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I really want to believe that I never felt any specific way about your content because of your complexion, but I honestly don’t know… I have a tiny little channel on UA-cam myself where I try to put some content out but because of you and other creators like you, I do feel very intimidated… and a little insignificant… I am an older creator with a full time job and two kids, so I cannot put as much effort as you do into my videos. I just wanted to share that I have not been subscribed to you very long but I do look up to you because of the quality, variety and depth of your content.
Khadija, you are stunning, gorgeous, you are such a gift to us. You are an AMAZING person, I am so sorry you were made to think differently. You are a god/godess!
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@@bumblebee6310 no one cares about preferences unless you’re one of those cringe people that are constantly reminding your demographic about how much better your preference is (blacks do this more than anyone else).
Omg, I just made this exact statement to light-skinned friend of mine. I don't think he realizes the impact colorism has on our society and our psyche because he experiences all of the privileges. Unfortunately, colorism isn't going anywhere, anytime soon, however, the effects can be minimized. I think having these conversations is a step in the right direction. Instead of ignoring the problem and living in denial; acknowledgment and trying to make difference moving forward, is imperative. The key is representation and inclusivity despite hues of skin tone, facial features etc., as well as education and policy changing/making to some extent and ofc introspection, to acknowledge personal biases but humans hate doing that shit. Idk🤷🏽♂️
Same it's crazy that UA-cam was one of the first places that made me realised what i was going through had a name and i wasn't alone. If felt so good to not feel so alone in colourism.
Another great channel is Chrissie she’s a dark skinned women and her platform is for uplifting black women and corrective promotion and other videos that I think every black women needs to hear
what doesn’t sit right with me is how y’all will pass the most disrespectful comments about darkskin woman in the means of “preferences” if I hear that word one more time I’m going to lose it 😭
What kills is that they're technically not even talking about their preferences. Jackie Aina pointed this out in her video on Clown Brown, but people will scream PREFERENCES when talking about what they *don't* like. Baby, that's not how that works. Words have meanings 😂😂😂
People will bring it up out of no where like I just mention a dark skin woman and they feel the need to say "IM NOT RACIST BUT ID NEVER DATE ONE" like STFU nobody asked! We're having a conversation not setting up your dating profile!
It broke my heart when I saw that study where little black girls chose white dolls over black dolls because they thought the black dolls were ugly. It changed my whole perspective. It opened me up to the notion that our culture imprints these racist ideas onto our minds from birth. I did realize that I automatically had those same biases despite knowing better. The added danger is, as you say, how the algorithms use this information to reinforce these ideas for clicks on UA-cam. I regret it took me so long to find these essays.
It's not learned behaviour though. Babies look at lighter faces.. it's to do with light reflection and not racism. The studies done were not conducted to find out which baby is racist but about vision. Even without any european influence much of the world liked light skin even thousands of years ago. And esthetically each culture has their preferred type of features , nothing wrong with that. The little kids likely picked white dolls because of all the primary colours on it - yellow red and blue - hair, lips and eyes.
@@zamar2158 so does this excuse the constant marginalization, abuse and systemic level of oppression and deplorable behavior? No. Nothing excuses that. Your comment is useless. What studies? If these white folks were so civilized and cultured they would show humility and learn how to disassemble their inherent prejudices and disgusting acts of oppression.
@@H.rgirlie yuck. I see that. So shady too. The typical poor examples of ignorance too. Maybe it's a troll. You can never be sure. 💖 keep up the good work on calling out injustices.
to the other white people in the comments looking to shift your algorithms: mine started changing a lot when i started not only subscribing to more black(/POC) creators and watching their videos, but then when i started actively clicking on the videos from different black(/POC) creators in the sidebar once i'd finished a video... and then watching *that* video and clicking through the sidebar again etc it shouldn't have to be "work" to find creators who aren't white, but my algorithm has actually changed significantly since i've started taking a more active role in my viewing habits :) thanks as always for the video khadija!
Yes, this helps a lot. I did that or whenever a content creator I watch shouts out a channel, or recommends them in their videos (as additional research)… I watch those videos after, especially if I have the time or write their channel name on my journal for next time💯
@@JulianSteve As a non-white person who is not a person of color either (I'm an extremely-- oof-- light-skinned Iranian), this is wonderful advice!! Thank you!! 😊 Also, there are dark-skinned and dark-skinned Black people in Iran, and colorism is a *truly horrific* issue!
I turned off my watch history a couple of years ago bc even tho I'm a lefty the algorithm kept suggesting far right or neo nazi content. I do have to search myself to discover new creators but the recommendations that show up at the end of a video are more appropriate to me than what used to come up on my home page. I found this channel, for example.
@@specialtramp LMAOOOOOOOO SAME‼️That has happened to me a couple of times already on both of my Google accounts. This happened to me more the moment I made a reaction/criticism video on RuinedLeon’s video about Black UA-camrs. After that, UA-cam started to recommend me more of his videos and other Conservative content creators… Do not get me wrong, it’s good to hear different perspectives, but half of those Conservative content creators UA-cam recommended to me talked a lot about things I do not want to hear. Also, some of their supporters (for the most part) said racist comments towards minorities, especially Black people😖💯
@@noorykorky5056 No problem. I have a feeling that the more we as a society talk about colorism/racism things in the cinema/television, other online outlets, and in reality life will change💯
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I’m so annoyed by how people still pretend like colorism doesn’t exist but will complain about racism...how can you see one and not the other???
It's like how in the trans community binary trans folk will complain about transphobia yet ignore all the crap non-binary and gender non conforming trans folk have to deal with, people are just generally blind to stuff that doesn't directly effect them personally. I imagine this is a problem with every single minority group, with those who are a bit better off assuming their situation is as bad as it gets.
It's sometimes difficult to be honest with yourself about something that benefits you in some way. That means you have to pledge to fight a system that will level the playing field. This means ultimately giving up certain privileges.
My name is Niquisha and a lot of people say to me “wow you’re so smart for having a ghetto name”. I don’t get how being black, having natural hair, and having a “ghetto name” makes me stupid.
Lol...wtf is a ghetto name. Black people need to stop calling ourselves these names. Who says european names are better than "ghetto" names? Your name is beautiful, btw.
it's like if you have a more systemically acceptable name you're put into this whitewashed box then when you have a name that's more "make fun of-able" proclaiming to your culture you get all these racial stereotypes
If you want to see bullying & oppression everywhere have at it. I'm going to enjoy my life--my waym I'm staying positive & eager to enjoy all life presents on my plate..
@@ctruth6185 You can stay positive, live a happy life, and acknowledge the difficulties and prejudice some groups face. A desire to make the world better and a desire to appreciate what goodness already exists can very easily coexist.
As a 30something rather dark skinned woman, some days I need your videos so much. Literally just overheard 2 white women in ALDI "whispering" about my mixed kids clearly must get their good looks from their dad, who wasn't with us, despite them each having my whole damn face. It can be rough out here in the real world. I really appreciate the representation.
Ooooh girl. I'm so sorry. I would have most definitely had to say something to them, respectfully of course! I would have interjected "NO, actually. They get it from ME." And then watch them stand there shook.
Keep your head up queen! Both my parents are mixed so when they had me and my siblings we came out looking HELLA mixed. People would stop and ask my mom where they "got me from" when I was a kid because everyone always assumed I was adopted 🙄 I was Asian passing as a little girl so of course there's NO WAY for a dark brown lady to have had me naturally smh. Now that I'm Pacific Islander passing people still don't believe me when I tell them she's my mom. People are dumb and will continue to be so until the end of time. The best we can do is keep our heads up because we know who are family is and nothings going to change that 💞
The whole thing about “the white man already separated us why are you trying to do it further” argument against colorism always confused me because, isn’t it the other way around? I’ll never understand why you would discredit your own people even after hearing so many accounts of the same experience. THAT is what’s further separating us...
