[cgbg]

Colorism runs _very_ deep in all elements of life, and it has been that way for centuries.

Light-skinned blacks had more status than dark skinned blacks, and the marketing community quickly figured out that lighter skinned blacks were better received (in advertising) by both whites and blacks.

That is why most blacks you see on TV (whether in programming or advertising) are light-skinned.

In addition, lighter skinned blacks have had more social mobility than dark skinned blacks across the board.

The deeper question (that will _not_ be discussed out loud by anyone in public life) is whether the lighter skinned blacks have higher IQs than dark skinned blacks.

This whole area is _very_ touchy, and the left is stepping on land mines if they go there.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious and it is sad. It’s not too woke and politically correct to acknowledge at least that.

[higgmeister]

It was a revelation to me when I learned that the light skinned Blacks were mistrusted by the actual White Supremacist racists of a couple of generations ago because light skinned Blacks could possibly pass and fool the actual White Supremacists.   That indicates that there are almost no dyed-in-the-wool White Supremacists left in the country.   I thought back then, fifty years ago, that all we had to do is let them die a natural death and racism would die too.   The race hustlers would not let that happen.