mrhanjulim
Oct 30, 2012
Book Reports / What are Mary Mebane's implied points for Blacks in "Shades of Black"? [2]
There was a lot of Segregation between white-skinned and black-skinned men. However, Mebane's essay explains deeper about black-men's lives; social classes in college, unfair-accomplishments, segregation among black people, and old fate for black-black skinned women. Mary Mebane explains all these topics clearly throughout his essay.
School was the most horrible place of discrimination. In campuses, such as North Carolina College at Durham, social class and skin colors were the primary criteria used in determining status on the campus. First class were Children of doctors, lawyer, and college professors. Second class were Children of public-school teachers, businessmen, and anybody else with some profit. Lastly, Third class were students of working class; to fill the population. This explains that it was hard for Third class, including black people, to be accepted by colleges. However the discrimination did not end there: Darker the students, the harder to achieve fair judge for accomplishments. One of the reasons was that Faculty expected lighter-skinned students to be more intelligent. So it was common for faculty to get nonplussed when a dark-skinned student did well. This was shown by Mebane's experience; Since she got highest verbal score, chairman's wife suspected Mebane of cheating. The another reason that dark-skinned students couldn't receive fair judge for accomplishments was people was blinded from talented black people by segregation of skin color. Because of this, Mebane could not receive "Best Girl Scholar" prize even though she deserved it; there was another light-skinned girl who lacked in talent than Mebane but was favored because of her skin. These discriminations later effected black-skinned people in grades and job opportunities.
Segregation didn't stop with just ruining school-lives and working lives of black-skinned people, but also social lives. Since most of the people are favoring light skins, black-skinned people started hating their own skins. And this resulted another segregation among black people: They did not accept black-black-skinned women. They considered black-black skins as ugly, and this caused black-black women to take refuge in makeup to hide their black skins. Among the black women, there was compliment going around saying, "You are dark, but not too dark." This shows that black women relieved if their skins are not black-black. However, there was irony of people who rejected black-black women; that Black educated men were the most ones whom rejected black-black women, not lighter-skinned men nor uneducated women. Mebane explains that reason is because they rejected their and their families' own skins. All of these discrimination of black-back skins lead to the result of black-black skinned women having only three gates to be accepted by congregations. one was to attach herself to a light-skinned women expecting someone to look at her. Another was to make herself sexually available. Maybe this is why there are so many black holes in current periods. Another was to resign herself to a more caste life-style; domestic work or churches. black women participated in religiosity often were the ones who accepted their worthlessness. Like this, many black men, especially black-black skinned women had have to reject themselves and treat themselves as worthless.
When there was a great amount of numbers of black people giving up their worthiness, there were the ones who didn't give up to achieve real human rights. Often, they didn't give up when there were protests of black people; which helped them to realize that they have powers: Powers to deny something, power to strike anyone who can't strike back, and power to ride someone down. Then in 1970s, fortunately skin color segregation became weaker, and later, the worthless black-black skins were rather considered beautiful, causing black girl to be selected often as a queen of various campus activities. However, the segregation is not gone yet. Even though black people achieved the change of environment, most of them could not forget the past and can't throw off their worthless lives. They are causing so much harms in our societies now; murders, sex for money, stealing, and etc. The environment has changed, and now is time for themselves to be changed; the time to enjoy the golden lives they have achieved.
There was a lot of Segregation between white-skinned and black-skinned men. However, Mebane's essay explains deeper about black-men's lives; social classes in college, unfair-accomplishments, segregation among black people, and old fate for black-black skinned women. Mary Mebane explains all these topics clearly throughout his essay.
School was the most horrible place of discrimination. In campuses, such as North Carolina College at Durham, social class and skin colors were the primary criteria used in determining status on the campus. First class were Children of doctors, lawyer, and college professors. Second class were Children of public-school teachers, businessmen, and anybody else with some profit. Lastly, Third class were students of working class; to fill the population. This explains that it was hard for Third class, including black people, to be accepted by colleges. However the discrimination did not end there: Darker the students, the harder to achieve fair judge for accomplishments. One of the reasons was that Faculty expected lighter-skinned students to be more intelligent. So it was common for faculty to get nonplussed when a dark-skinned student did well. This was shown by Mebane's experience; Since she got highest verbal score, chairman's wife suspected Mebane of cheating. The another reason that dark-skinned students couldn't receive fair judge for accomplishments was people was blinded from talented black people by segregation of skin color. Because of this, Mebane could not receive "Best Girl Scholar" prize even though she deserved it; there was another light-skinned girl who lacked in talent than Mebane but was favored because of her skin. These discriminations later effected black-skinned people in grades and job opportunities.
Segregation didn't stop with just ruining school-lives and working lives of black-skinned people, but also social lives. Since most of the people are favoring light skins, black-skinned people started hating their own skins. And this resulted another segregation among black people: They did not accept black-black-skinned women. They considered black-black skins as ugly, and this caused black-black women to take refuge in makeup to hide their black skins. Among the black women, there was compliment going around saying, "You are dark, but not too dark." This shows that black women relieved if their skins are not black-black. However, there was irony of people who rejected black-black women; that Black educated men were the most ones whom rejected black-black women, not lighter-skinned men nor uneducated women. Mebane explains that reason is because they rejected their and their families' own skins. All of these discrimination of black-back skins lead to the result of black-black skinned women having only three gates to be accepted by congregations. one was to attach herself to a light-skinned women expecting someone to look at her. Another was to make herself sexually available. Maybe this is why there are so many black holes in current periods. Another was to resign herself to a more caste life-style; domestic work or churches. black women participated in religiosity often were the ones who accepted their worthlessness. Like this, many black men, especially black-black skinned women had have to reject themselves and treat themselves as worthless.
When there was a great amount of numbers of black people giving up their worthiness, there were the ones who didn't give up to achieve real human rights. Often, they didn't give up when there were protests of black people; which helped them to realize that they have powers: Powers to deny something, power to strike anyone who can't strike back, and power to ride someone down. Then in 1970s, fortunately skin color segregation became weaker, and later, the worthless black-black skins were rather considered beautiful, causing black girl to be selected often as a queen of various campus activities. However, the segregation is not gone yet. Even though black people achieved the change of environment, most of them could not forget the past and can't throw off their worthless lives. They are causing so much harms in our societies now; murders, sex for money, stealing, and etc. The environment has changed, and now is time for themselves to be changed; the time to enjoy the golden lives they have achieved.