@Motown Gayes abused people are not immune to using abusive tactics. Especially when one can see how it gets an abuser ahead, it seems like a winning strategy :C
About darker-skinned girls being treated to a higher-than-average standard for beauty - I 100% felt that. As a somewhat dark-skinned Indian woman, I remember relatives telling me I’d be good looking if I was just a few shades lighter… like the features I had weren’t enough to make a dark-skinned girl pretty, but were enough to make a fair-skinned girl attractive
yes completely agree. i have been told that at times, when i was younger. additionally even my mom tells me my brother's features are more preferable to my own and i should focus being proud of my inner beauty instead (as a low self esteemed person it took me so long to recognize how fucked up that was). many times while grandmas and aunties are talking i have heard "gori" and "shyamdi" go completely unquestioned. it makes me so angry. i call it out if it ever comes from my loved ones, and i urge them to rethink their language and push back or at the barest minimum, not participate in it if their friends talk that way.
@@sacrilegioussasquatch Oh I was born and raised in the US and I often feel like I’m considered more attractive here than in India. Hell, we’ve even had a medium-toned Indian-American woman win Miss America - she would’ve never won had she competed in India
“Some of you don’t like having your perspectives challenged” you would be a great professor, especially with encouraging people to speak on their lived experience and the validation in that👍🏾
I’m a white, cis, homosexual Scottish male and I was suggested one of her videos a couple days ago - and I have now binged so many of them! I really do make an effort to inform and educate myself, and I feel so many similarities with my own experiences of homophobia and her experiences of racism with some of the anecdotes and examples she uses - and she’s part of the LGBTQ+ community too so I’m sure she’s maybe experienced homophobia on some levels too. I am just such a fan and I love her content and listening to and watching her. Sometimes the algorithm is great - because it lead me here.
There's a dark brown skinned creator that makes rock climbing videos called Black Girls Boulder. I know it's not an essayist channel but anytime I pick up a new hobby (rock climbing for me), I specifically look for black women and love when I see darker skinned black women.
@@sefp not that I have to reply because you know exactly why but let's assume that you don't. It's because I like to have representation and see someone like myself doing things that western media pretends people that look like me don't do. If my ancestors were left alone, I'd know which nation I'm from but since I'm an American descendant of slavery, most Black Americans are from my 'nation'. If I were to rely on the western media of who I am supposed to be based on what I look like and not seek out media where there are people just like me, I'd assume I was an anomaly and I'm not.
@@IReadBooksForFun black Americans are the only ones that should be complaining about such things In the USA. But the dark skin light skin thing is just insecure dictatorial supremacy applied in reverse. Especially in and coming from the USA. Dark skin women make up around 3 % of the population. That’s almost an anomaly. I’m assuming your family broke down because you would look to them extendedly. For what they do. Examples hang out activities etc. Or your just watching and wanting things you aren’t entitled to because of a mislead idea. Your FAMILY is free to create your own media about themselves are they not ? What entitlement do you have for other peoples families do it for you ? When they do they get the profits etc like Asians with black womens hair. That’s not a good thing.
Colorism is definitely a thing, as a light skin woman I can admit that. Do you know how many men (often dark skin men.) have told me they wouldn’t be interested In me if I was dark? I know I get treated differently bc most ppl don’t even see me as black due to my features. Light skin privilege is a thing and it would be ignorant to deny the colorism that goes on both in general and within the black community. Mixed women are always being pushed to the forefront in media/advertising and being considered black representation bc it’s more digestible to white ppl. It’s now ‘cool’ too look racially ambiguous. It’s a trend that encourages colorism. I hate that we have to say things like “black is beautiful” as if it isn’t an already inherent fact. I’d love to see more diversity In dark skin black representation that doesn’t fall under the usual black stereotypes in media. I’d love to see dark skin be normalized. Honestly tired of seeing an all white cast with one mixed girl slapped in for “diversity.”
You’ve perfectly articulated my thoughts. I’m dark skin and grew up with a light skin sister, the treatment she receives is very different compared to me
Agreed 100% and a few days ago I was thinking of that and I realized the only show I could name that honestly had THE MOST amazing representation was Orange is the New Black. More shows like this need to be made with characters of all size, colors & background who have compelling story arcs & are well written & played.
When I was younger, I lived in Puerto Rico and my skin was very dark. I got a lot of racism from people I knew. When I moved to the states and grew older, I wasn’t out in the sun as often and my skin got lighter. So same people now go “ wow , now you’re almost as pretty as your cousins” who btw have fair skin. My dad being Afro Latino helped me cope with the negative talk. I’m not even that dark and I grew up with that negative shit. I can’t imagine what people with darker skin go through. You’re beautiful queen ❤️
I had to actively look for dark skinned women, 4c haired on all of my social medias. It makes a massive difference to see yourself in the media you consume.
@@therightarmofthefreeworld4703 thank you, idk why people so consumed about representation. Its a woke western thing. Imagine going to the middle east and ask them to put more white or black people in their media. Or asking African media to put more whites and asians.
@@zainaba8265 people are asking for representation because they want to see themselves in the media. the western world is not only white people and we all know that , some people just want to see it on TV as well. but of course , as usual you have people who say that it's racist : it's not. it's normal to want to see people that look like you on tv weather it's your skintone , your body type , your eye type whatever. it's about seeing people who look like you on tv , feeling better about yourself because you do not about being woke. stop trying to invalidate people's feelings and try to understand where they're coming from instead of being dissmissive. but again , we're all untitled to our own opinion.
Genuinely, representation is such a small thing but it makes such a massive difference, it's the excitement of seeing someone who looks or acts like you and it's the exposure others get to multiple groups in society thereby helping combat discrimination, in a small way
@@zainaba8265 I would say we need more representation in all media no matter where it is from because media should reflect the diversity of its setting yet frequently doesn't, non-Western countries also have racism issues and also have people of many different ethnic backgrounds within their borders because immigration has been a thing since long before written records? It's just the West has the issue of being the ones exporting their culture the most and having the worst history with racism, cause colonialism in both cases
I am a South African animator. And during my high school days doing one of my homemade comic books I made a black character that anyone who checked it out always complain on how black my character was, as if it was a crime to make a character with such a black skin tone. And it always narrowed down to joke on how black my character was, So dark skinned black character leads have to be normalized. Shout out to Khadija Mbowe on addressing these issues on her channel.
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm. She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
I feel like I am always fighting an uphill battle to get the algorithm to recommend to me darkskin creators, I’m always so happy when I naturally find a dark skin content creator because it’s so rare 😩✋🏾
Ilani Manuella Damn, you're a black content creator!And not mixed! And a woman! Just checked your channel, it seems interesting 'cause you have a videos that promotes feminism. I'm so blessed! I subscribed.
I've literally stood right next to my friend as some black men mocked her for being "dark". I had to double take because I just didn't expect that to be a thing. If people can do it so blatantly in broad daylight, irl, it's beyond real online come on people...
I hope you called out that behaviour. A lot of that gross behaviour continues because it goes unchecked. It's normalized among some black people but I'm sure an outsider's perspective would jar them a little.
@@buetifulkay12 When did black people show friemdlimess to outsiders who soeak on black issues? We usually tell them to mind their own business so its very hard for non blacks to defend black people
I love how you break down people being rude to skinny people vs fatphobia. I'm a pale white person with very strong pink undertones that makes it hard to find foundation. I've often watched black creators talk about having trouble finding their shade and have sympathized but I've never commented "omg, same" bc I know my personal trouble finding my foundation shade has nothing to do with systemic racism and colorism like it does with others. Watching black creators has helped me learn to look for shades other than my own that might be missing from a makeup brand.
Can you explain fatphobia? I don't know what it means because I'm thinking of the clinical definition of the word "phobia" as it relates to fear. Since it is clear no one is "fearful" of fat people, what does fatphobia actually mean? Thanks.
People calling it a preference reminds me of a tik tok by a young man explaining the difference between preference and requirement. As in, if you only date white, or lightskin, then it's not a preference. Preference means that you're open to other options, but if you stick to one then it's a requirement
all skin tones are equally beautiful, but are not seen that way because of colonization. If you have a "preference" for light tones, analyze why. Probably because you haven't seen that many people with dark skin being portrayed in media as beautiful. AKA color ism in media perpetuates color ism in real life.
Not only is it a requirement, it's also making a prejudgement on how you're going to feel about a person based on their skin tone before you've even met them. And that's why folk use euphemisms like "preferences", because when you lay it out frankly it's harder to shake the colourist implications of it.
