Color Complex
The “Color Complex” and It’s Persisting Effects on the Black Community
As African Americans came to the United States the “color complex” was implemented upon them by their white captors. The “color complex” became a means for which white slave owners could divide and conquer their black slaves. With black slaves outnumbering whites on many southern colonies as well as in many of the Caribbean islands, such as Haiti, whites realized that they needed to divide their captors against each other. Through this system of separation based on color and physical features, white conquerors were able to impose on Blacks throughout the New World a “color complex” which plagues Blacks, especially in the United States, to this day. In this paper the full definition of the “color complex” as it affects the Black community will be given alongside a historical analysis that chronicles the “color complex” from its racist beginnings through to its effects on Blacks in......
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