Black People Politics : Colorism - The politics of Complexion...... Light skin vs Dark skin

[frankster]

Can We Heal This Divide?

The Politics of Color - is just as bitter, perhaps even more painful than, racism -- if only because it can come from people inside as well as outside their own group and because it can be highly personalized and intimate.
http://scholar.harvard.edu/jlhochschild/publications/skin-color-paradox-and-american-racial-order

Light Girls
http://www.lovebscott.com/news/watch-owns-light-girls-documentary-full-movie

The Oprah Winfrey Network, better known as OWN, aired a follow up portion to the 2011 documentary, “Dark Girls,” with the premiere of “Light Girls” on Jan. 19. On the Monday of Dr. King’s celebratory weekend, thousands gathered to watch and tweet their reactions to the two-hour documentary. With better lighting, more popular commentators and a bigger budget, Bill Duke and his team brought the topic of colorism to the forefront of watcher’s minds across America and it certainly hit a nervehttp://www.enstarz.com/articles/61164/20150120/light-girls-documentary-2015-watch-amber-rose-nya-lee-iyanla-more-recount-issues-of-colorism-fans-on-twitter-keep-trend-for-24-hours-video.htm

Dark Girls

 

[tigerred59]

I live for the day, black people began loving the skin they in.....from weaves, to contacts, to destroying the nose....I hate that we hate darkness.

 

[frankster]

That's what its all about - The Love of your African self.

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

In the Spirit of Sankofa,


Additional dialog for the readers and viewers:

Are we color struck?
Discussion in 'Black People Politics' started by _NortheastGroover_, May 25, 2014​

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Can We Heal This Divide?

The Politics of Color - is just as bitter, perhaps even more painful than, racism -- if only because it can come from people inside as well as outside their own group and because it can be highly personalized and intimate.
http://scholar.harvard.edu/jlhochschild/publications/skin-color-paradox-and-american-racial-order

Light Girls
http://www.lovebscott.com/news/watch-owns-light-girls-documentary-full-movie

The Oprah Winfrey Network, better known as OWN, aired a follow up portion to the 2011 documentary, “Dark Girls,” with the premiere of “Light Girls” on Jan. 19. On the Monday of Dr. King’s celebratory weekend, thousands gathered to watch and tweet their reactions to the two-hour documentary. With better lighting, more popular commentators and a bigger budget, Bill Duke and his team brought the topic of colorism to the forefront of watcher’s minds across America and it certainly hit a nervehttp://www.enstarz.com/articles/61164/20150120/light-girls-documentary-2015-watch-amber-rose-nya-lee-iyanla-more-recount-issues-of-colorism-fans-on-twitter-keep-trend-for-24-hours-video.htm

Dark Girls