Why Is Color So Important?

For as long as I can remember I have asked myself this question! As you know from my other posts I have become painfully aware that color plays a part in ones ability to be accepted just as weight and finincial status can. I notice that the same shade can be placed on two different people but there can still be a big difference in how they are accepeted! My case in point... In 9th grade phy ed, one of the prettiest girls in our class approached me, she had long brown shiny hair and really pretty blue eyes, andyway it was a beautiful day outside where we were have track and field day so she challenged me to a "tanning" contest. We compared our shades and at the end of the class we'd campare again. Well I wasnt really trying to tan quite honestly I ran for shade every chance I got because heaven forbid I get any darker. At the conclusion of class my classmate found me under a tree and we compared skin shades, sure enough she had won she was at least 3 or 4 shades darker than me. I smiled to myself well if the prettiest girl in class is darker than me then certainly this obsessive name calling would stop. Wrong! My classmate got comments like " what kind of tanning lotion did you use?" "Wow! you look great, I wish I could get that dark without burning!" I got the following comments, "The black water fountain is outside!" and "Hey Leah, They let slaves off the plantations or did you escape again??!!??" Wow! My Sweetie is really dark complected and he has told me numerous times that the darker you are then some people treat you like yur subhuman. If I wouldn't have gone through what I went through I would have found his statement far fetched! I dont sadly I see it in action everyday. Black children with light skin are praised for their "high yellow" coloring and "good hair" while dark children treated like they are already mess ups and are always told how nappy their hair is. For the record I have seen light skinned kids with nappy hair and the explanation is this," well you should have seen it when they were younger they had butters!" I have come up with my own answear to the question I stated and here it is in all it's simplicity. We as people are obsessed with sorting and putting things in their proper order making sure everything recievec it proper label! We tend to gravitate toward things or people that most resemble us and if they are different we decide that they are different and we are the norm instead of vise versa. So in a desperate attempt to keep order we quickly place a negative label on the guilty subject and toss it aside and with it stripping it of it's worth in our own eyes. Then when we cross paths down the road we have the nerve to question its negative outlook on life. Shoot why does such and such always have to be so touchy and sensitive!!! Hmmmm I wonder.... well this is quickly taking a turn toward a rambeling rant instead of making my point which is. QUIT SORTING PEOPLE WE ARE EXACTLY AS WE WERE INTENDED! EMBRACE THE DIFFERENCES! YOU MAY BE SURPRISED BY WHAT YOU LEARN!!! ok Im done.