I recenyly stumbled upon this amazing documentary on the emphasis on skin color amongst many people of color groups. Not just peoples of African descent but varying Asian and Hispanic groups. It was a unique analysis of the general ideals of outer beauty as it relates to colorism, colonialism, social structures and familial influences. It follows a group of young women struggling to understand and analyze the "lighter is better stigma" amongst the very groups they are born to. I'm the lightest of my sisters and I have always noticed how I was consistently considered the beauty of the family and watched my sisters struggle with defining and owning their own standards of what is beautiful. Please Check it out:
Shadeism: Digging Deeper (Trailer) from refuge productions on Vimeo.
Shadeism from Shadeism on Vimeo.
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Wow, this video has left me speechless. So sad but true!
ReplyDeleteWow! OMG! This film is phenomenal! Young women of color today have taken this discussion of color/shade/light skinned-ed vs dark skinned-ed to a whole new level! Until this point I have never considered cast relative to my black and brown sisters from "other" cultures.. This is not just an African Issue/PROBLEM! Shade-ISM!Pigmentocracy! AWWWW SHUCKS! Go my black and brown sisters! Blow this thing out of the water! Expose it for what it is ..Stomp it out! I am SO proud - these young women from across the globe have seriously mobilized - created businesses, to address a notion that has plagued ALLL of us - in some way.. It has been a secret for much to long..
ReplyDeleteI watched this documentary and it was wonderful. Thanks for posting it too. :-)
ReplyDeleteNo problem!
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