"Hmm, you're saying the media and society are to blame for a person's self-esteem problem? Well, it could be true. I am not sure that not taking responsibility for one's thoughts and actions is a good reaction though. Yes, some media and some people are racist and no matter what you say or do, they won't change. Thus, the best reaction is to change your own reaction. My mother told me I was always ugly, and I started believing it. "

I'm sorry to hear your mother did this too you. But think if your mum were 50% of the Western world, who said to you every day that you were ugly or not worthy?
Think about how you would feel if all newspapers said that all people like you are not worthy?
How would you react in school if all you learned about your ancestors were something negative and crushing to your view of yourself.

History is written by the victors and they always portray themselves in the best light, and dismiss those who do not look like themselves as being a lower human.

I could go on and on about this, but until you have lived in the shoes of a person of colour, you can never truly know what we are subjected to on a daily basis.

Its not so much how we see ourselves, its how the onlooker sees us and treats us. For people of colour this has never been a positive experience.