Light Skin Vs Dark Skin (My Take of course)

OK before I start let me just say that I'm writing on this topic from MY perspective.

Now, I'm sure we've all either had or heard the whole light skin vs. dark skin debate. I recently had one myself, and heard one on the radio a few months ago ,and I must say i was a little annoyed. These people were just HATIN the light girls! lol "Well, I prefer dark skin girls cuz they dont have all dem marks like the light skin girls." "Light skin girls too hard to deal with .. they're too materialistic I rather a dark girl any day." and alot of little petty comments like that. Yes, I UNDERSTAND that history has put the light skin girl on a pedestal, making the girl with the darker skin tone feel as if she is less than pretty, and I know how many women spend a ton of money on bleaching creams and do even more extreme things than that. I understand and I feel the same way everybody else does about it. I feel like a woman should love herself to the point that no one else's opinion should matter. No one was placed on this earth to satisfy anyone! But guys this is how I feel! Does it even make sense to do the same things as the light skin blacks did back in the day? or maybe even today? My point is I just feel as if people of color should learn to appreciate all of our different, and beautiful hues that we were created in! There is a fine line between preference and segregation.