Black refugees ask if Utah will really accept them

Reuters ^ | September 9, 2005

[oceanperch]

Glad to see somethings change.
Interesting thread.

Raised in Pittsburg Cali and left soon as I was legal age.

I am white raised in an Asian family.
Crazy white girl hated by everyone LOL

My son dated a Blonde haired blue eyed girl in high school, she was half Blackfoot Indian raised in her native Indian culture and hated for her skin color so she moved to a white community in Utah.

I raised my son in a predominately white community like 95%. Told him what racism I grew up with and not to ever judge one of God's children by skin color and be your own man.

However my upbringing did have some effect on his flavor of music and he loves going to cultural events.

We just prefer living in a rural Conservative white community.

If my skin color was not such an issue growing up I would not have chosen to migrate up here to a Dutch community.

Racism sucks no matter who is on the end of the hate stick.

Glad to see younger people crossing those barriers with no qualms. Kudos.

[bethtopaz]

Thanks for your post! Oceanperch, what Dutch community do you live in? I live in Winters, CA (north of Vacaville) but my ex-husband and I bought our first home in Pittsburg, CA.

Take care -- prejudice, IMHO, is born of fear and lack of knowledge.

[ApplegateRanch]

You're right.

I was going back in my mind to an announcement & discussion in a Priesthood Meeting that dealt with race and a change church policy, which was not the Great Revelation and came years later.

It wasn't too long after that that I left the LDS church, which is why the timing sticks in my memory.

[cherry]

I think there is blatant light skinned preference going on still, but then again, everybody in the movies or on tv has to be pretty,young, very thin, tall, and if not blonde, then very near blonde or if black, pretty damn light -skinned to boot....

I don't blame black women at all for feeling outrage about this...I feel outraged when the only women featured in Howood are the above mentioned NON_TYPICAL females that apparently don't live anywhere in my universe.....

its a "lookism" issue, and I am afraid it goes far deeper than even racism, and it will never be alleviated....its far too ingrained , sadly.....

my son lives with a young pretty dark-skinned black girl....college educated and very sweet....hopefully they will marry.....

is it my imagination or is white men/black women becoming more and more common?...it seems that combination was rare for a long time....

[naden25]

I think that's it's becoming more common. The black women that I've talked to have the same thoughts that I have. You just get tired of being put down because you're too dark. I found freedom in dating men of other races because I knew that they liked what they saw. The black men that I dated at 20 yrs. old told me that I would be prettier if I was lighter or that they liked me because my skin was lighter than theirs.

[JasonSC]

The black women that I've talked to have the same thoughts that I have. You just get tired of being put down because you're too dark. I found freedom in dating men of other races because I knew that they liked what they saw. The black men that I dated at 20 yrs. old told me that I would be prettier if I was lighter or that they liked me because my skin was lighter than theirs.

Oh c'mon. Most black men marry black women.