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Opponents who argue that colorism isn’t a real issue and that it doesn’t affect their lives have to realize that colorism is not only an African American issue alone, Colorism is an issue that affects blacks, Asian, Mexicans, and even the white community. Racism is often mixed up with colorism but unlike racism, Colorism focuses on a person’s skin tone as opposed to their race. Colorism operates on the white beauty standard of pale skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes, and the farther away a person’s appearance is of the white beauty standard the more colorism becomes an issue for them regardless of race. Because of the preference for lighter skin being the dominant aesthetic in deeply ingrained in US culture many people unconsciously become unaware …show more content…

(Coates 2007)11. For those who say that colorism isn’t an issue It is important to ask why those who hold powerful positions in the economy, government, and educational sectors in the US tend to be light- skinned, and why lighter skinned people in general, tend to have an easier life than someone who has darker skin but has the same family background, and education qualifications as someone with lighter skin. Colorism does affect the day to day lives of people because ii affects the way a person is viewed in society, and it affects the opportunities that they receive just because they do not fit in with the white beauty standard. While others say that colorism isn’t an issue at all, others recognize that colorism is a real issue, but it isn’t an important issue because of the preferential treatment that those who have lighter skin leads to internalized racism which leads to obstacles to achieving racial equality. internalized racism creates a feeling of being inferior to other ethnic groups and the belief that equality isn’t a logical goal because other groups are truly

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