Yeah. Idek man. Like, I don't get how one person can look at another and declare them property either.

Don't even get me started on that, man. What pisses me off is the archaic, Euro-centric beauty standards that people, especially Caribbean people, still hold on to from slavery days.

You mean pale skinny blond hair blue eyes shit?

I mean, I live in a post-emancipation society where straight hair and light skin are valued as beauty.

WildwolfJason: Exactly.

rolls eyes

I don't get either.

I mean, Jamaica talks a big game about independence and emancipation and shit, but if we've still held on to the mentality of slavery days, then what's the point?

It's like that one line in Redemption Song when Bob Marley says "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds." Damn fucking straight.

Idk. But you know, the US is still recovering from that, too, and it was decades ago for us.

Yeah, I get that it's a thing all around the world, but it's pretty prevalent here. I have literally heard guys say "Mi nuh wah nuh black gyal". Translation, they don't date dark girls.

O_o

And the funny thing is, the guys saying this aren't even light skinned. Talk about internal

Yeah no shit.

Talk about internalized racism. mobile cutting me off

You know what I don't get? And actually terrifies me?

What?

I just hate people sometimes.

Tell me about it. Especially me being my worrisome, 14 year old, activist self, it just pisses me off to see people do or say ignorant shit sometimes.

Especially where I live. God bless Ali for putting up with my stupid social justice rants at school everyday.