You’re so educated when you hit on these topics and it’s insane. I mean there’s quite a few educated UA-camrs but I’ve always felt like you went so much harder with all the source citing and the information you get into but don’t have to to get to your point. Feels like a lawyer or a dissertation piece sometimes. It all makes sense now. You’re amazing and we’re blessed to have your content on here. I know I’m thankful and loving it. Thank you!
Tbh I’m a black male and I grew up being told by my light skin mother that dark skin women weren’t the ideal. So I find you and your channel very refreshing!
@@meiko2164 what ignorance motivated your comment? Are you agreeing that the social bias is against darker women is a fact that should be changed or do you seriously agree with it as a just classification?
"When someone is trying to tell you about their lived experiences it would behoove you to just listen" I- It's incredibly how many people still don't understand that and just immediately jump to discrediting experiences and invalidating them It makes you questions yourself when that happens and it isn't okay. It's why I believe that, in certain spaces (maybe I'm wrong on this) it's better to listen instead of talk. I understand some experiences might contradict the ones that are being spoken about, but that doesn't mean you have the right to speak over someone
THIS!!! People will literally feed you any vague broad statement to cover up colorism. For instance; "I LOVE ALL BLACK WOMEN "...Just makes them sound guilty af.
Yeah i think that's something people have tendency to do that in general. They hear something and compare it with their own experience and if it doesn't align they are likely to not believe it. Well though it's highlighted in these issues because white thought, media, culture is so dominant in our society many white people have little opportunity ( unless they seek it out themselves) to get in contact with black perspective but black people have basically no choice but to be surrounded by white perspective. That's how it seems to me personally anyway lol.
Oh my friking God I love her!!!! Edit to add: Shanspeare is another bomb black UA-camr I especially love her videos on the "Oreo" label and how shady the media's obsession with associating women's attractiveness with how young they look, i.e. no body hair, the sexualisation of like school uniforms etc.
I’ve noticed on a lot of “Black TV Shows”, (or shows aimed towards a primarily Black or African-American audience) there’s always the light-skinned girl, (like Hilary from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) whose considered beautiful, but whenever there’s an “ugly” or “mean,” character... They’re usually dark-skinned. Dark skinned actors usually seem to play “fallout” characters, (characters that the other cast members deride and make fun of,) and I remember I used to wonder, watching as a kid, what was supposed to make these characters “ugly,” or why they weren’t featured as often... I never knew it was because of the color of their skin! But now it seems so obvious, which is really sad and also unfair to darker-skinned actors in Hollywood. 😢
@@MotherofMunch I agree. In addition to only showing a very limited range of skin colors and a very limited view of African American experience... I’ve noticed they “punch down,” a lot... Insulting other minorities, (Mexicans, Asians, etc.) mixed-race blacks, (like Rainbow) and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
I actually notice a lof ot tv show where the black girl is in an interracial relationships and the black guy is single. Scandal, Bob Loves Abishola, Spiderman, Mixed-ish, Cruell, The Little Mermaid, Dear White People, Transformers, Boogie, Amsterdam, Cinderella, Euphoria. Diseny just released a short called US Again, featuring another black female in an interracial relationship.
@@bnwo Yeah, it’s like they’re an “honorary white,” because they’re married or dating a white person. I also noticed they pair dark and light-skinned Black people together, but almost never do they have two dark-skinned actors play a couple. I know executives and casting directors do it for the sake of “diversity,” but I think it sends the wrong message. The “pretty light-skinned girl,” almost never dates someone who is darker... unless there’s something in the script about how “he’s not good enough for her.” (Though that might have more to do with the negative portrayal of African-American men, on film, in general.) Hopefully, though, people will notice this and change. ❤️
One thing I noticed that made me FURIOUS at the algorithm, was that I intentionally searching/following poc creators, I engage with their content my feed becomes diverse after putting in a lot of work, beautiful, great, I'm happy. Then I watch one video, (ONE!!!) of a white creator and suddenly my feed is flooded with this one white creator and others that look the same, even weeks after watching that person, the algorithm would sometimes push them again and again on me until I have to literally request not to recommend the chanel. It's soooo obvious that the algorithm doesn't want to push poc creators, because of the amount of work I have to put in to train my algorithm to show me some diversity, but how it still tries to push white creators all the time without provocation. It's INFURIATING. Love your videos and how you always challenge me to listen and open my mind. 🐰💜✨
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm. She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
Girl! I felt all of this. Not to mention the “debates” I get into when I hear other black people, especially ones my complexion or darker say “good hair”, “pretty eyes” etc. I was just at the beach Memorial Day weekend with one of my best friends (she’s white). We went to one of those neighborhood beaches to chill for the weekend. There were a lot more white people there than other. When I tell you… okay, at the bar by the pool, one girl was drunk and she complimented me and said I looked beautiful. However, I knew it was coming and she asked me “How long did it take you to do your hair? I know you girls spend all day at the salon”. In the hot tub, another girl asks me and my friend if we’ve ever been called Ebony and Ivory. I can’t make this up! Its been that weird energy the whole weekend. I had the feeling I was a “safe black” when seen with my friend. So naturally, I was furious when it sunk in and explained it to my friend when we got back to the room. I can’t lie, I got a bit emotional. For people to say we talk about race so much, they are THE FIRST ones to bring it up. I’m a normal person man. I can definitely relate to people having a perception about you before they hear you speak. I get that a lot! Especially when they get to know me and my interests. I love your channel! I’m not even done with the video and I had to respond because the resonance with this was hitting my spirit. Much love! ❤️
@Janice White Oh she’s a great friend. She wasn’t quiet about it. She likes to remind everyone that she doesn’t care about what people think. I’m usually the shy one. She picked up on the Ebony and Ivory while as of the other vibes and comments went over her head. We were in the hot tub so it was a bit loud with the jets but she said “Ebony and Ivory WTF was that about?!” I guess the girl heard it and tried to clean it up and ask us more questions but by that time we were headed out.
You’re such a hypocrite, you clearly went there right away taking in numbers of who’s white who’s not & when someone’s asking you of how the he’ll people call you, you right away PROVE your “Furiousness” the black chicks are known for, then you make your poor white friend defend your ass and then you sit on a video where another black chick talks about how y’all are segregated lol 😂 you’re hilarious. Intolerable Brat. I’ve seen beautiful super dark black girls and I’d never even go there taking to them as y’all are a pain in the ass with your race talk. Pain in the ASS 😅 going to Africa would fix your “treated differently” problems. Luggage. Airport. Fatherland. That’s what we tell to Russians in Latvia 🇱🇻 BYE 👋🏻
@@MrsPaulaTorres don't be rude. The same as your ignorant comment I can say that people like you make us europeans look so bad. She wasn't taking in numbers, she just saw people lol I mean if you were somewhere you would notice kind of the ratio between people of different skin tones or between men and women and so on. She literally shared racist encounters in daily life and you find the energy to belittle her. You go on about "angry black women", while she is shy and doesn't speak up for herself in such situations and doesn't even express one ounce of anger. From one side, I would be glad, if you deleted your comment, so she doesn't see it, but from the other, I want others to see your ignorant racist ass and see how ugly of a person you are. Also, the comment about russians was so uncalled for and nationalism in europe is another huge topic and this is not the place nor time to discuss it
You're the one who sees everything through the filter of race. You seem to care much more about it than the people who you criticise. If you can't even take a compliment without getting into a debate then you have some serious problems.
The point on dark-shinned folks having to be exceptionally beautiful is so well put, and in my opinion applies adversely and intersecionally as well. Essentially it seems to me that dark-skinned women/femme-presening indvisuals have to be the epitome of beauty while white men, especially in film and tv, can get away with being unremarkable and sttill be in the lead role.
Film is a creation of white men. In fact every bit of technology you use, the comfortable world you live in is their creation. Why should they not have their own people ? It's only natural. Whites use all kinds of levels of looks in their media. In fact if you look at latino or asian media you'll see only extremely good looking people - and their standards are extremely strict it seems.
