... feedback for the research and discussion part of my paper. I need people to answer the questions and state their race when they answer and if you feel comfortable state your skin tone. thank you.
1. What do you think of the saying, “If you’re white, you’re all right; if you’re yellow, you’re mellow; if you’re brown, stick around; if you’re black, get back.”?
2. “If you’re light you’re alright”. Is this saying true?
3. Does skin color determines the life chances for people?
4. Does skin color determines the life chances for people of color (minorities)?
5. Is skin color more of a determinant for women than men?
6. Have you heard of the term, “colorism”?
7. Have you heard of the term, “pigmentocracy”?
8. Does the social construction of skin complexion affect the social construction of the workplace?
9. Have darker skinned individuals convinced themselves that their color is acceptable, but not resolved the internal emotional conflict? Self esteem/ self concept/self identity?
10. Do you think skin complexion plays a role being romantically pursued?
11. Does skin tone affect how people perceive one another within the black race? Asian race? Hispanic/Latino race?
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I don't mind answering. I'm English with Celtic heritage so my skin tone is very, very pale indeed. On skin indexes, I'm usually at the far end. If I'm in the sun for twenty minutes, I burn badly.
From a cultural point of view, I lived in one of the most mixed communities in the world. White people are a minority here. I live with very many black, Asian, and Middle Eastern people.
1. I hate it. It seems ignorant and racist.
2. I'd hope not. I can't see that skin tone has any bearing on character (apart from that which society forces on us).
3. Absolutely. It's okay where I live because many people are second and third generation and people don't know any different situation than to be immersed in people with all possible skin tones. But where one skin tone is predominant, it can still be seen as a reason to exclude people with a different skin tone.
4. Yes. For some reason people still feel uncomfortable around a minority and worry about customs or practices. In reality, it's a really good way of learning about ourselves and we should take an active interest in how people are different.
5. That's an interesting question. You can look at it from many different angles. I'm going to say no because more often than not men migrate first and women and families come after. Because of that, the majority of minorities are more male-based.
6. I haven't, no.
7. I haven't, but I understand what it is getting at.
8. In my workplace, it doesn't. I work with people from Africa, China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Poland. We talk about each other's cultures but - from a work point of view - we all follow the same rules and act the same way.
9. It's not really possible for me to say. The black people I know say they only really considered their colour when white people commented on it and/or bullied them.
10. I think so, yes. We all have our preferences. White people seem to find Asian people, in particular, very attractive.
11. Being white, that's another difficult one for me to comment on and I'll leave it for people with more personal experience.