Name: Anonymous 2007-11-02 7:34
From 1900 until about 1950 in the larger Black neighborhoods of major American cities "paper bag parties" are said to have taken place. People whose skin was not lighter than a brown paper bag were denied entry.[1] This is one of the ways that light-skinned black people (so called 'High-Yellow Negroes' in the North or Creoles in the South) attempted to isolate and distinguish themselves from darker-skinned blacks.
Some animosity still exists between light-skinned and darker-skinned black people in the United States. Unfortunately, paper bag parties still exist and insult the efforts of Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's and the Black is Beautiful movement in the 1970s.
Some animosity still exists between light-skinned and darker-skinned black people in the United States. Unfortunately, paper bag parties still exist and insult the efforts of Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's and the Black is Beautiful movement in the 1970s.