@@zamar2158 the fact that you think that every technological advancement was a creation by white men really shows your true racist colors. Lol you know nothing. Africa has the world's oldest record of human technological achievement: the oldest stone tools in the world have been found.. steam engines, etc. Everything came out of Africa. To claim technology as a result of whiteness... lol is absolute lunacy. But I've seen your other comments on here. Your racial bias is obvious.
Some of my favorite black content creators are RDCworld1, blacknerdcomedy, cilvanis, kat black, Brittany vaughn, Evelyn from the internet, kevonstage, Tony baker, etc I try to find more everyday
I'm white but I'm really glad that The Algorithm in its inscrutable whims decided to show me your content, love your videos and your depth of reflexion
I admit, you didn't show up on my feed. Tee Noir recommended you and I found her through Kat Blaque. And I found Kat through For Harriet. I started watching For Harriet because, as a white woman, I felt I needed to listen to black women more. Especially black women around my age because our experiences are so vastly different. But you became one of my top five youtubers quickly. You make me laugh sometimes while thinking critically. You also make me challenge myself. Especially digital blackface. Plus, on a more superficial level, your voice is nice. I like people who emphasize their T and D sounds. And your videos come out Sunday which is great because I watch while I meal prep.
"It's exhausting." Yes! That sums up how it feels to be a darker complected creator on this platform. I'm here for this whole commentary from top to bottom!
I'm Italian and some time ago I was watching a video by a black Italian beauty influencer in which she reported how beauty companies would send her make up (especially foundation) to sponsorise on her channel that was always too light for her skin tone. Her video went in depth about it and I don't want to go there, what I wanted to point out was the amount of white women (like myself) telling how they went through the same thing being too light skinned. What!?! One thing is to try to put yourself into someone else's shoes and another is to compare some inconvenience that you've experienced to a lifetime of bullying. I had to give up arguing with them because they simply would not see my point.
I feel like they were trying to show they could relate, but were being a bit clueless about it. People sometimes don't realize there's a different power sructure there when they're not the ones being actively hurt by it.
Your comment about dark skin women having to be exceptionally beautiful (especially in the media) is such an interesting point. I see alot of comments on social media (your videos included) where people will say "Oh she's so pretty" and there's an unspoken "for a dark skin person". Why can't they just be beautiful/handsome without factoring their race or complexion?
A lot of times it's not unspoken. Not sure if you know the series Girlfriend's, but the character Toni refuses to date anyone darker than her because "if we had a daughter she'd be darker than me and I don't want her hearing she's 'pretty for a dark skinned girl' her whole life like I did" Toni ultimately marries a white man, and has a daughter. During Toni's entire pregnancy the babies ultimate "good hair" is discussed ad nauseum. In fact when the baby is born that's Toni's first concern. Not her health, weight, alertness, exc... "She has good hair!!!!" Toni even refers to her baby as "high yellow" which is grotesquely outdated and racist.
As a white woman i'm so grateful I have you and other creators like you to help me learn about the plight of my fellow woman, THANK YOU Khadija. it is not your "job" but you are going out of your way to educate and help others. You make the world better.
When I was studying film, in the lighting class, they talked about lighting different skin tones for film. I asked, "But what if you have a white person and a black person in the shot?" The class laughed and I got a dirty look from my professor. I never did get an answer.
@@witchplease9695 it's not racist it's how genetics work lol phenotype is the visible trait of a gene. The gene type is the genetic code, but the color of your skin is the phenotype. Behavior trends just means which partner somebody chooses to have children with. Their comment has nothing to do with racism and it just makes it clear how skin color and any other physical trait we get isn't something chosen but something random or rather a lottery we get from our ancestors
Very much this. Like any time I watch a video that is outside what I typically watch, and my suggestions are starting to look raggedy, I tell youtube to stop that shit, and watch more black content to reset it. Same thing with like a Netflix. Same thing with Pinterest. I curate my algorithms to do what I want it to do.
Shouldn’t be put on quotes, the algorithm is literally made FOR that, to cater to YOU, of course you have to train it. For example, I’m a white girl, on the curvy side, I noticed I only followed skinny people (all colors, but skinny) I felt bad, then I started to follow more girls like me, it definitely made a change. I didn’t feel sad while browsing social media anymore, but then you have to think for yourself and self reflect and ask, am I following these people because that’s what I SUBSCONSCIOUSLY WANT? My answer was yes, I wanted to be like those skinny girls so I "punished" myself. But then I accepted myself and started reversing my choices. Made a real change. Most some people just never move past that, what they subconsciously want versus the REALITY. Acceptance is the first step.
as a darkskin creator i KNEW i wasnt bugging when my videos weren't really being pushed out! but when a white creator makes the same video it's real active for them. it can be very discouraging! also the lighting wow i felt that one deeply.
The gaslighting of racist and colorist experiences is just so freaking common. I always find it so hard to deal with people who told me i was just sensitive or taking things personally :c but it is so validating to hear someone talk about it!
"I don't care about people's race" is so often used to downplay or deny racism and it's like if that is true, and you don't have unconscious bias, that makes you the exception not the rule because so many others do
I think you may have it confused. Not caring about someone's race isn't bad. The comment most akin to sounding how I think you mean would be "I don't see color", commonly used by people who probably don't care about someone's race as it isn't indicative of character, but aren't ware of the privilege they possess to say that they don't see color bc the latter sounds like them saying color isn't a determining factor of how people are treated and perceived in the world, no matter the content of their character.
@@jama3997 so I am a white liberal, who grew up in a white liberal area and both of those, more commonly your version, are things I have heard said. So, if it is being used in a different context, to the one I have experienced, to make other people feel safe and protected from systemic racism than yeah that's great, I just haven't been exposed to that cause I'm white The problem I have with the term is, in my experience, it is it is a very simplistic response to a quite complicated topic and reveals the individual's lack of understanding on said topic but, more importantly, it functions as a response to discussions about racism and shuts it down. It is a waste of time because sure you don't care or you don't see colour but somebody else does, other people do and we where focusing on those people. I get that you have the privilege to miss the little things (because so do I) but this isn't about us, it's about the people who don't have the "privilege" to be treated with basic human rights so can we go back to the topic at hand. Not caring about race is what we should all aspire to do but, in my experience, nobody who genuinely says that actually is uncaring about race and why does that one person's attitude matter in discussion about systemic problems. Because I have only seen either of these used in relation to discussions about racism and as a way to shut them down It might be different in less white liberal circles, cause I get exposed to people who are just apathetic to issues and don't actually want to consider them properly despite siding with change more often than not, but that has been my experience and why I personally can not stand the term. It has just been used as a waste of my time and I get annoyed on others behalf It's an in-between not out right supporting anti racism but trying to be against racism on an individual level, without actually putting in the effort to properly support people of colour, and it fails because it was never meant to succeed
I was thinking the same thing. I get that a lot even though I've never asked. It's like they expect that if they themselves "don't care" the hundreds of years of oppression and murder torture didn't happen. Or at least that it's not a big deal to be brought up and worked out because they themselves aren't racist and therefore pose no threat. Like, sir!? Do you realize there are billions, with a B, billions of people on this here planet?
It’s not far fetched to believe that colorism is becoming the new racism as are society becomes more mixed race. If look at a lot of Latin American countries where there’s a much higher percentage of mixed race people, you’ll find that people consider skin color to be similarly or just as impactful as race in their society.
South and South East Asia is a phenomenal example as well. I remember when I lived in bhutan and watching Indian television for the first time and every other commercial was for a skin lightening product. The most shocking was for skin lightening deodorant "you don't want to look dirty do you, use 'x' deodorant to lighten your under arms"
I would say colorism is just another form of racism or maybe a branch of racism but not new. Implicit racism will continue to find a new place to rear its ugly little head.
@@knowmyhustle honestly probably older than racism as we know it today I remember reading an article written by Ben Franklin ranking Europeans by whiteness with Anglo-Saxons at the top obvs. And colorism is precolonial in a lot of cultures though definitely made worse after
Latinoamerica has a problem with colorism. I´m peruvian so I talked from my country´s perspective, but most of this problem is rooted in colonialism. Natives who were part of the royal family ended up marying colonizers in order to not get killed like the Inca and keep themselves safe. The first mixed race kid was actually the daughter of THE colonizer Francisco Pizarro and an indigenous princess. Mixing was something that spanish colonizer saw as positive, because if native people mixed an certain amount of times they would ended up being white at one point. This obssesion with mixing is sadly alive, you can hear some peruvians (and latinos in general) say things like " You can´t be with this person cuz you have to improve your race" or " you want your kids to look like that?" when you mention that you like someone brown/black.
