28/07/2020
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬? 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦𝗡’𝗧. 𝗦𝗪𝗜𝗣𝗘 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 👉🏾
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- This is not the oppression olympics. Instead of the “we struggle too” arguments which is just gaslighting, understand people can PRIVILEGED and DISADVANTAGED at the same time. Let’s not act like we don’t know that.
- White people absolutely are the prime beneficiaries of colorism, but I am talking about how it works and manifests itself in the Black community specifically
- Colorism is a GLOBAL issue that all people of color face. I’ve found the most identical Colorism to Colorism in the Black community, is how Colorism represents itself in the South Asian community. It’s almost spot on and I’ve learned a lot reading a lot of stories from dark skinned south Asian women. It could also aim to educate the Black community on Colorism because there is no doubt. DARK SKINNED women are the targets of Colorism.
- However, no matter what race or ethnicity Colorism shows up in, it is always based on the ideals of whiteness and anti blackness. In other words, the hateful colorist/racist speech and attacks seen in any group of color are based on slurs and dehumanizing statements made to target BLACK people. So, for ex, to insult a dark skinned Indian woman, she may be called the N word or a gorilla. We all know what the former means and using animals to describe Black people has been used since Europeans sailed to Africa.
- All information in these slides can and SHOULD be researched. I don’t provide sources but they are out there. I also provide a reading list of my favorite books that delve into Colorism and the Black experience. I highly recommended checking that out in the Decolonize the Mind highlight 👍🏾.
