Race and Racism

What young people know and understand about race is that obviously they are different, like they believe whites are superior to non-whites. In the video "A girl like me featurette" a young girl stated that "they believed that light skin black girls are prettier than dark skin black girls." What i think that the girl was trying to say is that the lighter you are the more attractive you are then being darker, or the closer you look to white people the better you are, rather then looking "African." I believe that there are some blacks that are very insecure, but not because of themselves but because what our society in america has brainwashed us with.

I believe that there are many young people, in this case young girls that don't have self-confidence and some insecurities. which is natural for girls, but in this case i believe is just pure brainwash that our society has done to us. African American where always considered minorities, and whites where always superior toward them. which all goes back to slavery and segregation. Still until this day their is racism. However, its not just the whites against blacks , its black against blacks.

Blacks today try to make themselves more "white," what i mean by this is that they do certain things that whites have. Such as relaxing hair, wearing weave, having straight hair, lightning skin,etc. Like I said i don't believe is just young girls being insecure, is what our AMAZING country has taught us to be. In the video they survey little kids (4-6 years old) and 15/21 kids rather choose the white doll then the black doll. Why? because we where taught being white was better ! being white would get us very far! being white would make us more attractive ! NOT. 

Well, what can these young girls say if most of there "race: believes in whites being superior then them. They might not say it like that , but their actions prove it. In the video a young girl stated that she started to have her hair natural , and after the second day her mom told her to stop wearing it like that because she looks African  Ummm... she is African ? Whats wrong with being African ? Oh yeah , our history explains whats wrong with being African  (sarcastic voice) . Honestly in my opinion i think their is beautiful girls and boys from every race, gender or color. People are people, a persons color shouldn't determine who is superior then who , and we should all respect that.