Tone It Up

Nowadays we tend to get caught up in appearances. To some dudes, skin tone has an affect on their attraction to a lady's physical appearance. Some women have the same mentality. There are a couple ways to tackle this topic. On the surface it doesn't appear to be a big deal, but there is an underlying meaning behind even this subject that was inbedded in our heads years ago. But I'll get into that later. Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder. We all have preferences on appearance. In that way, it's not a big deal. It can be irritating though. Honestly, I get tired of guys saying that a woman looks better because she has dark skin. That touches on a bigger issue that have with this topic. Somewhere along the lines we were brainwashed to believe that Black was ugly. There was a time when magazines, television, movies, etc. only had white faces on them. So we thought that was what it meant to be beautiful. All the models were white. Light skinned women became the "in" thing. Micheal Jackson is a very good example of that mentality from the male perspective. He bleached his skin to the point that he didn't even resemble his own baby picture. To me, this is just another form of self hatred. I don't have a preference on skin tone. Beauty comes in all colors. Physical features are more important than tone to me anyway. Halle Berry, Sanaa Lathan, and Gabrielle Union are all beautiful with different skin tones. Of course I'm really just speaking about Black women. You know I'm all about us. I like dark chocolate just as much as I do milk chocolate. It's all the same to me. Maybe one day we can stop saying which skin tone is back in style. Black never goes out of style. Black goes with anything.