EP26| Colorism And Being A Light-Skinned Black Woman

15/09/2020 46 min Episodio 26

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Episode Synopsis

The subject of colorism is a big pie that everyone who tackles it only takes a piece out of the big pie. This episode was inspired by Beverly Naya's Documentary on Netflix called Skin. Rita resonates with this documentary and shares her own experience growing up and living as a light-skinned Black young woman in Nigeria and South Africa.
Are there Pros and Cons of being light-skinned as a black woman?
Why do we have different shades of brown tones even within the race.
Yellow bone, yellow paw-paw, Oyibo pepper. Should they be considered compliments or hate speech?
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