Prejudice and Racism - Color or Character? Essay -- Sociology Racism P

Color or instance?     On TV and in magazines, you seldom see a sullen scurrilous person. Our culture is still being led to believe that having visible light skin somehow makes you a better person.   Black people with lighter skin get treated better I believe this divergency stems from the days of slavery. In general, dark-skinned contrabands labored in the fields sequence light-skinned blacks worked indoors. Slave owners and even slaves gave lighter-skinned blacks more respect. This segregation of shades at bottom the same race is a serious problem.   Colorism has always been an issue for the black community. In the past, some black social clubs and societies only allowed those who had light skin. wad say that in the early days at Spelman College (an historically black women s college) young women were not admitted if they were darker than a paper bag, said unmatchable graduate.   Today, colorism is reinforced by black children having white G.I. Joes and Barbie dolls with blond hair and raunchy eyes. It is also strengthened by the absence of dark-skinned...