So, I remember when I was a tad bit younger, lets just say high school, I was always told that I was pretty for being a dark skinned girl. I wondered why did “for being dark skinned” always have to follow? Why couldn’t I have just been pretty? This has been said to other people I know as well. It sometimes make me angry because soon as my color is described to someone, people assume that beauty, is therefore not an option. It all stems from the lighter the skin, the better you were to be treated, basically the better your life could be. I wish that one day, along with other ignorant general beliefs, things will change and dumb assumptions won’t be made such as this one.
