by Dark Is Beautiful | Feb 3, 2020 | Colourism Stories, Dark Skin, Discrimination, Melanin, Prejudice, Skin Colour Bias
“Her daughter used to be fair before. She didn’t bathe her properly, so she turned dark.” This was what was being said about my daughter when she was around three, and the “She” being accused so unfairly that it doesn’t even seem...
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...
