White is Right, But Light-Skin is the Next Best Thing

by Shane Thomas The arrival of summer means a number of things: Intermittent sunshine, music festivals where at least one white person gets their cultural appropriation on; and superhero movies. Lots of superhero movies. Box-office takings are the engine of established Western cinema, and few things fuel that engine more than a superhero tale. Last week… Read More

“You’re Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl”

by J.N.Salters The Continuing Significance of Skin Tone in “the Black Community” “There’s a rapper, I’ve forgotten his name, he just did a video recently and on the call sheet for auditions, he literally stated “no dark-skinned women need apply.” Isn’t that something?” — Bill Duke, “Bill Duke airs dirty laundry of skin prejudice in… Read More