What about for cultures prior to "white" European influences? I seem to recall reading reference to Indian (not Native American) cultures in early writings where a woman with pale skin was seen as beautiful.
In this case, is it not likely that laborers would have darker skin than the elite class that stayed indoors and didn't work? So the skin color becomes an indicator of actual social status as opposed to just an arbitrary color bias? Similar parallels can be drawn to small or crippled feet on women, and extremely long, unweildy fingernails among men some high classes of Asian cultures. Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Perception - Dan > > > The general conception about why "lighter is better" among many people of > color is that it's an internalization of racist attitudes. In other words, > they've heard from white people for the longest time that being white is > better than being a person of color. Therefore, they affected minority > begins to believe this, and in turns, inflicts the attitude on > other members > of the minority. But, since no one in the group is actually "white," your > degree of lightness becomes the discriminating factor. > > Essentially, it's just a continuation of racism. > -d > > > > Deanna Schneider > Interactive Media Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
