I AM MORE THAN MY COMPLEXION
Latonya Sampson, Los Angeles, CA. I am so much more than what your eyes can see on the outside.
You’re a pretty smart black guy!
Tac Mohamed, Miami, FL. I’ve heard it from friends, co-workers and many in between. Other variations include: You’re pretty smart for a black man. Is...
“No offense, but you’re so pretty!”
K.E. Broadnax, Cleveland, OH. This was said to me while attending college. I am black, and went to a predominantly white, upper-class university (as many...
You’re pretty for a Black girl.
Maya Segirah, Los Angeles, CA. As if the qualifier, somehow, makes me different from the rest, which are by implication inferior, and therefore I’m better?...
“You’re pretty for a black girl”
Alexis, Minooka, IL. I hate when not just other races say this about black girls, but African Americans alone say this to individuals. I think...
You’re pretty for a DARK SKIN GIRL
Alexandria James-Hayes, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. I have lived in the suburbs my whole life and I grew up around mostly white people. My parents are...
You’re pretty for a black girl
Gloria Collins, Shreveport, LA. Every ethnic group has beauty. No race has more beauty over other races.
You’re Pretty, For a BLACK girl.
Courtney, Moore, OK. I am told this quite offten and it makes my heart ache, not because I let it bother me personally, beause I...
You’re pretty for a dark skin girl
Imani B., Baltimore, MD. So are all dark skin girls ugly and I’m the exception? Woukd i be ugly if i was lighter? Your insulting...
“You’re to pretty too be African”
Hadja Diallo, Philadelphia, PA. People always say that I don’t look African!? But I ask myself how is someone supposed to look African? Are we...
Black is beautiful in ALL shades.
Kristen Stephens Adelphi, MD My skin is special, not because I am light but because it is mine. Love the skin you are in!
They make better slaves than citizens.
John Littleton Deerfield, IL Blacks in America today are too far removed from slavery that any and all complaints and entitlements are irrelevant. Blacks are...
She is not a token Latina
Leslie Carver San Diego, CA I am a professor & was profoundly affected when I heard a student talk about having been referred to as...
