Malcolm X: Light Skin Vs. Dark Skin

Though this blog is late, I still felt obligated to talk about this issued of Light Skin vs. Dark Skin within the African-American race. Around my freshmen year, right when I graduated from 8th grade, Lil Wayne came out with this song called "Every Girl" where he says "I like a long hair thing red-bone." Red-bone means those of a lighter skin complexion and they were obviously expected to be prettier and have longer hair than those of a darker skin complexion. Anyway, this song started the most foolish trend. Every light skin girl was branding themselves as "red-bone" and "light bright" and every guy would only go looking for light skin girls. Then, Chris Brown came out with this song called "Look At Me Now" where he says "Yellow Model Chick." Once again, he was highlighting the nature of being light skin. If Malcolm X were alive, he would probably say this is brainwash. He would ask why lighter is better and why longer hair is more preferred. The theory that I was told was quite interesting. I was told that light skin African-Americans are preferred because back during slavery, there were the "house slaves" and they received better treatment than the dark skin people who were "field slaves." How foolish is it for a people to be oppressed so long, finally become liberated, and then characterize themselves by those who oppressed them? It is rather hypocritical and idiotic. African-Americans can never be taken serious if they are just puppets. I believe my generation is corrupt. For some reason, our history has gone to the back of our brains and our definition of beauty has become an unrealistic goal that can only be achieved by compensating for what was not given to us. As Lauryn Hill once said It's silly when girls sell their soul because it's in.Look at where you be in hair weaves like Europeans. Fake nails done by Koreans." Why can't we appreciate who we are? Why can't we love us, for us?