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Do black men prefer light-skinned women to dark-skinned women? From the founding of this counnty black have always been connected second class citizens. We were brought over here on slave ships and even on in first constitution the American we were considered 3/5 of a person. The American society has been made to exclude the black people. Look at the corporate America. It is made up mostly of white males and the people in the corporate …

…European’s way of life and thinking. For example, light skin is perceived as beautiful and black people use endless chemicals to straighten their hair hence look more like white people. When in actuality our hair is naturally kinky. In today’s society the light skin woman is perceived to be more European and beautiful than a darker female with African features. This is a result of colonization and religion imposed by the European culture.