People were so ANGRY at that vox video too! They were commenting "now the cameras are racist. PC culture is too much" Like did you not watch the video???
As a fellow dark skinned human being (male) let me tell you: you’re a breath of fresh air and you’re brilliant!!! This is my first time viewing your content and I’m captivated. The fact that you have to use extra lighting shouldn’t even be a thing, (but I know it’s necessary and shows the professional that you are) your teeth and eyes sparkle and your personality shimmer like a black diamond. The truth be told, you’re an ambassador for the unrepresented, the ostracized, the alienated and the downright condemned because of blackness. I’ve never subscribed to any channel before but you have a new subscriber me.
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm. She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
As someone who grew up with a "I'm not racist, but.." father, I appreciate seeing videos being made to help explain these topics to people who may not be fully aware of the problem because they didn't grow up with it. Privilege is a sliding scale, it's often not an all or nothing situation; for example being a woman is a disadvantage but being a woman who isn't white is definitely harder and it needs to be talked about. It's important to realise that issues like this have nuance and isn't a simple topic and saying someone has it harder doesn't invalidate your own experiences.
my dad and other fam did the same shit and it is wild remembering some of the crap I heard AS A 12 YEAR OLD and thought: Huh, that's kind of a WEIRD thing to generalize about like, ALL Muslims ...? DX it's absolutely insane how much people want to simplify this shit for their own ego??
Maybe you can encourage black people to stop pretending that other people, like Shaun King and Cardi B pretend they're black. Going so far as to them having a total pass to even use the N word (Cardi B) in their music. Nobody makes a connection as to how that contributes to colorism? Really? First it's no black people are represented in mainstream outlets, then it's nit enough black people are being used, to now it's the "wrong kind" of black people are being used but we're gonna pretend a light skinned Hispanic woman is sufficient representation for black women while complaining actual black women with dark skin are being left out? Come on now. Do dark black people ever think about the problems they're causing for lighter skin black women? Ever stop and think about boycotting movies all together? I'm not talking about just virtue signaling and saying one thing while being part of the problem in reality (cough cough Cardi B).
my daughter skin tone is darker then me, I make sure she sees different shades of black girls on media and on TV and she says you are so pretty. she is four years old☺️
You’re a great mother. My three year old cousin is light skin (think of Willow Smith as a child) with short, coarse, yet thin 4c hair. Whenever she wears her hair out in an Afro, I make it a duty to tell her how beautiful she is. I also sport an Afro to show her that our hair is beautiful. I also have another young cousin, a beautiful 12 year old dark skinned girl, who I constantly remind her of her beauty and intelligence. This is so important for the next generation to know that there’s power and strength in the beauty, character and intelligence.
I love video essays, and I watch SO many, but thinking about how I’ve made my way through UA-cam to get to you I think the algorithm tested my habits by taking me on a journey from just recommending white people to slowly putting more creators of different ethnicities in front of me. Now I’ve found your content I’m so mad I didn’t get here sooner.
I feel you when you mentioned people calling you pretty or attractive in the comments. I think often it's a performance of overcompensating one's biases. I remember a yt guy I was seeing who kept on saying "Wow, you're really smart", and I could only think ??? We're on the same master's degree. I don't think he would have said the same thing to a white woman.
Exactly! I think specifically their bias is that they feel like you already lack something and they feel obligated to make you aware of it through complimenting you. Maybe I'm not right, but would you mind explaining what you mean by "overcompensating one's biases"?
@@tmsphere as well as the UA-camr Gothix. She is an alt right-leaning conservative black woman. Her viewership is predominantly white and they constantly talk about how eloquent she is. It’s not a compliment smh
Some of my favourite black youtubers are amandabb, amandamaryanna, as told by kenya, chizi duru, gabs and gina, theartisangeek, imuRgency...theres so many more but I can't be here all night
A short list of notable Black UA-cam content creators includes Aysha Harun, The Grapevine, Karen Hunter Show, Secretary of Shade, Tiffanie Davis, For Harriet, Benjamin Dixon, success_jr ,Papa Jean and A Tribe Called Joyce.
"it's hard to acknowledge having privileged when you're already ostracized from living in this body" As a gay trans disabled man that hit hard. Because, though I know that I have white privilege, I don't really see myself as privileged. I know that it's there but it's easy to forget the violence that you DON'T get when the violence that you do live feels so much more prevalent.
@@catnap6966 I mean like I said, for me it boils down to oppression defining so much of my life i struggle to see myself as priviledged (i mean sometimes i do, it's obvious compared to some others, but, like, most of the time).
I feel you lol but also there's a difference between ppl that have a hard time accepting this reality but do it anyway like you and the ppl that just choose to ignore it bc it's so much easier
Most ppl have some kind of privilege. ALL it means is that you have a step up in that area. I am still privileged as a black queer disabled woman but that doesn't those things don't affect me negatively. Privilege doesn't mean that you have it easy. It means you have a few less obstacles
I live in a predominantly black place and colorism here is very different from the USA, but that's another topic. I like to watch international shows but recently I found it very difficult to stomach African American shows anymore. When I was young there were very many AfAm family comedies with black people of very many hues on TV, and its like it got... worse? Underground, Lovecraft County, Euphoria, every movie Amandla is in the black women who were the romantic leads were getting lighter and lighter and lighter. It's like even the 'middle brown tone' is being phased out lol. I then stumbled upon Snowfall. The lead dude had a great deep complexion and that's when it happened. Not even 30 mins into the episode his dark skin mother had ALL THE PROBLEMS and his cute next-door neighbor was teetering on racial ambiguity (despite her dad being black af) and I just switched off. I'd had enough. This isn't to insult the actors but heavens! Personally, I was only in North America for schooling and got tired from all the microaggressions and I was so triggered by this show it reminded me how unwelcome I felt. Ps. I have darker skin and I get you. Living as a black woman in the USA or Europe is... yeah. Anyway, I just know you're presence on the internet will inspire a young dark-skinned girl in America to launch whatever channel she wants to launch. Great Job!!
@@allysona843 I actually just stick to international shows (not that they aren't problematic) because I'd much rather watch shows where they are ethnically homogenous. Otherwise when shows try putting a black person in who is A. Light skinned (acceptable) B. Full featured black but with ZERO storyline I simply don't give it the time of day (read Winx club and the Gossip Girl reboot) because WHY???? I also live in Kenya 🇰🇪
I have to agree with this. Shows from the 90s portrayed dark-skinned people (especially women) more frequently. Somewhere along the way, things have done a 180. It kind of feels like we've gone backwards.
I am a black woman living in Europe, and I must say I am the darkest black person that I have ever seen here and never, never my skin color was a problem or I was meant to be ashamed of. In my town there are about 5-10 black persons and no matter your shades black is black here and if you are biracial again no matter how dark you are, you are a biracial.
People are picked on there skill set , if a lightskin has better acting skills than a darkskin , it's not because of there skin color but because there skill set so stfu
on the having to try harder to be taken seriously: i feel this is where white feminists lose the plot on intersectionality, because yes women do have to try harder to be taken seriously, and non white women, especially darker skinned women do have to try even harder
Exactly. As someone who passes white easy, I forfeited my right to claim race discrimination ages ago. I recognise that the world sees me as a white woman, therefore I am privileged.
@@sparksfly6149 exactly. i am white, but it was never a question to me if we are on the same level because we arent. all women are women, yes, but that doesnt erase our differences like race, able bodied-ness, color, gender identity, and sexuality. just need to say that to get it off my mind
@@jordan-my2vl Exactly. I may experience sexism, but in my country where whiteness is the standard I will never experience racism. I just think it’s ridiculous that some white women compare their level of oppression to that of a POC woman, when there are many nuances and disadvantages unique to being a POC, or having an obvious disability. All women need to stick together, but part of making that happen is recognising that some of us have a uniquely advantaged or disadvantaged position, and leveraging that for the rights of all women.
