To understand the importance of racism against skin color you must first understand racism as a whole. Racism began around the seventh century. African American were being murdered and beaten because of the color of their skin. Many centuries after that racism had gotten much worse. Even after slaves had moved on to the United States. There was no change in action; only a change in location.

The release of the William Lynch letter played a big part on racism. Essentially, his letter was a manual on how slave owners should treat their slaves. He was all about controlling and separating slaves by every characteristic, especially color. He even thought it was a good idea to separate African Americans by their skin color. To him, it made sense for lighter toned slaves to work in the house because they were smarter and beautiful. The darker toned slaves would work in the fields because they weren't as pretty, nor as smart. They didn't serve any other purpose other than doing field work. Because the lighter skin slaves worked in the house, they would be able to learn from their masters. They were taught things that darker toned slaves would never have the privilege of learning including speaking correct English. After slavery was abolished, there still was racism going in within the race. The separation of color between African American was obvious. At the turn of the 20th century, after slaves were supposedly free, the light skinned Blacks believed what they had been taught by the slave master and treated the dark skinned African Americans discriminatory. Stewart, Bernadette. "Art Exhibition Exposes Racism." 15 October 2009.

My name is Ramisha Cox, and my blogs will strictly be about skin color. Have you ever heard someone say, "Shes pretty for a dark girl", or "Light skin is always in?" How did it make you feel and why? I will discuss why people think it's okay to say those things, why they believe that it's true, how do we get everyone to see the truth, and much more. When reading my blogs have an open mind. Understand that I'm passionate about what I speak on, and that I will be as honest as I can.

I have always been interested in why some people think that it's okay to categorize others by skin color. My interest actually started when I was in high school. Like most, during my freshman year my friends I wanted to know what organizations and groups to join whether they were official or unofficial. We can across a group of called themselves "LightSkins". They were all African American girls who were of a lighter tone. What stuck out the most about them was how they acted, what they would say, and how they treated others that didn't look like them. To them, they were the superior ones because of the color of their skin. I couldn't understand why they thought that they were better because of their skin color, but deep down I knew that it wasn't right. As the years went by I did a lot of research, and I learned why some people think the way those girls did. 

Skin color does not make anyone better or worse than the next. People use terms like "lightskin" and "darkskin", but why? Why does that even matter? Why even use those words? Who do we blame? Google "beautiful women" under images and see what pops up. Outside of about five dark toned women all of the images are pictures of women with light toned woman. Why is that? It's obvious that the media glorifies women of a lighter tone. It's showing that it's more accepting than women of the opposite. People have to understand that not everyone is that same. 


 Every Saturday I will post a new blog on the subject. I'll relate back to the time period were we weren't even born all the way to the present day. Feel free to comment and reply back to my blogs. I'd like to know what you think and how you feel about them.