The title, "Skin tone more important 'for' African-Americans," give the impression that AFRICAN-AMERICANS THINK SKIN TONE IS MORE IMPORTANT?

Well, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE US (AND ELSEWHERE) skin tone has been seen as a Blessing if BLACK/DARK/AFRICAN-LEANING and AS A CURSE IF 'ALBINOID' There is no doubt about that.

Pale/pink skin in parts of Africa is not admired -- Pale pink skin in parts of the Caribbean and many other Black regions is seen as 'foreign' and in some cultures 'devilish' and 'lucifite-related.' The term 'lucifer' itself has to do with pale/light complection - and comes form the old Egyptian hatred for 'SET' who was the pale-skinned diety the Black Egyptians despised.

Most Blacks really don't dislike Black skin. In fact, the problem that Blacks in the US were concerned about is THE SSYSTEM OF WHITE SUPREMACY THAT PROMOTED ('MULLATOS' ) OVER BOTH DARKSKINNED AND 'YELLOWISH-BROWN' BLACK/NEGRO PEOPLE.

You look at India, Indonesia, South China, Latin America and Even parts of Europe (Sicily vs Neopolitan - Northern Italy) and that same skin color paradigm is alive today. It has been around in India for about 3000 years, and comes directly from the corruption of the ancient religion of the Blacks of India (called 'Eastern Cushites') by Herotoduts (The Histories), by the so-called 'Aryans' who were related to Germanic/Caucasian people and were nomadic/pastoral barbarian people.

So, the original person who wrote that article gave the IMPRESSION THAT TO BLACKS LIGHT SKIN IS BETTER -- THAT IS A WHITE PROBLEM DUE TO WHITE SUPREMACY/RACISM.

The fact is in the US 84 - 90 PERCENT OF ALL BLACKS ARE DARKSKINNED AND GENETICALLY PURE BLACK - IN OTHER WORDS, BLACKS IN THE US ARE THE MOST HOMOGENOUS RACE IN THE US AND THE PUREST (See Wikipedia, 'Mullatos'

I personally was shocked by this revelation, because I always thought Blacks in the US were mixed. However after doing some research and reading, I also found out that the plantation system was divided into 'HOUSE SLAVES' and 'FIELD SLAVES.'

House slaves were prepared and many created to work close to the Whites because the white planters did not trust PURE BLACKS TO CARE FOR THEM. They preferred lightskinned (specifically 'Mulatto" Blacks who were usually the children of the slave masters or other white male violaters of African women. These mullatoes when placed on the 'slave trading block' were SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN TO DO HOUSE WORK.

On the other hand, FIELD SLAVES WERE MAINLY PURE BLACK AFRICAN - MANY IN FACT WERE NEW AFRICAN CAPTIVES FROM PLACES LIKE ANGOLA, NIGERIA, SUDAN, CONGO, SIERRA LEONE/LIBERIA, GUINEA REGION, CAMEROON.

They were used for plantation labor because the were the ones who usually burned down the plantation houses or fields and started rebellions. Therefore, they were used on plantations under heavy guard.

So, the vast majority of African-Americans who are PURE BLACK (84 - 90 percent) may dispise the fact that lightskinned mulatoes and whites think their fair skins are better, YET, MOST OF THESE PURE BLACKS HAVE DEVELOPED SYSTEMS TO NEUTRALIZE THIS PROMOTING OF WHITE AND FAIR COMPLECTION. MOST SIMPLY REJECT PALE SKIN/FAIR SKIN AND MOST THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITES.

However, when it comes to who glorifies fair/white skin and Caucasians and their culture, IT IS PEOPLE WHO WERE RAISED WITH A WHITE PARENT OR WHO ARE CLOSE TO WHITES OR HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED BY WHITE SUPREMACY/RACIST IDEAS.

Moreover, foreign races from other parts of the world (Asia, Latin America, North Africa, India, and others) WHO HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO ACCEPTING AND TOLERATING WHITE/SUPREMACY OR WHOSE CULTURES TOLERATE CASTE/RACIST CULTURE -- THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO LOOK DOWN ON BLACKS - WHICH IN TURN GETS THE MOST DAMAGING RETALIATION AND BACKLASH FROM BLACKS IN RESPONSE.

So, the question as phrased misleads. WHITE/PALE SKIN COLOR IS NOT ADMIRED BY MOST BLACKS AND BLACKS DO NOT DEGRADE THEIR OWN SKIN COLOR TO ACCEPT FAIR SKIN AND PALE SKIN.

It is whites and other people who are NOT BLACK who use skin color as a standard to judge and hire Black people.

The solution to that evil scheme AS MANY BLACKS HAVE BEEN SAYING SINCE THE DAYS OF MARCUS GARVEY (GOD BLESS HIS SOUL) IS BLACK SEPARATISM, BLACK AUTONOMY (IN A BLACK-OWNED REGION LIKE THE FORMER 'BLACK BELT' LANDS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY OWNED BY BLACK ABORIGINAL NEGROID PEOPLES (SO-CALLED 'BLACK INDIANS' WHO WERE CHASED OFF THEIR LANDS AND ENSLAVED AND BECAME PART OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION - A HISTORICAL EVENT THAT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER PRE-COLUMBIAN BLACKS LIKE THE 'BLACK CARIBS' GUANINI, CARACOLES, KALIFU, AND OTHER BLACKS OF THE CARIBBEAN WHO WERE IN THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS).

Today, despite the media's ATTEMPT TO PUSH RACIAL MIXING AND GENOCIDE ON BLACKS BY PROMOTING A WHITE WOMAN WITH A BLACK MAN ON EVERY TV SHOW ON TV, OR BLACK WOMAN WITH A WHITE MAN IN EVERY TV OR MOVIE, THE FACT IS, BLACKS RECOGNIZE THE TRICK TO MIX US OUR OF EXISTENCE - AND AS USUALY, WE REJECT IT AS POISON.

DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTING THIS IDEA OF 'PREFERRING LIGHTSKIN' IS PART OF THIS AGENDA BEING PUSHED BY HE JUDAS/MEDIA TRAITORS.

However, BLACKS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PURE BLACK BABIES AND ENLARGE THE PURE BLACK POPULATION - even if a few Blacks will continue to ran after white folks and a few 'mullatoes' will be created.

The solution to ALLOWING OTHER RACES TO HAVE SO MUCH POWER OVER BLACKS THAT THEY CAN SIMPLY PRESENT A 'FALSE' TREND AND MAKE US BELIEVE IT IS TRUE OR HAPPENING -- IS TO CREATE A SEPARATE BLACK SYSTEM AND PRESERVE BLACK PURITY AND BLACK CULTURE.