@@sparksfly6149 RIGHT LIKE saying "we're all women" doesnt take away from the individual struggles different women face, and that gets glossed over a lot
"Doing twice as much for half the recognition or acceptance...." Has been like an anchor around my neck my entire life. Thank you for acknowledging how exhausting it is to live like that. Great video
People would rather to blame you than to feel any guilt or face that our world needs help. They do that for any one that belongs to a lesser class, no followers, no money, or racism in general
So true. I met a person a while ago and their outlook was the same plus the typical “why is everything about race”, or “it’s not that deep”. After a month of having to interact with that person their finally realized “damn, I can see it and I get it” all while they themselves were facing very similar issues.
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm. She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
I'm so glad I found your channel. It is such a shame that black (especially dark skinned) creators are hidden away cause a combination of the algorithm and a lack of searching keeps them away from an audience that would really enjoy their stuff.
I am so with you on the white shirt thing!! My degree is in theatrical Directing and part of what I studied was lighting and how to achieve balance in an image. White shirts are THE WORST. While I was working on my final few shows I made the immediate rule that we would use absolutely no white in our costumes because I just wasn't willing to deal with the lighting. Also, I've had a lot of theatre professionals legitimately complain because it's "harder" to style and light actors with dark skin. If you're reading this and you hear someone say something like that, do me a favor and smack them. It's not harder, it's different, and we were trained using whiteness as a standard. Nobody needs to be making black actors/performers/creators feel bad about that. If you live in a major city and need help learning how to better represent different skin tones in your work, look around for groups that represent or work with a lot of BIPOC creators and ask if someone is willing to help you. Arts folk are nice but don't take it personally if the first person you ask isn't available. (It's no one's job to educate you but your own) I'm not even sure why I started writing this but I wanted to give some thoughts on people's challenges lighting darker skin. Anyway! Loved the video!
I'm not going to jail for assault. However, I will tell them that if they knew what they were doing or were a professional, they would know how to light for all skin tones and that whiteness is not the standard.
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You can ban white on clothes because YOU find it hard but I suspect you aren't willing to give into other people's desire to keep their job as easy to do as possible. Why expect others to learn how to deal with lighting with people with dark skin if they can avoid it? So stop your bitching if people follow your example and ban people with dark skins from their shows.
@@mgheichert because clothing can be changed out without discriminating against people? Are you serious dude? I've been doing this my entire life, it's very easy to avoid wearing large amounts of white on stage and it is possible to properly light, but it's difficult and expensive, so it's not hard to just pick items with minimal white in them to help out the lighting designer. How do you think just not hiring people with dark skin is preferable? Are you just trying to come off as racist or are you completely lacking in self awareness?
as a hispanic person i’ve experienced so much colorism and have been shut down by my own community for simply speaking abt my disadvantage. thank you so much for continuously speaking abt this topic🤍
Too bad you weren’t born white. Then you would have been taught that race doesn’t matter. Minorities aren’t taught such progressive ideas. Which is why you have a victim complex. Whites are taught that being white, or black, or Hispanic, or what have you is unimportant. Minorities, on the other hand, are taught that the color of you skin is the only thing that’s important. This video is hilariously misinformed from a white-progressive point of view.
Does anyone know of a content creator that is of African descent, and male, who talks realistically about how colorism effects darker skinned boys? My nephew is 13 and struggling immensely. This channel is brilliant, but I think a male perspective would really benefit my nephew as well. Peace and love to everyone❤️.
F.D Signifire has a video on colorism and stereotypes of black men in media. I’m not sure how many videos he has like that yet; just saw it today. It was one of the small channels she recommended.
The amount of times I've heard that I speak so well could get me a home in CA. So annoying and unfortunately it's come from black folks and white folks. I used to try and mess up the way I speak on purpose because I didn't want to stand out in that way. Smh! I would go back to that little girl and tell her nothing was wrong w her
Evidence of colorism in Africa; skin lightening creams. I swear their everywhere. There were times I'd stay indoors for weeks just because my lighter skinned companions would say it helps "brighten up" the skin
It's sad, dark skin is gorgeous and you're less likely to be burned. So while us white girls will get rid with blisters if we don't put on sunscreen, darker skinned people don't have that big of a problem.
I’m Japanese and skin lightening products are all the rage here in Japan as well… A lot of people want to avoid yellowish complexions or tanned complexions and strive for pearly white skin. “Wow your skin is so white” is a considered a compliment. There’s nothing wrong with complimenting white skin and I understand people wanting it, but to live in a society where white skin is considered the only ideal skin tone feels so wrong and makes me sad.
On the requirement that dark skinned people be Gorgeous, it seems like this is a thing for people with all kinds of devalued bodies. Fat women and trans women are expected to be high femme and v pretty in a way other women aren't. Yes I'm aware these can all intersect but I have no big brain thoughts about that.
It’s something that as a fat disabled woman, I feel deeply. Do I put extra effort into looking very polished just because I feel I’m already starting from a lower baseline? Yes. Yes I do. And it’s all tied up with sexism, with how women often feel like we have to decorate the world with our beauty, so if I’m already less beautiful as a fat wheelchair user, I’d best put in that extra effort in order to do my part, ya know? It’s not usually as thought through as that, but having dug deep into my psyche about it, that’s where I’ve ended up. I feel like I’m order to get the same respect (or let’s be honest, not the same level, but any) respect as a disabled fat woman, I’d best be putting my best foot forward at all times. I need to “clean up well” otherwise I’m looked over as if I’m invisible. And I’m not just talking by men, I don’t give a sh!t about men, but people generally. If I put more effort in, I’m more likely to be talked to directly, as opposed to someone talking to whoever is pushing my wheelchair. But it’s a LOT of effort, and that effort is even harder because of my disabilities. I still do it though. And it’s like it’s tainting something I really love. Dress history, makeup and fashion are some of my passions. But feeling like I HAVE to put in extra effort every single time I leave my house, it taints something that I do genuinely love.
As a trans person- YES this. I feel like I have to do so much more to be respected and I can’t imagine what that would be like for black trans women as well
Khadija you are intelligent and gorgeous. There are some incredibly ignorant people out there, I'm so disgusted and appalled by some of things that are being said to you.
I managed to make my TikTok COMPLETELY poc! And 97% black only. It took some time and “not interested” and “block” the others and even ads but now I can scroll for hours and I will NEVER see a yt creator. That’s when I realized the algorithm really feeds you what you choose to consume
Didn't see Princess Weeks, Black Nerd Comedy, or Double Toasted on your list. Eveyone else I could think of off the top of my head was already there. Double Toasted is an ensamble, but the 3 main people include a light skinned black guy, a dark skinned black guy, and a white guy. Then a bunch of others that are also in a lot. They are also mostly on Twitch, but do a lot of clips on UA-cam. Edit: Princess Weekes IS on your list, under her channel name. Oops. My mistake. Rashad Ritchie is also starting a new show with TYT Network on Twitch.
Double Toasted is hilarious! But as a Black woman, the lack of Black women represented (whether in the films they review or guest panelist) is non-existent. So non-existent that over time, it became clear that this is simply their choice. Listen to many jokes they make about the Black guy "getting a piece" of the white girls etc. I've seen one woman of colour as a panel guest and that session started with them talking about the fact that she was a mix of German, Black etc. etc. I still love 'em because they're talented with great production. But other than the love of their mothers, it feels like they've determined their audience demographic will only tolerate male Blackness. Maybe featuring Black women is just "too pro-Black."
@@andeendrayton1253 The main guy is married to a European woman, so that is likely the main source of many of those jokes. But yes, the point is well taken and I would hope they would try to correct it.
As a white girl from Europe I am so glad to receive this reality check. I'm sitting here and asking myself why it's never occurred to me to wonder what it would feel like to walk down the street or walk into a room of strangers in a darker skinned body. These things aren't a part of my lived experience, but I can now start confronting my biases around them. And boy are there a lot of topics where I need to dig deeper. You don't even know how grateful I am to be doing this work now and not later down the line.
