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Afrolicious and Sisterlocked brought the Shadeism Video to my attention. While watching I was like…ghee look at these Canadians! Many times I feel it is difficult for American People Of Color to unite across ethnic lines. This is a shinning example of women from different nations getting together not to just talk about our issues, but put steps into action to eradicate them.
The video below demonstrates how we are taught “Black is Wack”, not just in the African diaspora but even in South Asian countries! If you don’t know already, you’ll also learn terms like Shadeism and
Shadeism from Shadeism on Vimeo.
Maybe because I was never light or dark, but just Brown- people didn’t comment on my skin as a child. The issues of color did not really hit me until I went to College. I was exposed to books like Color Complex and was like Wow! Then it was all around me… I couldn’t ignore it any longer! I became Pro-Afrocentric!
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