Does Skin Tone Really Matter?

When we were reading the story When I Was Growing Up it made me think about my childhood in Tennessee. Like the girl in the story I long for long hair and lighter skin. I was always jealous of my older sister because she had the lighter skin and longer hair. She always got attention from people,while I felt like the ugly duckling in the family. She got cell phone at the age 16 while I had to wait til 18. I always thought about bleching my skin, I never went outside because I didn't want to get darker. She always got guys in high school while I never had boyfriend. Like my junior year of high school I started getting attention older white males. I thought I was special because they actually liked for some reason. I liked that so much that now I only talk to older white guys. It makes me feel happy inside about myself that somebody actually likes the way I look. I don’t say this out loud but sometimes I think about being white. They always have the tiny figures, the long hair, and a boyfriend. Black people can’t even get a man to commit to them unless they have sex with them on like the 2nd date. A while a white male has it all planned out, he wants to be married by 30, have kids at 32, move to another state in a few more years, put the kids through college and finally retire with his lovely wife and travel the world. So, in my opinion, it might be the look if you want a real relationship and marriage.

Some Things Have Not Change

Over the weekend I was reading a post that said Rush Limbaugh calls for a return for segregated buses in the united states. All because some young black students attacked a white student. I was thinking if Limbaugh is talking like that then maybe he would want to take back women's rights since he wants us to be segregated again. This is the actually comment he made “If homosexuality being inborn is what makes it acceptable, why does racism being inborn not make racism acceptable?” the talk show host asked. “I’m sorry — I mean, this is the way my mind works. But apparently now we don’t choose racism, we just are racists. We are born that way. We don’t choose it. So shouldn’t it be acceptable, excuse — this is according to the way the left thinks about things.” These comments blow my mind because if he is saying this then what does he think about feminism. I actually think if he had the power he would like women to have no rights. Nothing has change if you have people thinking like Limbaugh in this world. Over the weekend I was reading a post that said Rush Limbaugh calls for a return for segregated buses in the united states. All because some young black students attacked a white student. I was thinking if Limbaugh is talking like that then maybe he would want to take back women's rights since he wants us to be segregated again. This is the actually comment he made “If homosexuality being inborn is what makes it acceptable, why does racism being inborn not make racism acceptable?” the talk show host asked. “I’m sorry — I mean, this is the way my mind works. But apparently now we don’t choose racism, we just are racists. We are born that way. We don’t choose it. So shouldn’t it be acceptable, excuse — this is according to the way the left thinks about things.” These comments blow my mind because if he is saying this then what does he think about feminism. I actually think if he had the power he would like women to have no rights. Nothing has change if you have people thinking like Limbaugh in this world. Honestly think that women are weak because we are divided in these political parties where men have the power. We should have women only political party, so we can elect more women in the government. I think it is more women in this country then man and if all the women came as a whole we can have some major accomplishments for Women’s Movement.

WHO I AM

I can start off by saying my name is Brittany Rochelle Dansby and I'm from Murfreesboro,TN. I graduated from Oakland High School in 2007. I love watching 80's movies. Recently just got my Driver Licence at the ripe old age of 20. My guilty pleasure this summer was watching True Blood. OMG I love me some Bill and Sookie! I'm junior and my major is Health Sciences with a concentration in Environmental Health Science. Wow that is very long title to say! If you ask me what I'm going to do with this major I would honestly tell you I have no clue what I will be doing in the future. All I can tell you that I'm definitely going to get my master's degree. I chose to come to WKU over MTSU to be on my own away from family because I depended on my family to much in my life. If I didn't leave they would have controlled everything I did. I want to make my own decisions even if they are bad sometimes. I expect to learn more about what women have to go through on a daily basics and hear what other women and men think about our society today. I hope by my senior year I find out what I'm going to do with my major. I want to enjoy going to work everyday and not hate it. I hope my future brings me happiness!