Is here anyone else who hate themselves due to their dark skin color?

[Hanger2]

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[Trueform]

I know a lot of people that would rather be white and hate their skin color specially in the "Black pill" community.

 

[TakeMeBack07]

What would being a different colour mean?

 

[someonelse]

Dark skin is beautiful. I know society tells us otherwise sometimes but I wholeheartedly disagree.

 

[Rob1984]

I'm actually insecure about how pale I am :/ people used to mock me for "not getting enough sun." But it doesn't matter how much sun I get cuz I don't tan. I just stay super white :/

 

[myopybyproxy]

Dark skin is beautiful. I know society tells us otherwise sometimes but I wholeheartedly disagree.

I'm actually insecure about how pale I am :/ people used to mock me for "not getting enough sun." But it doesn't matter how much sun I get cuz I don't tan. I just stay super white :/

yep, i feel the same. i think there can be beautiful people of any complexion, but personally i would rather be of latin or middle eastern skin tone than the pasty dough blob i currently resemble. and many of my immediate relatives are such - fuck genetics, and i'm short too. come to the conclusion the universe hates me lmao.

wish i could swap skin suits with you, OP. if only there was some sort of body trade like that kurt vonnegut story. souls can discard their flesh cages like changing laundry, step out of worn and dirty costumes and into a new one, whatever they choose to inhabit.

in the end everyone wants what they cannot have. life is suffering. peace out

 

[Rob1984]

wish i could swap skin suits with you, OP. if only there was some sort of body trade like that kurt vonnegut story. souls can discard their flesh cages like changing laundry, step out of worn and dirty costumes and into a new one, whatever they choose to inhabit.

Do you remember the name of the book? That sounds very interesting!

 

[Somber]

I'm actually insecure about how pale I am :/ people used to mock me for "not getting enough sun." But it doesn't matter how much sun I get cuz I don't tan. I just stay super white :/

Ghostly pale person here. I'm not insecure about it though even though I get most of my sun from vit D supplements.

 

[Rob1984]

Ghostly pale person here. I'm not insecure about it though even though I get most of my sun from vit D supplements.

lmaoooo. Whenever somebody accuses me of avoiding the sun, I should just be like "I don't need the sun cuz I got that motherfucker in a jar."

 

[milly]

No i love my skin, but wish i had a healthy brain

 

[myopybyproxy]

Do you remember the name of the book? That sounds very interesting!

it might have been welcome to the monkey house, but i honestly don't remember

 

[Of The Universe]

I am and always will be immensely proud to be a Woman of Color!!!

 

[Shu]

Being melanated is a blessing.

 

[mistvissione11e]

Being melanated is a blessing.

Superior trait

 

[LoneMisery]

People are ignorant af. And need to stop making people feel like that towards themselves over color. The world would be a better place if we learned to respect people on their insides not their outsides. I grew up with a racist mother and grandmother but im glad my father and grandfather werent. Made me realize that its not right

 

[S like Siren]

I hate my skin,it's really pale and you can see all my veins...look like an Alien

 

[kavina]

All skin colors are fine. There's nothing wrong with any of them. They're all normal and what matters is if you're a decent human.
I've had people try to make me feel bad for being white but meh, I'm white. I can see my veins and I just joke that I'm transparent. I really just don't care and the more people are bothered by it the more satisfaction I feel because I am NOT changing for them. No one gets to tell me how to feel about my skin. If I could give you that gift I would. To not see anything wrong with who you are and to stand tall and proud in your skin. Fuck them!

 

[Hirokami]

I never committed a single crime in my life and I'm well-spoken, so the police couldn't give less of a shit about me. Never had a problem finding friends in the past or even the few romantic partners I managed to garner due to race or skin color. Career-wise, I'm doing a lot better than pretty much every white person I know. And see, I know all this, yet I still yearn to have lighter skin. A lot of it has to do with the media portrayals for me. All over the world, people wish to have lighter skin as it is a status symbol. It doesn't mean lighter skin is inherently better, though it is seen as better. I won't say I hate myself due to my skin color, though I also won't deny that my confidence would markedly improve if I had even slightly lighter skin.

