Do you believe colorism is real?

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Didn't I see her on the soap, The Edge of Irrelevance?

Who the fuck are these people?

LSA - all the fucking way!

I'm proud to say I have no idea who these clowns are

Of course colorism is real

OP you came to a site large populated by white supremacist to ask this question.

Why?

Jesus, you really have to toe the party line in so many different situations.

People should be able to express their opinions or skepticism without a bunch of anonymous tweeters raining down on them.

In a weird way The Internet has inhibited free speech

Colorism is real and it all starts in their own culture. Latin people are obsessed with color, especially Dominicans. I’m an American Black guy and I would go on vacation and get so much darker and golden brown. My complexion becomes even, and super healthy looking. My Dominican friends wold look at me with confusion and ask why in the world would I want to become darker. They acted almost disgusted. Dominicans are obsessed with lighter skin. Look at poor ghost face Sammy Sosa and his skin bleaching.

Some of it is technical. If you have the lights and film set to maximize the appearance of light skin actors, it's difficult to do justice to dark skin tones in the same scene. You have to film them separately.

Charlemagne bleaches himself--why is he talking?

[quote] Some of it is technical. If you have the lights and film set to maximize the appearance of light skin actors, it's difficult to do justice to dark skin tones in the same scene. You have to film them separately.

If that were true, then you could never shoot scenes with white people and black people together.

r12 the poster means to film the people in the best light, not just get it on screen. Depending on what the DP is trying to do with the lighting and colours, it could make a difference, i.e. they would have to decide who would look best if they had, say, Lupita N'yongo (sp?) and Meryl Streep in the same close scene.

This video talks a little about the troubles that have existed with capturing multiple skin tones and attempts to address it.

Of course it's real. It's not even disputed, as r9 points out.

That said, I don't know any of the people in OP's post either, so maybe they are that ignorant.

At my high school there was a very dark girl who was in honor society and other clubs and who mingled with the in crowd. She was mercilessly badmouthed and needled by other black students for her dark color. The white students never said anything about her darker color. That’s where I learned what a big deal it is within the AA community.

She's in a field where about 0.0000001% of hopefuls ever make the big time, and she thinks the only reason she isn't a star is her skin color?

Do the fucking math, bitch!

R9 a lot of Dominicans will claim that they are Indian or Native when they are actually black or mixed race.

charlemagne is a fukkin asshole

I don’t know who these people are, but colorism is real. I’be heard black, Latino and Asian people say cruel things about the darker-complected people of their race. When I was younger I went to school with a black girl who insisted she wasn’t - she was Costa Rican. And another who was Puerto Rican. It’s not up to me to challenge them, so i just accepted it. But they definitely looked of African descent. It would be like me claiming “I’m not white; I’m American!”

Well, I can't think of a better place to ask about colorism than a gay forum with a majority white demographic. A Wiki search would have been easier.

GTFO wit this GHETTO TRASH and take it back to LSA!

Holy Afros!

She looks so ridiculous, like a cartoon character

I dont think its so much of colorism as it is cultural variation, especially if we are talking about Amara's music career. Her acting career in telenovelas might very well be subject to colorism, but that is a completely different argument and they are mixing the two together.

Black American culture/music is different from Latino culture/music. Cardi B's music is inspired by Black American culture, so naturally she is going to be more popular in America where hip-hop is popular. Amara's makes Latin music so its not going to be as popular in America. A lot of her struggle is just going to be merging the cultures in her music. J Lo took the route of just going black, and Cardi B did the same. They simply worked with black producers and found their niche as Latina women making urban music. Amara can do the same thing in her own way, most people think she is gorgeous and breath of fresh air.

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Take it to The Root, y'all. Oh wait, I forgot The Root only cares about white people. They don't give a fuck about black people.

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Yes colorism is real. I'm from a large Hispanic family with various shade from milky white to coffee. I am olive skinned and. I was called names from relatives. When an older aunt brought up she 'called me that with love'. I thought, fuck you. The thing is, most people try to get my natural tan. Plus, I age well.