by DISB | Aug 2, 2021 | Colourism Stories, Prejudice, Skin Colour Bias
Your Skin is Dirty I am a retired preschool teacher who emigrated from India and has lived in the US for 45 years. I loved working with young children and have many happy memories as their teacher. They were always curious and often would say the cutest things. ...
by Dark Is Beautiful | Dec 15, 2019 | Colourism Stories, Discrimination, Prejudice, Skin Colour Bias
I’m rummaging through my bag of memories looking for instances when my skin color was used to define me. I’ve had a relative tell me that I wouldn’t get married because I am dark and it would have been better to be born a boy. My father who is as dark as I am, taught...
by Dark Is Beautiful | Mar 18, 2019 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Skin Colour Bias
Beauty. A concept that we all battle with one way or another, for the most part of our lives. As a child, I wasn’t really worried about it. I thought the world around me had beauty, and I defined it by what I saw around me – the trees, the birds, my parents. I...
