#13 What Can Brown Do For You?
#13 What Can Brown Do For You?
Last time, I blogged about interracial dating. But tonight I just want to look at things from a strictly visual perspective. Light and Dark. Light and Dark Brown in particular. As the UPS saying goes…
Sometimes I ask myself, does it matter? I don’t liken myself to be a vain individual. I put more value in a woman’s personality. Who she is on the inside. That’s what’s truly important. For me, physical appearance and attractiveness are also important, but to a lesser extent. I am a proud Black man. There is no self hate here. I’m happy with my physical appearance and my complexion. My skin is a brown complexion, comparable to dark maple syrup (HAHA). Not quite milk chocolate, but your standard Crayola Brown crayon will do. But if someone was to do a daily tally of the women that catch my eye during any given day, the results would fall heavy on lighter complexioned women. And I don’t mean just light skinned Black women. But women of any ethnicity with a nice tan, bronze, beige complexion. Bring on the Brazilians, the Mexicans, the Puerto Ricans, the Indians!!
So what is it about women with that light brown skin that I’m so attracted too? Why is it that I hold a darker skinned woman to a different standard? Brown is Beautiful…Black is Beautiful. And I whole heartedly believe that. So I struggle everyday with a sense of guilt for feeling this way. As if I am somehow turning my back on the sisters are genetically closer to the root of my heritage tree. Have I been brainwashed by the borage of glamour photos as light complexioned women? If more images of attractive dark skinned women were available, would I feel the same way? Oh I’ll throw one more monkey wrench into the situation. The women that I find the most attractive out of all women are dark skinned Indian/South Asian women. Damn it, those women have it ALL!! I’m talking about Indian women who are darker than most of the people in my family. Those are some incredibly attractive women. A woman like that would be my dream girl. Too bad I gotta try to kick down that cultural barrier. It’s hard as hell to get the time of day from an Indian chick. Connect that with the fact that dark skinned Indians get second class treatment in their communities just as dark skinned Black do here in America; and I’ve got no chance. Hell in a lot of their minds, they would be lowering themselves dating a Black man. They are going through extraordinary means just to marry into lighter complexioned families. Oh well, all I can do is hope I’ll end up with one.
Anyway, so yeah, I know it sounds hypocritical to have all this love for dark Indians, and no holla for the dark sisters. But hey, I didn’t say this Blog would always make sense. This is just my honest thoughts and opinions. At least I’m real enough to admit them. The dark complexion of Indian women is the icing on the cake. The long, jet Black hair. Their facial features. The body. All the qualities best qualities of a Black and Indian woman combined. THAT’s what sets them apart. That’s not to say that I don’t find dark skinned woman attractive. Now when I do see a dark skinned Black woman I like, I definitely give her the props she deserves. I know a dark skinned sister, I’ll call her, Mahogany, who is stunning. She wears her hair natural. Carries herself with class. She’s a class act. But on any given day, the number of Mahogany’s I meet is few and far between.
Juxtapose my point of view with that of my good friend, Knowledge. See Knowledge is just the opposite. He prefers dark skinned Black women over anything and everything. He has dragged his feet in potential relationships with light skinned women just because his preference is for dark skinned Black women. She has to be natural though. We both share that sentiment. However, he loves what dark skin represents: Close ties to the African motherland (genetically, that does not necessarily culturally). The presence of high levels of melanin in the skin. How melanin represents strength. How it protects the body against certain types of skin cancers that lighter complexioned people are susceptible to. His point of view I can totally understand. But for me, unless she is a dark skinned Indian, I’m checking for the khaki colored females.
Last time, I blogged about interracial dating. But tonight I just want to look at things from a strictly visual perspective. Light and Dark. Light and Dark Brown in particular. As the UPS saying goes…
Sometimes I ask myself, does it matter? I don’t liken myself to be a vain individual. I put more value in a woman’s personality. Who she is on the inside. That’s what’s truly important. For me, physical appearance and attractiveness are also important, but to a lesser extent. I am a proud Black man. There is no self hate here. I’m happy with my physical appearance and my complexion. My skin is a brown complexion, comparable to dark maple syrup (HAHA). Not quite milk chocolate, but your standard Crayola Brown crayon will do. But if someone was to do a daily tally of the women that catch my eye during any given day, the results would fall heavy on lighter complexioned women. And I don’t mean just light skinned Black women. But women of any ethnicity with a nice tan, bronze, beige complexion. Bring on the Brazilians, the Mexicans, the Puerto Ricans, the Indians!!
So what is it about women with that light brown skin that I’m so attracted too? Why is it that I hold a darker skinned woman to a different standard? Brown is Beautiful…Black is Beautiful. And I whole heartedly believe that. So I struggle everyday with a sense of guilt for feeling this way. As if I am somehow turning my back on the sisters are genetically closer to the root of my heritage tree. Have I been brainwashed by the borage of glamour photos as light complexioned women? If more images of attractive dark skinned women were available, would I feel the same way? Oh I’ll throw one more monkey wrench into the situation. The women that I find the most attractive out of all women are dark skinned Indian/South Asian women. Damn it, those women have it ALL!! I’m talking about Indian women who are darker than most of the people in my family. Those are some incredibly attractive women. A woman like that would be my dream girl. Too bad I gotta try to kick down that cultural barrier. It’s hard as hell to get the time of day from an Indian chick. Connect that with the fact that dark skinned Indians get second class treatment in their communities just as dark skinned Black do here in America; and I’ve got no chance. Hell in a lot of their minds, they would be lowering themselves dating a Black man. They are going through extraordinary means just to marry into lighter complexioned families. Oh well, all I can do is hope I’ll end up with one.
Anyway, so yeah, I know it sounds hypocritical to have all this love for dark Indians, and no holla for the dark sisters. But hey, I didn’t say this Blog would always make sense. This is just my honest thoughts and opinions. At least I’m real enough to admit them. The dark complexion of Indian women is the icing on the cake. The long, jet Black hair. Their facial features. The body. All the qualities best qualities of a Black and Indian woman combined. THAT’s what sets them apart. That’s not to say that I don’t find dark skinned woman attractive. Now when I do see a dark skinned Black woman I like, I definitely give her the props she deserves. I know a dark skinned sister, I’ll call her, Mahogany, who is stunning. She wears her hair natural. Carries herself with class. She’s a class act. But on any given day, the number of Mahogany’s I meet is few and far between.
Juxtapose my point of view with that of my good friend, Knowledge. See Knowledge is just the opposite. He prefers dark skinned Black women over anything and everything. He has dragged his feet in potential relationships with light skinned women just because his preference is for dark skinned Black women. She has to be natural though. We both share that sentiment. However, he loves what dark skin represents: Close ties to the African motherland (genetically, that does not necessarily culturally). The presence of high levels of melanin in the skin. How melanin represents strength. How it protects the body against certain types of skin cancers that lighter complexioned people are susceptible to. His point of view I can totally understand. But for me, unless she is a dark skinned Indian, I’m checking for the khaki colored females.
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