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

[Anonymous]

It certainly happens, but I've also seen too many instances of people blaming any negetive treatment or interaction with others on "racism", when that wasn't the issue at all, to accept it at face value. It becomes a scapegoat. I've been accused of racism multiple times when racism had absolutely nothig to do with anything. But it's an easy excuse. Again, it happens, but you have to understand why people have become increasingly cynical about it lately.

[tzdc21]

It's not just dark skinned women who receive this you know. Dark skinned men don't get any benefits either.

[BCRanger10]

It's not that some of us deny that it happens. It's that "racism" is thrown around so carelessly that many people simply roll their eyes and move on. It's like The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

[Anonymous]

Thank you as a dark skin black woman I fo through the same. Keep your head up and outshine your counterparts

[Avicenna]

We usually don't know what we don't see