As a light-skinned person, the pain is augmented by being aware of how in the context of American slavery, lighter skin was the product of a very evil transaction between White slaveholders and enslaved Black women. Colorism in the diaspora is the baby of colonialism, raised in the U.S, the Caribbean, Brazil, and many other places. It affects us both, in different, and unequal ways, mostly at the expense of my darker kin. Joshua Adams on, Black Men and the Stain of Colorism.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:00:00 +0000
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