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No Matter The Hue, Colorism Hurts All Black Women (And Women Worldwide)

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An episode from The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder about Dijonay being rejected from a sorority early recruitment program due to a colorist house mother. (Photo credit: Disney) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder has taken on the topic of colorism, and fans have had mixed reactions. Still, the show has helped start more conversations…

Zendaya tackles colorism in “A White Lie,” the true story of the first black woman to graduate Vassar

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Zendaya’s latest project is going to be, I think one that defines her career in the best way possible. According to Shadow and Act via Deadline, Zendaya will star in and produce A White Lie, based on the psychological thriller The Gilded Years, a novel by Karin Tanabe. Tanabe’s book is based around “the true…

Exclusive Interview: “Charcoal” writer/director Francesca Andre talks colorism

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Francesca Andre has a message for everyone with her short film, Charcoal. The main theme of her film is about colorism and its damaging effects on the black diaspora. Her two main characters go through a journey of self-acceptance and self-awareness, and that journey is something Andre hopes is replicated in her viewers. I’ve had the…

Award-winning short film “Charcoal” attacks colorism head-on

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Colorism might be a spectre of a racist past, but it still haunts the African diaspora, especially black women, today. With the popularity of bleaching creams still in existence around the world and systemic prejudices leveled against darker-skinned women daily, Charcoal is a film that aims to get to the root of colorism and extricate it….