Well as you rightly said, and know, THEY ARE GENERALIZATIONS, and these generalizations cannot be specifically about the U.S. You also only interpreted “mix” one way (no problem there). In a previous discussion on Colorism I believe we dealt with some of the reasons some Africans in the U.S. may not see Colorism as a major issue, although I feel they are misguided. Colorism is also part of the African American situation. The fact that Blacks of all shades are poor and hang in the ghetto does not mean Colorism does not exist (I am not saying that you implied that). At another time I will not mind going into the many ways Colorism is played out in the U.S.

For now, I am showing that reasoning on Colorism is relevant even when trying to examine some of the comments other Black Africans made on this thread.

Maybe some on this board feel that Colorism is not a big deal for them in the U.S. so it is irrelevant to Africans everywhere.