I hate South Korean beauty standards.
Ally, USA. I know that in the past, it was better to have lighter skin because that meant you weren’t poor, but now, with all...
Really pretty for a Dark Girl!
Benicia Parker, Port Arthur, TX I chose this picture and my six words because I was reminded that the color of my skin defined my...
How can she be your mom
Laura Clarksville, MD Being Black we come in all shades. My mom is extremely fair-skin; my dad was very dark. I look like my dad....
Blacker the Berry, Sweeter the Juice
Brailynn Billingsley, Opelika, AL People judge me because I’m darker toned than my peers. If they were to talk to me, they would understand I...
Is my skin too dark for you
Yeshonda Lee, New Orleans, LA My skin color is just as beautiful as any other shade of skin color.
The Truth Spoken Behind Closed Doors
Anonymous, Miami, FL. Though I was born and Raised in a suburb a few miles south of Miami, Florida. My mom and dad are from...
Mom said brown girls are ugly.
Anna, Santa Maria, CA. I am a 47 year old Filipina. I remember being constantly compared to my lighter skinned cousins and feeling awkward to...
Mom said brown girls are ugly.
Anna, Santa Maria, CA. I am a 47 year old Filipina. I remember being constantly compared to my lighter skinned cousins and feeling awkward to...
Why isn’t your skin darker?
Anonymous, NV As someone who is Mexican, I often get told that I’m not actually Mexican because of the color of my skin. I’m often...
Yes, I really am North African.
Hannah, St. Louis, MO. My mother is from Africa. She has dark skin. My father is Swedish. My mother used to get asked if she...
I bet you darken in sun.
Olivia Devereux, Silver Spring, MD I’m white. Light skinned white. Black people think I’m passing. I was raised by a Black woman and come across...
Fair-skinned Indian, should be lucky
Kalpana, Singapore Indians come in different languages, shapes, sizes and colours. We can look so different from each other and still be brothers and sisters....
They glare at my bi-racial son.
Linnette Derry, New York City, NY. I often think about the inevitable discussion about race that I will have to have with my son one...
Not a tool against Black Women.
Betty Rosenda Green, Chino Hills, CA. With the recent controversies of Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone in blackface and Zendaya Coleman having been cast originally...
My skin is darker than yours.
Kristin Cooke, Richmond, VA I often was told my white friends were more black than me because of their tan. Outside of being asked “Do...
Does her black baby doll offend?
Michelle Martini, USA. When it came time to choose my daughter’s first baby doll, there were only dark-skinned dolls left in the specific brand/style I...
