Being Dark-Skinned: My Experience.

Hello, Encourage.Dark.Skin. Readers!

I am back. Sorry for the blog being so late due to being busy these past few weeks. I would like to share in this second blog post my experience/story on being a dark-skinned woman. I hope that this post will help other women share their stories and experiences as well.

I started noticing that being dark-skinned has affected my self-esteem and self-image since I was a girl. My  peers would treat me differently because my skin was darker than others and they perceived me as being unattractive, ugly or not worthy of being respected. I was the victim of bullying in high school due to the color of my skin, where it took a toll on me emotionally. They would call me names such as darkie, gorilla etc. I felt that I was alone and that no one understood what I was going through, not my friends or family.

It took me a long time to understand that I did have support from my true friends and family and that the color of my dark-skin was NOT unattractive BUT beautiful. I feel that dark-skinned women need to lift each other up during these rough times and let other dark-skinned women know that they beautiful, attractive and worthy of respect from others. I am not saying that every dark-skinned woman  go through these negative experiences/stories, but I am reaching out to those who are or who have endured an experience/story that is similar to mine.

Anyone who have similar stories/experiences?

Daria R.

Encourage.Dark.Skin. Blogger