Part 2 Of What Does Colorism Look Like!
* When I just repeat what people with dark skin have been saying forever about colorism it’s suddenly easier to handle
* Job opportunities especially in acting going to people with light skin before people with dark skin @somethingthatcreative pointed out the Nina Simone movie as an example and @smeliescurvy gave Mexican novelas as another example and then @sinbadism also had a good response
* Black men marrying girls with light skin as a symbol of success (i’m not sure if this changes within not heterosexual couples) which was pointed out by @justthatamazinggg and @keishabryce
* Going off of zorilleerrant point that I hadn’t realized before I made that first post: clothes that are marketed as “nude” often are not nude for people with dark skin but idk if thats also colorism or just general grossness
* Going off of @theonlyblackgirl point I didn’t even know that about Greek life so there’s that (and her whole reponse is very insightful)
* We really hurt our babies and give them complexes (of either superiority or inferiority) early on that stays with them and becomes a cycle and I’m reminded of @even2wishh response about other children not wanting to be darker and avoiding the sun
* The posts I make about colorism seem to garner a lot of attention while posts made by the people actually harmed by colorism don’t get as much attention and I’ve only ever seen one exception to this
* Multiple people have already pointed how in media (and irl but I made that into a separate bullet point) it’s usually a dark man with a light woman even in like cartoons with animals
* Light skin being seen as less of a threat
* Light skin being I’d say like 90% (probably more but idk how percents work if we’re being honest) of Hollywood
* People with light skin saying that colorism isn’t real even though we aren’t even hurt by it
* The way women with dark skin are treated romantically is very different than how women with light skin are treated
* In schools we get different treatment depending on if we’re light or dark (but I recognize there are also other factors involved such as class and what part of town you live in and all that)
* I can name maybe 2 models with dark skin off the top of my head and models with dark skin aren’t as praised/shown as lighter models or white models
* i feel like its a lot harder to find makeup that matches dark skin like when me and my best friend go shopping I can find my colour in foundation in like 2 minutes but she takes a lot longer bc everything is too light for her complexion
* “You’re pretty for a dark girl” is the colorist equivalent to “you’re pretty for a black girl”
* Dark skin being seen as loud and ghetto and disruptive
* All those people saying certain colours aren’t meant for dark skin
* Purposely pushing down attraction to people with dark skin in order to get with/marry/have babies with someone lighter so that your kids are light
* Going back to how women with dark skin are treated different romantically –> there’s this weird attitude that I’m starting to notice where men think you can’t take home a girl with dark skin to mama but you can fuck them on the side and disrespect them in public
* @elaxisfae just pointed out how when people with dark skin talk about colorism we’re quick to call them bitter and/or dismiss them
* @egalvez151 also pointed out that this happens in Latino and Hispanic culture as well and gives a very insightful response with examples
* @essenceofmercy also gave examples + pointed out what colorism is like outside of the US which is really helpful and important
