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‘Love & Hip Hop’ Stars Have Intense Debate About Colorism
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta castmates Spice and Mimi debate the global effect of colorism in the Black community during a sneak peek of the upcoming season of the VH1 reality series. In the clip, Mimi...
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Dear Interracial Couples, Color-blindess Is the Opposite of Acceptance
In a recent interview with Glamour, fashion model Ashley Graham opened up about introducing her Black boyfriend (now husband) to her White parents and grandparents. “… I never told my grandparents...
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These 7 Black Influencers and Bloggers Are Challenging Fatphobia
To say that fatphobia is not connected to anti-Blackism is to not understand the deep-rooted history between the two. During the late seventeenth century, body type was used as a marker for racial...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Responds To ‘In The Heights’ Colorism Critics, Paris...
Paris Jackson Says She Experiences ‘Auditory Hallucinations‘ In an upcoming episode of Red Table Talk, Paris Jackson speaks about the long-lasting effects of trauma that she experienced during...
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Instagram’s The Darkest Hue Addresses The Nuances of Colorism Within Our...
When I was in middle school, my friend Justine* and I were on the phone talking about a boy named Koren that liked me. He had allegedly professed his interest in me by telling her that I didn’t “look...
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Sports Op-Ed: There’s No Metric System for Measuring ‘Blackness’
“As long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, the problem is not solved.”—Oprah Winfrey It’s easy for Black folks to go into, “Preach sister, preach!” mode when they see these words....
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Op-Ed: Dominicans and Their Anti-Haitian, Anti-Black Complex
The recent going ons in the Dominican Republic expelling their dark-skinned Haitian brethren has exposed to the world the larger issue of what colonial rule has done to the diaspora—and how it plays...
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Model Author Kheris Rogers Wants Kids To Love and Celebrate the Skin They’re In
Looking at Kheris Rogers, it’s hard to accept that this stunning 16-year-old was bullied as a child. “When I was about 6 years old, a lady at the store said to me, ‘Oh you’re so pretty for such a dark...
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Op-Ed: The Plot Is Lost When It Comes to Our Understanding of ‘Love and Hip...
Colorism is a divisive subject across the Black community and communities of color at large. Despite how racism impacts BIPOC folks on systemic levels, it’s almost as if many of us are willfully...
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