Today I watched a documentary on Netflix: “Dark Girls.” The documentary has to do with colorism in the Black community, especially against women.
Last night I had a conversation with a friend of mine about colorism within a variety of cultures. She spoke about traveling once and being unable to speak the dominant language. She asked someone where to find face wash in the store (or tried to explain it) and was directed to the aisle of face whitening products. It’s an interesting contrast to my cultural perspective which privileges tan skin (as long as it's white!).
It’s a tragedy that so many people, in so many ways, especially women, are raised to believe that they are ugly, that certain qualities, many of which I find very attractive, are less beautiful than contrasting qualities.
As a young girl, I envied physical qualities unlike my own. I still do. I want every young girl (not that any are reading this) to know that for as many jerks out there that say mean things about your appearance, there are just as many people who think you are beautiful and desire your physical qualities.
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