Skin color issues?
my childhood of being ridiculed for being dark has made me alittle insecure about my color.
how do i begin to overcome this?
Answer:
U need not bother about overcoming it for the God that made u black,is the same God that made every being on earth no matter the color. And u can become anything in the world u want to with no restriction as to ur color. So just hold on to the fact that; u are spacial because of ur color.
Black color is unique bc if u are not black in color,u will never be.But any dark complession person can become fair or so. Infact, u are special because of that color.
Try to find people around you or in history that feel/felt comfortable with their color. Like Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King of course. Think about what being dark-skinned means to you. Who are dark-skinned people? What can they do, what can they be? Would you want to be something that you think no other dark-skinned person has ever been? Then be it! Many of the people in the list above went beyond every expectation people had of what a black person could be. The color of your skin does not decide what you can do with your life.
Oh, and read "I know why the caged bird sings" by Maya Angelou. It deals with this issue very well I think.
I think it's a hard thing to overcome because skin color is the one thing we can not change. I think it's something you need to embrace rather than overcome. It is what it is...you're a beautiful chocolate man, believe it!
My husband is the opposite...his entire family is dark, and he is very light skinned. In fact, after he was born, his dad thought the nurse was showing him a white baby! He's always called a sell-out, white chocolate, etc. He just accpets himself & loves him the way he is.
Good luck!
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