Give us your thoughts sxb
Colorism bro
Having lightskin children is the thing these days. It's what people consider to be beautiful even when they really aren't. I know beauty is subjective but why is it always lightskin women sought after? It's not a coincdence
People want lighther children to avoid the struggles they have being darker skin tone. It doesn't even matter if they are already lightskin they want them to be even lighter. Hence why in Somali regions it's seems like every other day there is a new way to bleach your skin.
People have been made to hate darkerskin from a young age, so what's the easiest way to ensure you have lightskin kids? Marry a foreigner or somalis who are already super pale. People will deny that colorism isn't an issue in Somalia but we know that's cap. Using myself as an example the amount of people who banter me about my skintone by I know for a fact that's what they like about me and lowkey wish they had. Why the hell do we have terms of endearment like "cadey" then if being lighther skin isn't a big deal.
Colorism is a really big problem that is far more detrimental than people think. It crossess my expects of somali poltiics and culture. If you are a darkskin person from SL and you say something about the country negative but true. What's the first insult you get? " You are dhuxl probably from konfur blah blah " I've seen this first hand something that seems like it shouldn't be given the any time has a HUGE influence on somalis. People want lighter kids and they will do what it takes to get them