also from looks that, in a predominantly White society, are more mainstream (37).In spite of all the struggles of the Black activists, skin color continues to determine who gets what in America, because of discriminatory practices that were inherited from White plantation owners (37). According to a report done by Hughes and Hertel, light-skinned Blacks are nevertheless better educated and higher paid than dark-skinned Blacks (38). There is no doubt that racial divisions remain within the Black community. This is evident by noticing that the majority of people living in low-income areas and prisons are dark-skinned Blacks (38). The basis for such injustices being done within a race of people can mainly be associated with the subconscious racists thoughts of individuals. These are the thoughts that lay deep within the crevices of ones mind. The thoughts that an individual is sometimes ashamed to acknowledge. The art of believing that a lighter shade of black is better is primarily a thought process that has plagued the Black community for far too long. Maintaining such beliefs is what causes the racial divisions between light-skinned and dark-skinned Blacks to persist....
