is it possible african americans are prejudice against themself?

Question

I have alot of black friends, and Its funny to me alot of them say, DAMN LOOK AT HOW DARK THAT GUY IS....if we're walking and see a man who is a few shades darker. My boyfriend for instance, has a friend who he some times compares himself to when It comes to color, "at least im not Crunchy black like him"......it doesnt really make sense to me....I do notice shades of black folks, but it never really hits me to want to say something about there color....just like how alot of woman like a dude cuz hes "light skin'ed" lol.....

Answer 1

There are some prejudices about skin-color within a race, age old. It all dates back to when the lighter you were the more privileges you had. Unfortunately, it carried over generations. I try not to discriminate.

Answer 2

Yes, you're very perceptive to see this within the black community. It goes all the way back to slavery, when the lighter skinned, oftentimes mixed with white, black people were more valued than their darker counterparts. They got to stay in the house and cook for the "master", while the darker slaves had to go out in the sun and pick cotton. It is something that was drilled into our minds for years, that white is all right, and if you're black, get back, and even my great grandmother, who was born in 1905, was "color struck" as we say. She told my mother not to marry a dark skinned black man. She herself was pretty dark.

Answer 3

this question is ridiculous and should no longer additionally be responded. merely because of the fact there is not any longer a black participant on the team would not no longer mean that Cashman is prejudiced against them. There merely isn't a huge pool of youthful black stars interior the making. perhaps Dontrelle Willis, BJ Upton, Delmon youthful....yet who else? i won't be able to think of of any others. final time I checked Brian Cashman drafted Tim conflict who's black and in 2005 the Yankees 1st %. became CJ Henry. There are others that Brian has drafted yet i'm too lazy to look'em up suited now. Sheffield became traded because of the fact he's very almost 40 and Brian is making an attempt to make the Yanks youthful. no longer because of the fact he became a black participant.

Answer 4

Well sadly Blacks have fought each other more often than Blacks and Whites fighting each other, that is a common but true fact that goes on in both Africa and America.

In fact the slavery of Blacks was started by Blacks themselves, the White man didn't normally just randomly decided to take this or that Black out of Africa, rather the White man actually paid Blacks for the Prisoners they sold.

Tribes in Africa would take prisoners from enemy tribes and sell em to allied tribes and eventually expanded to selling their prisoners to the White man.

Lots of African tribes hate each other because of one tribe selling another to the White man.

Answer 5

I agree because black people are allowed to say the N word and some black people will say racist comments and its acceptable. Not all do, but a lot do. Its a shame that so many black people have gone down the drain. There is no racism anymore ... the only person to blame for it is themselves. Get off the welfare, and get a job. That's what they need to do.

Answer 6

thats true. im black and i see it alot. i get complimented on my skin color often because im "light skinned". but other races do it too. look at white people they just use hair and eye color.

Answer 7

whether u're from north africa with ur light tonned black skin or u're from the deserts of Africa with ur pitch really black intense colour of skin, any black who thinks he's better off cos he's is lighter is just leavin in a fool's paradise

Answer 8

Yes, there's something called colorism or intraracism (if I spelled that right)

Answer 9

because prejudice is prejudging someone, anyone can be prejudiced against anyone.

Answer 10

Uh.....There's a point in here somewhere, right?