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European Colonization indeed!Who do you think imposed these insecurities?
This is a great thread subject...glad we are having this discussion
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European Colonization indeed!Who do you think imposed these insecurities?
In a series of controlled interviews, Reece attempted to test and measure the power of perception. 3,200 black subjects were asked questions about their racial backgrounds. Interviewers then graded each person’s attractiveness on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most attractive. The average attractiveness rating among subjects who identified as mixed race was 3.74; while those who identified as black were given a score of 3.47 – a significant difference that alludes the power of racial bias.
http://m.essence.com/2016/08/18/colorism-study-duke-university?xid=essence_socialflow_twitter
The test and the tweet headline don't match up.
And as a econometrican, the first thing that pops into my head is "Measurement Error"
European Colonization indeed!
This is a great thread subject...glad we are having this discussion
I think the headline is irresponsible and not going at you sugafree , but how can this study be the "truth" and an opinion at the same time?
Speaking for myself, I was once stuck on lighter chicks and even though I would date dark women, I never had a serious relationship with a darker female and it was due to pure stupidity based on what I had been conditioned to see as beautiful. I feel like I disespected my family and my people with that way of thinking, but there's not much that I can do to change the past.
I think we are all conditioned to have a European standard of beauty. There's a reason bleaching cream is popular in India and African countries. Just look at Sammy Sosa and other descendants of Africans who are quick to claim their European heritage while dismissing the man or woman in the mirror.
It's sad.
Knew you would show up. You as a Afro Dominican, how do you feel about this?
I think the headline is irresponsible and not going at you sugafree , but how can this study be the "truth" and an opinion at the same time?
Speaking for myself, I was once stuck on lighter chicks and even though I would date dark women, I never had a serious relationship with a darker female and it was due to pure stupidity based on what I had been conditioned to see as beautiful. I feel like I disespected my family and my people with that way of thinking, but there's not much that I can do to change the past.
I think we are all conditioned to have a European standard of beauty. There's a reason bleaching cream is popular in India and African countries. Just look at Sammy Sosa and other descendants of Africans who are quick to claim their European heritage while dismissing the man or woman in the mirror.
It's sad.
I had a similar experience growing up where I experienced boat loads of racism as one of the few Asians in elementary and junior high. And although there were a lot more Asian kids in HS, it seemed as if we were still being targeted. I decided to never hang with other Asian kids and pretty much denounced my heritage, even going as far to only being attracted to white women. And it wasn't until I got with another Asian woman and went to college that I realized how much damage I caused myself because I was slaving away to European standards of beauty, among other things.
The thing is that so many people go through this and choose to be subservient to white people as a result and more or less becoming traitors to their own race. It's disturbing. I mean just look at the Lil Kim stuff.
ninjahood should be the last guy laughing at people attempting to claim another ethnicity. coming from a guy who blatantly associates himself more with his non african roots
this thread had absolutely nothing to do with me though
i aint da one pretending to speak spanish for more tips @ da strip clubs
lol there are African countries that speak spanish, french, and english.....you don't see any of them being like yo I speak french I ain't black.
There are caribbean countries that are just as "mixed" as Dominica, they don't accept the language forced on them by colonialism as an excuse to deny their roots.
yea but you're the same people who take baths in bleach and sulfur for acceptance tryna talk down on other people pretending to be what they are not.this thread had absolutely nothing to do with me though
i aint da one pretending to speak spanish for more tips @ da strip clubs
but you are speaking spanish as a way to neglect your more dominant african roots
There are caribbean countries that are just as "mixed" as Dominica,
bro that's not your native tongue. together.
nip pick my quote all you want. just shows how you ignore certain things.
There aren't other caribbean countries that have mixed, Indian, African and European blood? Am I missing something? The only difference is unlike Dominicans they are less likely to deny their African roots, that's it.
someone needs to take Geography 101...
u dont treat other countries as a weigh station to bolster your Afrocentric point of view.
@ you thinking that's what sammy originally looked like
Yo, this dude is a real life ruckus....the amount of denial is pathological at this point. :x
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REALLY GUY?