So I finally got the chance to watch this documentary that premiered on OWN a little while ago. "Light Girls", the sequel to critically acclaimed "Dark Girls" is a good watch. (No surprise there because I loved that one as well) Tackling, the pink elephant in the room, colorism:
From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and more.
What can I say? This is extremely relevant to the world we live in now. As a black woman of lighter skin tone I can definitely relate to the stigma and stereotypes of how light is right and dark is wrong. We tend to forget or ignore the fact that we too as black people, as well as other cultures, discriminate against our own. Colorism is a real thing and I can't stand it!!!! It's very disturbing to me because I've seen some of the most beautiful women in ALL shades of color. Melanin is in hunty, no matter the shade of pigment! #youarebeautiful
If you missed "Light Girls", you can watch it in its entirety below.
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