The real problem is that light brown people don't want to date dark brown people. Light brown women want to date white men (look no further than Ilan Omar) not black men. Black men want white women. This issue rarely gets talked about. In most adverts the POC is mixed race, which is another conversation.
One of my friends who has darker black skin talked to me about this once. Before that I had no idea.
Another issue that I have seen affect the blaxk community is when certain whites and blacks mix their children tend to have severe depression and mental health problems (similar to when 1st cousins marry).
That's not similar to 1st cousin birth defects. Mental retardation and genetic defects are quite different than depression and anxiety.
Hell from what I hear straight from the mouths of mixed race people is that they experience racism or isolation because they're not enough of a certain identity, which makes them feel unstable and alone. Like not black enough, not indian enough, not polish enough, etc.
If people shut the fuck up about identity politics so much in our country and focused more on actual accomplishment, working towards goals instead of utopias, and action then maybe there wouldn't be such a mental health crisis.
The real problem is that light brown people don't want to date dark brown people. Light brown women want to date white men (look no further than Ilan Omar) not black men. Black men want white women. This issue rarely gets talked about. In most adverts the POC is mixed race, which is another conversation.
One of my friends who has darker black skin talked to me about this once. Before that I had no idea. Another issue that I have seen affect the blaxk community is when certain whites and blacks mix their children tend to have severe depression and mental health problems (similar to when 1st cousins marry).
That's not similar to 1st cousin birth defects. Mental retardation and genetic defects are quite different than depression and anxiety.
Hell from what I hear straight from the mouths of mixed race people is that they experience racism or isolation because they're not enough of a certain identity, which makes them feel unstable and alone. Like not black enough, not indian enough, not polish enough, etc.
If people shut the fuck up about identity politics so much in our country and focused more on actual accomplishment, working towards goals instead of utopias, and action then maybe there wouldn't be such a mental health crisis.
You're fighting human nature.