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Why do people deny mistreatment of darkskin black girls?

Anonymous

Hi I'm 23 I got a lightskinned biracial mother & a Darkskin father tonight I went out with my mom I told my mom that I notice men & other females treat her differently than me I'm darker skinned I notice no one tells me I'm pretty just her I notice I get dirty looks, laughed at picked on for being dark never her, was told by my own father by age 10 I was ugly black bword I cried he said unprovoked in public that white & lightskin girls where more prettier, intelligent, feminine better than me told I was just a regular black girl nothing special it's million that look like me I was teased my whole life for being darker skin called black names, accused wearing weaves men dumped me for lighterskinned girls men have said because she lightskin she better than me I told her the truth she got mad stormed off tries deny she treated better than me on regular basis I told her we is treated differently I often get accused of stealing in public, had cops called only on me, called ugly, treated with aggression, less feminine she pretend we ain't together in public like embarrassed by me for being darkskin especially when other non blacks around I been bullied she don't stick up for me I been called nwords by strangers in our neighborhood I really wanted know why is Darkskin viewed as bad why do lightskin people deny they privileges& better treatment sometimes I feel lost because I'm darkskin she doesn't understand what African American darkskin women go through she ignores my experiences or get mad at me when I tell her my experiences

Why do people deny mistreatment of darkskin black girls?
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