[dfwgator]

One thing I have noticed, is that it is usually the lighter-skinned blacks that are the most vocal, i.e, Jeremiah Wright.

It’s as if they have to compensate for something.

[rarestia]

In predominantly black parts of the world (i.e. Carribean, South Africa) lighter-skinned blacks are often "more free" than their darker counterparts. They're not compensating; in their communities they are seen more favorably than those who are darker complected.

In order to keep certain pretentious FReepers out of my face on this claim, an article by Adrienne Samuels in a Feb. 2008 Ebony article explains,

"'Dark-skinned men with greater credentials were significantly less preferred than a light-skinned man with lower credentials,' says Ph.D. candidate Matthew Harrison, whose test asked 250 of his peers to hire the best candidate using nearly identical resumes and a photo featuring the same person color-adjusted for light and dark skin tone. Most of the study participants were White. Adds Harrison: 'The economic gap between light-skinned and darker-skinned Blacks is similar to the gap between Whites and Blacks.'"

Blacks fight amongst themselves more often than with whites, Hispanics, Asians, etc. I believe this goes to my point that NO ONE is colorblind.

Works Cited

Samuels, Adrienne P. "Do light-skinned Black people have an advantage? Yes. They are likely to get hired first and may earn more money." Ebony. Feb. 2008. Web. <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_4_63/ai_n24246405/>.