Split between heartbreak and rage

[sylvar]

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This video, "A Girl Like Me", is probably only news to white people. But I wish everyone would watch it (it's a little over 7 minutes).

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It is news to me that there are dark-skinned girls that try to lighten thier skin, considering all my life every light-skinned person I've known has usually made an effort to darken thier complexion. They go out to tanning booths or the beach for hours.

The "doll test" was a surprise to me. I have to admit, that was a little sad, but what explains these children's decisions? They cannot understand thier decisions, and they have no idea or context by which to fudge thier choices. You can't fault them for what they think or how they feel.

Can it be that they've been treated nicer by white people all thier lives? Maybe by white children? It's a disturbing question, I know, but if that's not the answer, then what is?