“My blackness is not a trend” We are all striving to love the skin that we are in. Watch these young black people as they share their thoughts on their blackness. Sourced from Facebook Continue reading
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{VIDEO} Dark Skinned Girls
We often hear of colorism within the community. This new film explores the prejudice that black girls often face from black men and how they deal with it. Director Marian Edusei’s film Dark Skinned Girls, which explores the ways in which negative stereotypes around dark-skinned women permeate narratives in the black community. Dark-skinned black girls growing … Continue reading
Why race in Brazil is a confusing, loaded topic.
Race is a complex topic even between one family. Watch this Brazilian family as they try to navigate through their differences. Sourced from YouTube Continue reading
‘Charcoal’ tackles colorism
We live for movies and documentaries that tackle issued that women of color face. Charcoal hones in on the destructive generational cycle of colorism, from the perspective of a child, a teenager, and a mother. The film follows the women as they seek self-acceptance and redemption. Charcoal has been screening at the 8th Annual Silicon Valley … Continue reading
The Whiter the Better
Sammy Sosa’s skin bleaching has reminded us that the anti-black sentiment in the African diaspora communities south of the border is still rampant. Afro-Latino communities also face the problematic issues of colorism just like their northern American neighbors. We love this video of four Afro Latina women going against the grain and loving their melanin. … Continue reading
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Why Black Lives [Don’t] Matter In Africa
Five years after the revolution, Tunisia’s black minority has yet to experience the freedoms enjoyed by other citizens. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAJPeopleAndPower%2Fvideos%2F1377600742286094%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Video Source Aljazeera Facebook Continue reading
Light skin v Dark skin: Bridging the color gap
Watching the documentary Dark Girls recently was an eye-opening experience. Growing up I had never really paid a lot of attention to the conflict that ensues within our race based on complexion, let alone did I know it to be called colorism. To some its just another -ism in a sea of biases that hurt … Continue reading
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