My mom was ‘negrita’ to her family and the treatment of her and her light-skinned sister was so different. But she was never ashamed of being dark despite it all — especially ‘cause she had way fewer wrinkles as she aged.
When I was 5, my grandmother, Ruth, gave me "The Talk." She told me never to be ashamed of my coffee skin, my night hair or my earth-colored eyes. Years later in college, I read The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. And then I knew what my grandmother was trying to tell mepic.twitter.com/HOGSCMLjEe
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I got hated on by my family and the entire neighborhood for having fair skin and "good hair". Mom always said she loved me as I am.pic.twitter.com/SXiNheFNtH
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I never had "the talk". I already knew about colorism just from seeing it in my own neighborhood,let alone my own family. I also read The Bluest Eye in college. Our. 98% black high school banned that book along with Sula and Song of Solomon because it was "offensive".
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such a great short novel. Powerful.
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The book where you see yourself, and that someone is thinking about and writing about your life. As if the stars themselves had taken you in. Yeah.
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