Ohhhhhh. That comment about not wanting to put your image on certain videos is relatable. I had moments when I didn't know whether I should include my picture within my portfolio (for work). You never know who's going to be reading it and what kind of biases they may have.
Khadija, you need to watch Dr. Ramani's video entitled "The roles of gaslighting and narcissism in racism ". I think it will clear up what I was trying to get to.
As a south East Asian WOC I was always praised for my fair skin as a child and into my adolescence. This is such an interesting, well made and informative video! Thank you!!!
People who have never had to face colorism really think we make this stuff up or are exaggerating, but they don't understand how painful it is. And it is extra painful because it is usually people from our own race who are colorist against us. At least, that is my experience as an Indian. We aren't represented in the media and it hurts to see skin lightening products being promoted on tv as if there is something wrong with being darker skinned.
i just love seeing people who are close to my skin tone and darker. it just brings me a lot of pride and happiness. this is so well formatted wow, i’m inspired!!✨ amazing job yet again, Khadija🥰
So basically you hate people who are lighter than you or mixed and lighter , wow , black people especially darkskins see color and race more than anything
@@geekedmaxx be gone, troll! Black people are just sharing what they experience on a daily basis. Crazy how there are still naysayers to racism/colourism. Must be v embarrassing for you 😳
Some people really need to accept that they don’t understand everyone else’s experience. I feel for everyone having to put up with society’s colourist shiz on a daily basis.
Fumi Desalu-Vold does a great series called Sister 2 Sister. She's been on youtube for years but for some reason only has like 54000 subs. She's in her 50s and has a lot of life advice, is a gorgeous dark-skinned woman and just a total vibe!! 💖
Do you think you can do some kid friendly commentary so she can watch you too? I want her to continue to grow to be as confident as you. Representation is everything!
I'm hispanic and I got teased a lot for having very light skin and looking "white" by family and friends. It hurt a lot to be teased but I totally agree with your point, that in the overarching society, having lighter skin is a priviledge and allows a person to face less unconcious bias. I now accept and embrace my natural skin tone and I feel the teasing I faced for it opened me up to listen to darker skin people discuss colorism and the effects its had on their life. I have so much empathy for you, it's so rediculous to for people to judge based on something yiu have no control over
yea but regardless being teased by your family hurts.......whether it's white teasing or black teasing, we have feelingsss. Society needs to teach themselves that it's wrong to bully someone based on anythingg
@@alexiasoogrim3036 I totally agree! I hated being teased for something I couldn't change and tried to do everything I could to "look more hispanic" (I later realized people were holding me to a bullshit stereotype of hispanic people because we come in all different skin tones - white, tan, black) I tried to tan, and always ended up with sunburns. Tried to use toning lotions but hated how fake and orange they made me look. Colorism affects everyone, just in different ways. Hopefully all these discussions and videos help people realize the damage their doing to other people with colorism
We are so obsessed with this stuff for no reason, when your being excepted for college no one cares how dark you are, when you're being hired no one cares, they might care what overall race but they won't care if you're dark or light or brown, they might care if you're black but that's it.
The part about technology and how the pictures weren't made to pick up dark skin well was very fascinating. I had never even considered that could be a thing. A lot of people like to have the idea that machines are cold and completely focused on facts, but it is true that the people who make the machines influence them. I am very glad I found your channel, it has so many interesting topics that I do not usually think about in my daily life.
I remember Jackie Aina talking a while ago about "fixing your algorithm" to see a wider variety of content, and I think taking some of that advice is how I ended up finding your channel!
"They talk about how beautiful I am...", I TOTALLY understood where youre coming from!! I don't know how many times I've heard "OMG you're so pretty for a Dark skin girl", or men saying "I usually don't date Dark skinned girls, but you bad'' or my skin tone is fetishized ...I hate it here on Earth 😂
I've actively tried to seek out content from darker-skinned black women (Khadija, AsToldByKenya, amandabb) because hearing their perspective really helped me confront my own implicit biases and understand how even though I never tried to be intentionally racist, I nevertheless was unconsciously benefitting from institutional racism and perpetuating the same structure without totally realizing it. The analogy I try to use is if I tell someone my house is clean, but I'm only looking at the walls around the house, whereas someone standing on a ladder could see that my roof was dirty and covered in debris. It's not that I was being disingenuous in my opinion, but more so they had a perspective that I didn't and without it that perspective, my was opinion on how clean my house was was based on an incomplete picture. I'm always grateful for content like this that's not only enlightening, but also entertaining at the same time. Also, you don't need to pull off a white shirt because you've looked killer in every color you wear. Have a blessed Sunday!
I just want to say as a dark skinned film student I can tell you that lighting darker skin tones is pretty hard a lot of it has to do with colour science and colour temperatures but it takes a lot of practice and a lot of lights to do so. I think you are doing a great job with you lighting and with your channel overall. Keep doing what you are doing.✨
my Filipina friend recently discussed with me the colorism they have there. that as a darker skinned Filipina, her grandmother told her to marry a light skinned man so her children wouldn't be as dark, and her mother used to give her skin lightening cream. This was when she was a child, mind you. awful.
I mean, I'm from Spain, my youtube location is Spain, and my language Spanish and youtube doesn't even dare to recommend me Spanish creators, and that's the info I have chosen, I guess the algorithm just doesn't care also I started to look up for black women channels since youtube has never recommended black creators and after getting more educated in marxism and black marxism I wanted to hear your voices and opinions since I was a bit done with the books, cause the longer I think about it the more I realize I haven't been exposed to black people at all, opinions, point of view, struggles, etc, after watching a lot of videos picked by me, youtube finally recommend me your video which was odd (title lmao) and I'm so thankful, I love your content in fact right now I am binge-watching your videos and most importantly I'm learning a lot, thank you and all the love from a little town in the south of Spain❤️
The only thing the separates Spain and Africa, is an earthquake and antiquity. African Moors ruled Europe (mostly Spain and Portugal) from 711 AD to 1492 AD. They are responsible for civilizing Spain and Europe, although Spanish rulers have tried to erase this from historical records. The African Moors are responsible for bringing Europe out of the Dark Ages. Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and Philosophy were introduced to Europe, while 99% of the European population were illiterate up until the 1800s. Public utilities, hospitals, universities that issued educational degrees, public libraries, public baths, botanicals, paved roads, illuminated streets, and hygiene maintenance, existed in Africa before Europe. It was through the Moors, paper and Arabic numerals were introduced to Europeans. Africa has the world's oldest spoken and written languages, and the birthplace of advanced mathematic concepts that are still learned in schools today. Medical procedures performed in ancient Africa before Europe: vaccinations, autopsy, limb extraction and broken bone setting, bullet removal, brain surgery, skin grafting, filling of dental cavities, installation of false teeth, Caesarean sections, anesthesia and tissue cauterization. Architecture, engineering, mining of minerals, metallurgy and tools, navigation, law and religion, philosophy, international trade, and art were surpassed to those in Europe.
"You can be average an be considered cute"" giiiiirl you hit the nail in the head of fashion industry today, I see a lot of "exotic looking" white people beinge praised for nothing, I saw an average looking white girl on Instagram and just because she had bush "monobrown" she's was considered a high fashion model, and I literally though "if that was a dark skin woman she would never be considered high fashion or the """it thing"''"""" , cause I know a lot of dark skin people are considered "exotic" just for being dark skin I hope my comment made sense for y'all
I actually saw your thumbnail, and clicked because I thought your skin was beauitful and that you might be doing beauty tutorials. Stayed because of the intelligent content.
I’m so happy I found your channel. I am also a very dark skinned woman. I started off lighter as a child and then my melanin started to take over. I was ridiculed as well. Even told that I was dirty and wasn’t taking good enough baths and such. You are speaking my whole life story down to people not expecting me to speak the way I do, act the way I do and like the things I do. I’ve spent so much time hating my skin so much that when I could I bought skin lightening products. The only reason I didn’t use them is because I like research and at the last minute (these were very emotional purchases) I decided to do research and didn’t feel like having potential burns were worth it. It didn’t help that my mother is very light skin beautiful woman. I would have to make my own video to get into all of that. I didn’t start liking my skin until I got with my current partners. Where my skin is loved and when summer comes around and my skin gets even darker it’s admired instead of shunned. I feel bad about it as I get older because I’ve always been the mirror image of my grandmother, like if you look at a picture of use at the same ages you would think we’re the same person. I never considered her to be ugly and she always told me I was a beautiful young girl and should walk with my head up. I wish she were alive to see how I’ve changed and come into my skin. Ok, I’m done with my emotional rant on a UA-cam vid.
