Dark Girls on OWN

Did anyone watch OWN last night? I watched two amazing shows, Next Chapter with African American Women in Hollywood and Dark Girls. It was hard seeing our “secrets” displayed for the world to see. For example, the paper bag test. We know what that is, but many other races didn’t. As a dark skin women, I learned at 4 years old, people would not like me because I was black but some of my people won’t like me because I was darker than a paper bag. At that point, I had to learn how to love myself despite what others may say. I had to be faster or smarter than the next person because they expect for me not to be. I had to turn the other cheek and smile to discrimination, not to be perceived as the “angry black woman” and I had to be ok with my black men, treating me like I wasn’t good enough to be “loyal” to my race. What is all comes down to is self love. Not excepting disrespect and handing uncomfortable moments with grace and strength. I hope some people learned from watching these shows so the next generation of black kids don’t have the same experiences some of have… Thoughts?