Is it still called racism if it's self-inflicted? The ground-breaking short film by a teenaged Kiri Davis a few years ago shows us how far we've come ... and how little has changed. The 3:38 mark will absolutely break your heart.
Showing posts with label caramel skin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label caramel skin. Show all posts
'A Girl Like Me' struggles with modern race and skin tone issues
In beautiful black women, In caramel skin, In fail, In not just skin deep, In racismSaturday, July 11, 2009
Skin Tone: Does it Matter?
In black and mild, In black skin, In caramel skin, In coppertone, In honey-colored skin, In melatonin, In white skinMonday, February 23, 2009
Each side has there own nursery-ryhme-like sayings: "Light, bright, damn-near white" and on the other side, "the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice."
Both are catchy, and both describe perfectly the benefits of subscribing to a particular skin-tone philosophy. Truth be told, much of this nation's racial past has etched in our minds a skin-tone hierarchy that may or may not be justified today (but still exists).
Do you have a skin-tone preference when it comes to dating?
Of course, it is your right to have one, but may i ask, what has influenced that preference?
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