 

[👁️👃👁️]

No I think melanated people are sexy.

 

[finish.me]

me!! i grew up feeling dirty and I still do

 

[Un-]

I don't hate myself because I'm black, but I do hate that I am black. I just look so damn ugly. Ugly! And I hate my hair. I hate fucking black hair with how you have to style it, and it takes hours to do, and it's extremely painful. I hate my fucking eyes. Sigh.

I don't think I'll ever feel comfortable in my skin. I really wish I was white.

 

[👁️👃👁️]

Everyone except people with albinism have melanin in their skin and hair. Brown haired people - that's melanin in the hair making it brown. It's just different amounts. We all have it. And saying that, there's nothing bad or ugly about people with Albinism, either. They are beautiful, too. People are beautiful in all shades. Look at the amazing rich black skin colors of Aborginal peoples of Australia. Gorgeous. There is beauty and we should not listen to what other people say because they are not authorities. No one can be an authority over what you think in your own mind.

I'm fully aware of this. I assume the people would understand what I meant. Lol

I don't hate myself because I'm black, but I do hate that I am black. I just look so damn ugly. Ugly! And I hate my hair. I hate fucking black hair with how you have to style it, and it takes hours to do, and it's extremely painful. I hate my fucking eyes. Sigh.

I don't think I'll ever feel comfortable in my skin. I really wish I was white.

Strange. I completely understand why a lot of people feel this way but I 100% wish I was black in every way possible and I always have since I was a kid for some reason, or FULL blooded native American.

 

[Unlucked]

Honestly you can be black and be conventionally attractive, and you will probably avoid alot of suffering because the pretty privelage outweighs the discrimination.

Being black and ugly is worse for your mental health though than being white and ugly. Because it's a double stacked entendre that you will face discrimination for.

Looks based discrimination is real, and so is colorism, that's just how the world operates. I'm blasian so I've had my fair share of pain from being mixed race and having extra melanin, particularly from my asian family attacking me for being dark.

 

[Papilio_polyxenes]

I have no issues with the color of my skin, but society absolutely does. As the poster above notes, being "conventionally attractive" probably cancels out some aspects of discrimination.

Unfortunately, we know that implicit bias against people with darker skin is especially prevalent in society. Studies have found that jurors award harsher sentences to darker defendants and employers prefer lighter-skinned applicants.

I'll also say from personal experience that being black + neurodivergent is a dangerous combo in America. If you are male, then you will be seen as dangerous and untrustworthy in virtually all circumstances. Can be a terrifying thing to experience.

 

[LONE WOLF.]

I'm actually insecure about how pale I am :/ people used to mock me for "not getting enough sun." But it doesn't matter how much sun I get cuz I don't tan. I just stay super white :/

Are you a ghost?

 

[makethepainstop]

I have no issues being white, my issues with hating myself is because I'm not large enough, and lack platinum blond hair and blue eyes. I want to be vanilla vanilla!

 

[Rob1984]

Are you a ghost?

Often I feel like it, since nobody ever pays attention to me

 

[SamTam33]

I've learned that it doesn't matter the hue - dark, light and everything in between - if you're not white, you'll be treated as if you're lesser than.

That's what I have a problem with. Not the actual color, but how you're treated BECAUSE OF the color.

As if your skin somehow dictates your value. Fucking skin, dude. Not your brain or your heart. Not your IQ or your EQ. Not your skill or your strength... Skin.

That's like determining who gets better treatment based off the color of their shoes.

Meghan Markle was nearly driven to suicide and she's all the way on the other end of the color spectrum.

This planet is filled with some hateful, evil people who have spent their entire existence making life miserable for people who don't look like them.

 

[ikadasui]

It's one of my main reasons for wanting to go. I just cannot stand it in any way, and it brings me nothing but trouble. I feel like I can only live online and of course being shit ugly with god awful teeth is just compounding the misfortuen