What is the meaning of love? Do we as human beings even have the thought process to fathom what love is? I don’t believe it is the feeling we get in grade school when our crush acknowledges us. I think we confuse lust/attraction with love. I honestly don’t believe Beauty seeked longevity with Beast. That moment when she saw him transform into a man I know she thought “ Damn I dodged a bullet”. I know it sounds pretentious as fuck but that’s how modernization in America works. Anyways back to the case and point, I myself tend to get confused by love and lust. I was in a very long relationship and I would always crawl to the deepest darkest corners of my mind where questions like “would this person love me more or treat me better if i looked like this” exists. My insecurities as a black woman at the time played into this thought process, as well. I always wondered if I was phenotypically different, would I know the difference between love and lust? I’ve had friends of many different shades and ethnic backgrounds and the darker set of the bunch, like myself struggled with this thought process from day to day. Now I’m not blaming everything on race and crying about how hard it is being a darker skinned femme in 2018. We already know that thanks to Issa Rae, Janelle Monae, Azealia Banks, Kelly Rowland, etc.But what do I really know?
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