I Hate My Dark Skin!?

My goodness this sounds so middleschool. I would expect this kind of behavior from children but not teenagers. I am sorry that this is happening to you, not the color of your skin but people's attitudes towards you. I am Hispanic and I love dark, dark people. My son is darker than me and I taught him to appreciate from a child the color of his skin and to never feel inferior to others and to ignore the ignorance of people. I can tell you that it is very common to dislike something about ourselves. I hate my curly hair and wish it was straight. I hate that I have freckles and wish I was skinnier but I learn to appreciate what I have because many pay money to have curly hair. Many would love to have freckles because they think is "cute" and many skinny people would love to gain weight. The color of your skin? Many pay money to get a dark, dark tan and spend hours in the sun or at the tanning salon just to do exactly that. Is all how you view things. Never look at the gl half empty, just look at it half full. And for those ridiculous people that make fun of you? Laugh with them. I do when people make fun of me. I am truly laughing at their ignorance though because well... poor things, they are ignorant and they will go to their grave in ignorance.