The Sociological Cinema
"Pretty for a dark skin girl?" [Follow this link to find a short video featuring interviews with young African American women about their experiences with race, racism, and beauty standards, particularly as they relate to skin color, hair, and facial features: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2012/08/a-girl-like-me.html]
Colorism: 1. a form of bias that is based primarily upon skin tone and hair type; 2. present in cultures all over the world; 3. occurs on an inter-group and intra-group basis; 4. an evil that must end. Follow this link to find a documentary that explores the prejudices dark-skinned women face throughout the world: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos/exploring-colorism-in-dark-girls
Unfortunately, "going m.i,a." is now a double entendre, thanks to the January 2014 cover of NYLON Singapore. In July 2010, M.I.A. appeared on the U.S. edition of Nylon, with a lot more of her brownness intact. [follow this link to find a short video which pokes fun at the ubiquity of Photoshop, and specifically, the way it is used to make models look younger and whiter: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2012/02/unmasking-photoshop.html]
This Sofia Vergara. She's from Colombia, and her skin is not this white in real life. Follow this link to find a short video which pokes fun at the ubiquity of Photoshop, and specifically, the way it is used to make models look younger and whiter: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2012/02/unmasking-photoshop.html
"There's this phrase...which basically means advance the race and it's this really awful idea that you shouldn't marry or have children with anyone darker than you. That you should always try to 'advance the race.'" Follow this link to find a documentary that explores the prejudices dark-skinned women face throughout the world: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos/exploring-colorism-in-dark-girls