The Secret Black Civil War - "Is The Industry Colour Blind?"

Welcome to Part 2 of The Secret Black Civil War.

In this chapter I want to speak about the difference in the way that dark skinned women are treated compared to dark skinned men.

While dark skinned women can be portrayed as being less attractive, dark skinned guys are blessed with comments like chocolate, sexy and fine.

Why is it that dark-skinned men are seen as being more "acceptable" to the public eye than dark-skinned women?

The "In-Thing" of the moment is tall, dark, chocolate, "brothers".

Idris 'Chocolate' Elba

Tyrese 'Sexy' Gibson

Morris 'Fine' Chestnut

But what about the dark-skinned female celebrities?

When will they ever be the "In-Thing"?

The Secret Black Civil War: The No Lighty, No Likey Mentality.

It is something that is going on everyday within the black society, and to some it might sound weird, even a little crazy but there is a conflict within the black community.

 The Light-Skin, Dark Skin Battle.

You will come across a lot of comments and memes on the internet, where this is evident. 

As a dark-skinned female I can at times see why someone might feel offended by some of the things said.

My partner and I have conversations about this matter, as we see evidence of it in everyday life, on the TV, in movies, music videos and even social media.

We don't take it so personal. We laugh at stuff like that because at the end of day the shade of our skin does not define us.

*Lord Jamar talking to Vlad about the light skin/dark skin theory hit the nail right on the head*

There are so many layers to this issue, as to why I couldn't just speak about it in one post. 

In this post I want to just scratch the surface and speak about the 'No lightie, No likey mentality' - when a person is not found attractive because they are not light skinned.