What Should we Teach our Kids About Colorism?
“Look both ways before you cross the street.” “Don’t touch the stove.” “Choose your friends wisely.” “Always wear your seatbelt.” “Don’t talk to strangers.” Sound familiar? That’s because parents and […]
Category Archives: colorism
I (H)ate Soggy Symbolic Cookies. Oreos are Better.
6 AM and I’m craving Oreos. It’s literally been years since I’ve eaten one… or been called one. By the time you get to college, all the black people on […]
Colorism: Berate Your Bias. Don’t Fear Your Flame!
WARNING! This post may ignite a fire that can’t be extinguished (unless your mind’s already a fireball, in which case this post is completely benign). But don’t fear the fire! […]
Colorism: A Mother-Daughter Interview
For this edition of Skin Color Bias, I interviewed my mother. This was eye opening for me because in our face-to-face conversation I learned about details of my childhood that […]
Colorism: Who’s Affected? Who’s Responsible? #2
Continued from “I’m not dark-skinned, so I don’t know if it’s hard for dark-skinned people.” The Trouble With Insider/Outsider Positioning I’ll use illustrations to demonstrate my thoughts on this. If […]
Colorism: Who’s Affected? Who’s Responsible #1
This is the third in my series so far. It’s numbered as 1 because this particular post was getting to be over 1,000 words, so I split it into chunks. […]
Colorism: Talk About Media Coverage
Continued from Skin Color Bias: 5 Reasons I’m Talking About it (and why you should too) Here, I’m not going to focus on the commonly analyzed role media has on skin […]
Colorism: 5 Reasons I’m Talking About it (and why you should too)
Also read 5 Reasons I haven’t said much about color bias… Yet Deep breath. I’ve procrastinated on this one while I cultivate the courage to write it. As I type […]
Mama, Mama Can’t You See: First Line of Defense Against Colorism
I’ll start with mother. Before children recognize themselves in mirrors, they recognize themselves through their mother’s eyes. My heart breaks when I hear stories of mothers consciously or subconsciously conditioning […]
5 REASONS I HAVEN’T SAID MUCH ABOUT COLORISM… YET
I’ve addressed skin color biases in my fiction, but with the growing anticipation of the Bill Duke documentary Dark Girls, I feel it’s safe to speak more directly about the […]
