This event began 10/23/2025 and repeats every year forever
My Answer
I can't speak for all and I know all black people don't hate talking about colorism. so I will answer with the following... the past-the speech, present-absent concern over future or past, future- how to solve... the past is simple, talking about colorism is black people talking about black people . But from early 1500s to late 1970s I argue Black people in the usa were not free from white oppression enough to feel free to talk about ourselves among ourselves. before 1865 this was absolutely true and between sharecropping/prisons/experimentations/criminal labor environments after 1865 it took over one hundred years to nonviolently overcome that. So, from my view a majority of black people have only been free in the usa from 1980. the present- in the year 2025 what/who is stopping a black person from talking to another black person about colorism outside their self? no one outside working hours. Many labors tend to have rules on what employees discuss. So whatever the reason today, the why any black person isn't allowed to talk about colorism among other black people are primarily themselves. For those black people who hate talking about colorism, they either have bad experiences talking about it and shy away, or dislike the topic and don't want to. the future- Black people from home to home have to rear black children to speak on internal communal issues, like colorism. second parents and black adults need to make sure black children hear them talking about colorism or other issues in the black populace in the usa, positively or at least absent vitriol. When we adults argue wildly in front of children we teach them a bad method for communicating when topics are unpleasant or not easy
momentswithmani Original Poster
Thank you for your contribution. I just find it weird because black men will gaslight black women when we are the most vocal about colorism, due to misogynoir playing a role in their privilege. Black men will view colorism as a preference + claim it’s “all about character”, when that same energy isn’t given to darker skinned black women and we either end up waiting years and decades to be chosen, get divorced from our partners, or we never get married. I rarely see representation of darker skinned black women with a black man who looks like them and they were together till death does them part.
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@momentswithmani yeah and with so many negative actons to darker skin in our community world wide, a hard nut to crack
