Why are ''DARKER'' people always shitted on in every culture? Why it can be the other wise?

I've been reading this articles and it talks about how Syrians hate both foreign and native darker-skinned/black people, and how their women stay out of the sun so that they don't get darker (black). Being a light-skin means a straight elite in Syrian culture for both men and women.

In Somali culture on the other hand, it doesn't matter whether you're light-skinned or not as long as you're of the 4 big clans, your privilege and favorability depends on the status of your clan, but being a light-skin woman corresponds to more attention but there's no thing as ''I need a light-skin wife/husband'' in our society. One good example is how a Somali person (man/woman) would be with an ok-looking partner than having an Eeleey, a Shaashi or a Benaadiri partner (remnants of Portugal/Arabs/Italy/France etc). They're not favored for being white/light-skin mixed people but they're not attention seekers either and marry their own.
But unlike other cultures, the darkest one of our girls doesn't have to worry about finding a husband just because she's darker than the standard. She might be seen as a ''SOMALI ASAL af-ku-dhuxulley''.

Facial features and clan status matter more than the skin color in our culture.

Do you think light-skin people are favored in Somali culture?.
And what makes other cultures stigmatize dark skin?.
Is really being dark/brown/black naturally and inherently bad and ugly or is it just a social construct?.
Can the roles be flipped and black be decorated as the ''GLAMOROUS color''?.
Have you ever seen a culture that prioritizes dark-skin over light-skin?.


Indians, South Asians, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Latinos, Arabs etc, these societies are the worst. Being dark-skinned means death sentence in India and Latin-America for instance.


Every society has its own problem, ours is tribalism like how Madhibaans, Eeleys and Madows are treated but I think the color obsession is worse, Agree?. But nonetheless we still have to fight the Qabyaalad!
 
Since when did Portuguese ever step foot in Somalia
Ever heard of the Battle of Barawe or Benadir?.

Portuguese were defeated and many of them were captured by the Ajuuraan empire, that's how we ended up with many white European slaves. Portuguese later pleaded for peace treaty and run away never looking back.
You need to learn your history. No white man would tell about this.

 

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Ever heard of the Battle of Barawe or Benadir?.

Portuguese were defeated and many of them were captured by the Ajuuraan empire, that's how we ended up with many white European slaves. Portuguese later pleaded for peace treaty and run away never looking back.
You need to learn your history. No white man would tell about this.

Are you listening to yourself? You sound like one of those hoteps kulaha we ended up with many white slaves :mjlol: I think you’re not all there in the head
 

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Are you listening to yourself? You sound like one of those hoteps kulaha we ended up with many white slaves :mjlol: I think you’re not all there in the head
You see it as it says in the Wikipedia article even thou the article's still biased and pro-Portuguese. Have you ever been to Somalia? Have you ever met a Shaashi person and do you know their history?. Some of those prisoners were taken by the Ottomans as per the article.
Typical say wallahi. The fact you even said this:
Since when did Portuguese ever step foot in Somalia?
winds up the argument. You gotta learn some Somali history.
 

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Are you listening to yourself? You sound like one of those hoteps kulaha we ended up with many white slaves :mjlol: I think you’re not all there in the head
Bro he just told you the basic points.

The ajuraan sultanate was suprised by the portugese sneak attack in barawe. They sacked the city and the residents fleed. Within 24 hours the navy positioned itself in a offensive way whilst the ground troops retook te city.

The navy destroyed the Portuguese ships and took their men captive. Their captain fled.

To be fair the captain could have surrendered even his crew pleaded for it but alas he eventually ran away.

It is a true story.
 
Bro he just told you the basic points.

The ajuraan sultanate was suprised by the portugese sneak attack in barawe. They sacked the city and the residents fleed. Within 24 hours the navy positioned itself in a offensive way whilst the ground troops retook te city.

The navy destroyed the Portuguese ships and took their men captive. Their captain fled.

To be fair the captain could have surrendered even his crew pleaded for it but alas he eventually ran away.

It is a true story.
Some say wallahis are voluntarily ignorant and self-hating. He can't believe having white slaves. We had tons of them and I'm learning about it day by day.
 

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That's not true at least not completely.
Today in many European countries being tanned is fashionable. Ever heard of white people complaining how they can't get tanned and turn red under the sun? Shit there's people risking cancer just to look darker
 
That's not true at least not completely.
Today in many European countries being tanned is fashionable. Ever heard of white people complaining how they can't get tanned and turn red under the sun? Shit there's people risking cancer just to look darker
They don't wanna be black but light-skin like South Europeans, no white man wants to go black but almost every brown/black person would become pale white if they could, you see it now? Up for extreme white but no to being dim black. But then Yh when you've everything you have to go down the ladder so you can have a taste of what it's like down there. You seen Somali diasporas saying they love Somalia after they made to the west? Somalis back home would do everything to come to the west even at the expense of not getting back home. You do such things when you've it at all your disposal.
 
I'm "light skinned",darker skinned Somali people,specifically women look better. The dark skin highlights Somali features. Darker skinned African people look better in general. I wish I was dark skinned
 
Simple ppl working on the farms(lower classes) spent alot of time under the sun and got that tan/darkskin complexion. While the nobility, royalty and clergy(upper classes) didnt spend that much time under the sun. Over time lightskin became the trait of nobility. This happened in China, India, Middle East, Europe heck even West Africans were witnessed to favor lightskinned noble women. Hence modern prejudice on tanned/darkskinned.

This was true in Europe until 1950s when socialite Coco Chanel made tanning popular among the European elites and it got huge traction as it was the opposite what the defeated Nazis were preaching.
 
I read her article I was interested bc I’ve lived in Syria lol, basically what I gathered from the article is that it’s also a class based issue ? to me she looks arab , but Syrians do have a reputation of being lighter skin , the few I’ve met in London I mistook them for being European.
 

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Maa ana waalan mise cadan baa laga heesayaa?
Ever heard of the Battle of Barawe or Benadir?.

Portuguese were defeated and many of them were captured by the Ajuuraan empire, that's how we ended up with many white European slaves. Portuguese later pleaded for peace treaty and run away never looking back.
You need to learn your history. No white man would tell about this.

I don’t know about Portuguese slaves but it’s true some Barawe people do have Portuguese blood
 

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They don't wanna be black but light-skin like South Europeans, no white man wants to go black but almost every brown/black person would become pale white if they could, you see it now? Up for extreme white but no to being dim black. But then Yh when you've everything you have to go down the ladder so you can have a taste of what it's like down there. You seen Somali diasporas saying they love Somalia after they made to the west? Somalis back home would do everything to come to the west even at the expense of not getting back home. You do such things when you've it at all your disposal.
Same for somalis though. When somalis say light skin is beautiful they certainly don't want cadaan skin like Europeans.
 

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