Unfortunately, skin color issues are still alive and growing everyday. It's bad enough that sometimes African Americans are seen as "less worthy" because they don't have skin similar to Caucasians, but it's worse when African Americans have to split even more; between light and dark toned skin color. Dark skin is always associated with negative perceptions and stereotypical beliefs. For example, some people think that dark skin people are more likely to commit a crime. This is because dark toned people are also seen as being not smart, and capable of doing any wrong doings.
Dark-skinned African Americans also have less income and education than lighter skinned African Americans, or even Caucasians for that matter. They're less likely to be employed, yet African Americans of a lighter color could have jobs, own houses, and even get a more respectable experience in society than a dark toned person would. Going back to a couple blogs ago, light-skinned people better inherited opportunities and status. I stated how Willie Lynch believed that dark skinned African Americans should work outdoors and lighter skinned African Americans should work inside because they looked cleaner and more appealing. Hence why lighter skinned people may think themselves that they are better than the opposite.
Martin Luther King stated, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." What does that mean to you? To me he's saying that he wanted equality. He wanted his children to grow up and have a fair chance in life because they're decent people. Not because they're skin is darker than that the "superior" one.
