Pigmentocracy In African American Culture

More than two million people in the US self injure a day, privilege for those with lighter skin is still being granted, and a woman’s natural hair is still not fully accepted in American culture, but isn’t black America still a part of America? From the year 1619 until present day, the social and mental disconnection between Whites and people of color have been nearly impossible to resolve. The social construct of pigmentocracy and colourism have caused women in minority groups to devalue themselves in ways that made white standards of beauty appear to be the only kind.
Pigmentocracy is a social or class distinction ranging from the darkest to lightest skin color based on who dominates society. White people dominate the modern world only
These four include being, impulsive, major, Stereotypie, and compulsive. The one group of people who are most likely to self harm are African American teenagers, and African American girls are more likely to harm themselves than white girls. They also receive the least amount of treatment. This problem is also the least spoken about among African American families. Because of this a lot of people feel a sense of relief, or power when they harm themselves, whether it be by burning, punching, or cutting themselves. It is important to understand that these acts are not always suicidal. Sometimes they are genuinely a cry for
Morrison writes “The death of self-esteem can occur quickly, easily in children, before their ego has “legs,” so to speak” (page 11). The African American race has been an infant to society not being able to walk their own paths because their growth has been forcibly stifled by the privileged people of this world. Trying to get out of that place has been tremendously difficult for the suppressed and the suppressors. People are usually not fond of dramatic change, and it takes a certain amount of time for changes to become