored skin. Each person no matter what or who they are in life, to a varying degree all has the same or different skin color. However does skin color make a person more or less important; and does skin color make a person subject to what has been called mental slavery? This theory of mental slavery has seemingly taken a hold among members in the African American society and has caused a division thus dividing them in to two groups. The groups that exist are either light skinned or dark skinned. Therefore the question exists as to
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So someone can claim to be conscious, they can read all the books they can recycle the popular rhetoric but still be unable to balance real-world priorities and self-interest” (2013).
Mental slavery is deeply rooted in the era of slavery according to authors Jabbar, Nittle, and Roberson. For example the biracial children of plantation owners and African American female slaves were treated better and were afforded the opportunity to work in the house and kept separated from the darker slaves who were only allowed to work in the fields. (Jabbar, 2015). Due to events that happened in the past, it is believed that a clear distinction was made that light skinned was better than dark skin; this in turn is what has caused the rift in today’s African American …show more content…
For example Micheal Banton “believes that the color scale is replacing the color line” (2012).
African Americans are no longer worried about what Caucasians believe or say; they are now more concerned with what others from their own ethnic group are saying and doing in terms of discrimination of skin color in many areas of their daily life. Some African Americans believe that if you are lighter complexioned you reap more benefits from society in general. Sadly this type of thinking is what actually caused the breakdown within the community. This breakdown has led many to often term their back on their own people simply because of skin
So someone can claim to be conscious, they can read all the books they can recycle the popular rhetoric but still be unable to balance real-world priorities and self-interest” (2013).
Mental slavery is deeply rooted in the era of slavery according to authors Jabbar, Nittle, and Roberson. For example the biracial children of plantation owners and African American female slaves were treated better and were afforded the opportunity to work in the house and kept separated from the darker slaves who were only allowed to work in the fields. (Jabbar, 2015). Due to events that happened in the past, it is believed that a clear distinction was made that light skinned was better than dark skin; this in turn is what has caused the rift in today’s African American …show more content…
For example Micheal Banton “believes that the color scale is replacing the color line” (2012).
African Americans are no longer worried about what Caucasians believe or say; they are now more concerned with what others from their own ethnic group are saying and doing in terms of discrimination of skin color in many areas of their daily life. Some African Americans believe that if you are lighter complexioned you reap more benefits from society in general. Sadly this type of thinking is what actually caused the breakdown within the community. This breakdown has led many to often term their back on their own people simply because of skin