I recently had a sister ask me an unexpected dating question: "Why do all men want attractive women like Beyoncé or Alicia Keys look-a-likes? The men just don't seem to want to marry and be serious with regular women like me." In my haste to deal with some of the self-esteem issues this sister had, I skipped over her real question. In hindsight, I realize that she was … [Read more...]
Why Is Skin Tone Still OUR Issue?
Are you color struck? Do you find yourself saying things like, "She is so pretty to be so dark!?" or telling someone, "You better keep her out of the sun, you don't want her to get to dark." or my favorite when looking at someone's newborn child you say, "Oh don't worry she wont get too much darker." To be "color struck" as defined by UrbanDictionary.com is: To have an … [Read more...]