Black Doll Affair aims to change views about dark-skinned women

May 31, 2011 No Comments

Tweet Mindful of the low self-esteem and bad consequences that negative images of women of color have fostered,a group has risen up to combat stereotypes. Welcome to the Black Doll Affair. This is not a fight for just dark-hued women, but ALL women of color are affected. From India to Brazil to China to Korea, ...

‘Racist’ Dove body ad dives into colorism debate

May 25, 2011 3 Comments

Tweet What The Flakes? An advertisement for Dove’s “Visible Care” body wash is getting slammed for it’s depiction of helping women with three different skin tones become lighter. The 30-second spot’s message may be unintentional but it’s clear: Light is right. Dove, in a statement to the Huffington Post, said the ad “was not approved ...

Jersey? … Sure

February 19, 2011 No Comments

Tweet The young scoundrels of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” obviously got their mojo from the bodybuilding world, where you can fool soft light with mud-like tanning lotion. They say we all want to be someone else. Some African-Americans are trying to get lighter. Some American caucasians are trying to get darker. They call it tanning.

Colorism within the black community: Why? (VIDEO)

January 19, 2010 6 Comments

Tweet From a documentary on colorism at a university in California, these black women share their experiences behind the phenomenom known as “colorism”. Another flick, called Exposing the Modern Racist Paradigm, is interesting as well, as it dwells on common perceptions on race. Why is this still an issue today?

'I Want to Be Like You'

July 16, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Spurred on by nothing more than the slow wheels of progress, there has been a paradigm shift in the thinking of racial archtypes (note I didn’t say stereo) in recent years. While as little as 10 years ago, many African-American women who looked a certain way, wore their hair a particular way were fashioned ...

“A Girl Like Me” examines females of color with race and skin tone issues

July 11, 2009 No Comments

Tweet 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.

Freckles: Beautiful or Unfortunate?

February 19, 2009 3 Comments

Tweet Wikipedia says “Freckles are clusters of concentrated melanin which are most often visible on people with a fair complexion. A freckle is also called an “ephelis.” The freckle phenomenon spans races and complexions though. Despite it’s rareness in the African race, freckles are indeed genetic and are passed down and are triggered by exposure ...

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