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This is so weird but true. I’m super light and my brother who shares the same mom is darker like her. She loves us both but as I grew older, I’ve always noticed she’s praised me more to her friends and family in regards to my looks. Hell, if I look back on my life, a lot of darker skinned Latinas and black girls have more openly been attracted to me than the lighter ones.I just find it sad when Hispanics, black, working class folks frown upon people with darker skin complexion. In my neck of the woods at least they view lighter skin as near perfection.
A lot of these gangs started out with good intentions and as a means to protect themselves and ended up becoming the entirely different entities we see today. Crips, Mexican Mafia and a gang a little closer to my family’s culture, MS-13.That’s extremely sad to hear man. I know a lot of Mexican gangs have ties to cartels etc now but I remember hearing that the Mexican Mafia was started in American juvenile prisons as a way for Mexican dudes to team up and defend themselves after getting raped/ beat up back in the day.
I definitely wish there was more black and brown unity out there. We are both oppressed people who have the power to make more change together.
I’m black and from the Midwest btw if it matters.
Salvadorans migrated heavily to LA to escape the Civil War in El Salvador in the 80’s and had to group together to protect themselves from Mexicans, Blacks, Asians. Now look at what they’ve become.
I remember when I went to El Salvador, we had to legit avoid certain roads because of possible kidnapping scenarios. One of my aunts lived on an island and at it’s peak, there’s a cemetery. Sometime after my visit, MS infiltrated the island, set up shop in the cemetery and even the military wouldn’t go up there to confront them.