Sister Ana recommended this post from the blog, blackgirls on mars. It’s brilliant and very insightful… the best thing I’ve read in quite a while. Click on image below.
Archive for the ‘Colourism’ Category
“Quantum Beauty” by Lesley Ann Brown
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Colourism, Critical Thinking, Life on September 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Jasmine Revolution: An African Revolution Not For Black Africans
Posted in Africa, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Arabs, Colourism, Jasmine Revolution, Libya, News, Racism on September 5, 2011 | 7 Comments »
One of the illusions that Europeans and Arabs alike have successfully perpetrated for over a century, is that the northern part of Africa is not apart of the African continent. I have had discussions and arguments with so-called “highly educated people”… those with more than one grouping of letters behind their names, who are not aware [...]
Cosmetics Industry Rakes in Billions on the Insecurities of People of Color
Posted in Capitalism, Caste System, Colourism, Cosmetic Giants, India on January 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Colorism is happening, not only with Africans throughout the diaspora, but also with our equally melanated Indian brothers and sisters. I was surprised, but not surprised (if you know what I mean) to learn of the rampant colorism that’s happening in India. I have heard of the color caste system in their culture, where the [...]
Byts and Bytes
Posted in Africa, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Arizona, Black History, Colourism, Critical Thinking, Cuba, Geopolitics, History, Immigration, Mexico, NAACP, Racism, Stratfor, U.S.A on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1. “It is easy enough to dismiss those who persist in believing that the first successful African slave revolt took place in Haiti. Arab historians have themselves established the contrary, and in contemporaneous detail, so that it is near common knowledge that a revolt of epical dimensions took place at least a millennium earlier, in [...]
The Legacy of the Rastaman Vibration
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Bob Marley, Colourism, Culture, Jamaica, Life, Rastafarian, Reggae, YouTube on February 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been vibing to Bob Marley all day, as sort of a tribute to the man and an acknowledgment of the influence of his music on my life. As I listen to song after song, it takes me back… waaay back to my yout’… growing up in Jamaica, coming to Canada, struggling through adolescence and young manhood… into adulthood… until [...]
Is Sammy Sosa a Self-hating Negro…
Posted in African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Caribbean, Colourism, Critical Thinking, Fashion, Life, News, Racism, Sammy Sosa on December 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
or is he… as we Jamaicans like to say: “ ’im jus a fallah fashun! “ We all consider ourselves attractive… or at least want others to consider us attractive. There are billions of dollars spent for products and surgeries, by both men and women, regardless of race, creed, ethnicity, region and religion, in a personal effort to attain [...]
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