Posts Tagged ‘light skinned’
It’s 2018. And Our Sisters Are Still Suffering. ‘Colorism’ Is Real, And A Real Issue Among Black People (Documentary Trailer)
February 7, 2018
You hear the music, and your mind goes right to “The Story Of O.J.” sample, doesn’t it? Light n!gga, dark n!gga, rich n!gga, poor n!gga… still n!gga. Sure it’s a song with meaning, but this doc right here means to pack a cultural punch! Wow.
Watch the trailer for “Charcoal” and be amazed. And a bit sad. It’s okay that it is not okay. Feel it and grow from it as a person, as a people.
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Too Black For Brazil (Documentary)
February 15, 2016
Color bias… you know, the light skin vs. dark skin thing… it’s EVERYWHERE! In Brazil though, to seemingly a greater extent than elsewhere, the darker-skinned people play into the preference toward lighter skin. The preference is persistent in the culture even today. And just when some Brazilians thought the people were ready to take a huge step forward, they took a big step back; kicked the throne from under their lovely carnival queen down in the process.
Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one of Brazil’s biggest TV shows. But some regarded her complexion to be too dark to be an acceptable queen. Nayara and her family wonder what this says about racial roles in modern Brazil.
Damn. Watch the documentary above.
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