Just remember this, MELANIN IS WORTH more than gold🙅🏾♀️💪🏿 so embrace that beautiful melanin. Cause that's deep. That's y they want our organs, n everything else we stand for. I love the fact that ppl hate me n my color cause fa real it's fear n jealousy more than hate.
Thank you for the honesty and vulnerability. Thank you for pushing past the discomfort and obstacles and the painful comments to put this kind of stuff online. You inspire me everyday
I only found your channel a few days ago Khadija and I can’t stop watching and learning. Your perspective is so valuable. I realize that i am not entitled to a version of your experience and research that is easily accessible to me, a white woman; nonetheless-I am extremely grateful for your willingness to teach and reveal. You have made me question my own implicit biases. Thank you.
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16:25 WAIT is _THAT_ why I have to turn on my lamp in zoom meetings every time??? If I’m not facing the window on a sunny day my quality is literally the worst on call and I figured it was just a low quality webcam.
ask Oprah she had to get a different lighting design team JUST to look good on her own show and it looked great it's like when you hear about actresses having to take their own makeup and hair to any photo/video shoot **twice the work for half as much**
Thank you for posting this video, we need more videos about ACTUAL issues in BIPOC communities. I really appreciate your content and just your presence in general, since I've subscribed to you're channel I've learned so much. (This was autocorrect but it is I am Eloho) I love you.
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I really want to believe that I never felt any specific way about your content because of your complexion, but I honestly don’t know…
I have a tiny little channel on UA-cam myself where I try to put some content out but because of you and other creators like you, I do feel very intimidated… and a little insignificant… I am an older creator with a full time job and two kids, so I cannot put as much effort as you do into my videos. I just wanted to share that I have not been subscribed to you very long but I do look up to you because of the quality, variety and depth of your content.
Khadija, you are stunning, gorgeous, you are such a gift to us. You are an AMAZING person, I am so sorry you were made to think differently. You are a god/godess!
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People will push the "preference" rhetoric until they are blue in the face, but when you ask them why they have that preference it's crickets.
Because that would require introspection...you know how some people hate to do that
Ill add this: They'll lose their mind if you express yours and lose it a second time if they're not your preference
@@bumblebee6310 no one cares about preferences unless you’re one of those cringe people that are constantly reminding your demographic about how much better your preference is (blacks do this more than anyone else).
@Motown Gayes Did I stutter?
Omg, I just made this exact statement to light-skinned friend of mine. I don't think he realizes the impact colorism has on our society and our psyche because he experiences all of the privileges. Unfortunately, colorism isn't going anywhere, anytime soon, however, the effects can be minimized. I think having these conversations is a step in the right direction. Instead of ignoring the problem and living in denial; acknowledgment and trying to make difference moving forward, is imperative. The key is representation and inclusivity despite hues of skin tone, facial features etc., as well as education and policy changing/making to some extent and ofc introspection, to acknowledge personal biases but humans hate doing that shit. Idk🤷🏽♂️
Such a relief seeing a woman as dark as I am on UA-cam. It really means a lot.
I see you sis
Same it's crazy that UA-cam was one of the first places that made me realised what i was going through had a name and i wasn't alone. If felt so good to not feel so alone in colourism.
Both of y’all are gorgeous 😩
Sorry there isnt more
Another great channel is Chrissie she’s a dark skinned women and her platform is for uplifting black women and corrective promotion and other videos that I think every black women needs to hear
what doesn’t sit right with me is how y’all will pass the most disrespectful comments about darkskin woman in the means of “preferences” if I hear that word one more time I’m going to lose it 😭
@Amelia Jones i totally agree with that
I hate this word so much
What kills is that they're technically not even talking about their preferences. Jackie Aina pointed this out in her video on Clown Brown, but people will scream PREFERENCES when talking about what they *don't* like. Baby, that's not how that works. Words have meanings 😂😂😂
People will bring it up out of no where like I just mention a dark skin woman and they feel the need to say "IM NOT RACIST BUT ID NEVER DATE ONE" like STFU nobody asked! We're having a conversation not setting up your dating profile!
Im sayin
It broke my heart when I saw that study where little black girls chose white dolls over black dolls because they thought the black dolls were ugly. It changed my whole perspective. It opened me up to the notion that our culture imprints these racist ideas onto our minds from birth. I did realize that I automatically had those same biases despite knowing better. The added danger is, as you say, how the algorithms use this information to reinforce these ideas for clicks on UA-cam. I regret it took me so long to find these essays.
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It's not learned behaviour though. Babies look at lighter faces.. it's to do with light reflection and not racism. The studies done were not conducted to find out which baby is racist but about vision.
Even without any european influence much of the world liked light skin even thousands of years ago. And esthetically each culture has their preferred type of features , nothing wrong with that. The little kids likely picked white dolls because of all the primary colours on it - yellow red and blue - hair, lips and eyes.
@@zamar2158 so does this excuse the constant marginalization, abuse and systemic level of oppression and deplorable behavior? No. Nothing excuses that. Your comment is useless. What studies? If these white folks were so civilized and cultured they would show humility and learn how to disassemble their inherent prejudices and disgusting acts of oppression.
@@GentleJungle this vile person named Bella keeps spewing racist bs all over this comment section. Wild
@@H.rgirlie yuck. I see that. So shady too. The typical poor examples of ignorance too. Maybe it's a troll. You can never be sure. 💖 keep up the good work on calling out injustices.
to the other white people in the comments looking to shift your algorithms: mine started changing a lot when i started not only subscribing to more black(/POC) creators and watching their videos, but then when i started actively clicking on the videos from different black(/POC) creators in the sidebar once i'd finished a video... and then watching *that* video and clicking through the sidebar again etc
it shouldn't have to be "work" to find creators who aren't white, but my algorithm has actually changed significantly since i've started taking a more active role in my viewing habits :) thanks as always for the video khadija!
Yes, this helps a lot. I did that or whenever a content creator I watch shouts out a channel, or recommends them in their videos (as additional research)… I watch those videos after, especially if I have the time or write their channel name on my journal for next time💯
@@JulianSteve As a non-white person who is not a person of color either (I'm an extremely-- oof-- light-skinned Iranian), this is wonderful advice!! Thank you!! 😊
Also, there are dark-skinned and dark-skinned Black people in Iran, and colorism is a *truly horrific* issue!
I turned off my watch history a couple of years ago bc even tho I'm a lefty the algorithm kept suggesting far right or neo nazi content. I do have to search myself to discover new creators but the recommendations that show up at the end of a video are more appropriate to me than what used to come up on my home page. I found this channel, for example.
@@specialtramp LMAOOOOOOOO SAME‼️That has happened to me a couple of times already on both of my Google accounts. This happened to me more the moment I made a reaction/criticism video on RuinedLeon’s video about Black UA-camrs. After that, UA-cam started to recommend me more of his videos and other Conservative content creators… Do not get me wrong, it’s good to hear different perspectives, but half of those Conservative content creators UA-cam recommended to me talked a lot about things I do not want to hear. Also, some of their supporters (for the most part) said racist comments towards minorities, especially Black people😖💯
@@noorykorky5056 No problem. I have a feeling that the more we as a society talk about colorism/racism things in the cinema/television, other online outlets, and in reality life will change💯
I’m so annoyed by how people still pretend like colorism doesn’t exist but will complain about racism...how can you see one and not the other???
It's like how in the trans community binary trans folk will complain about transphobia yet ignore all the crap non-binary and gender non conforming trans folk have to deal with, people are just generally blind to stuff that doesn't directly effect them personally. I imagine this is a problem with every single minority group, with those who are a bit better off assuming their situation is as bad as it gets.
EXACTLY!! The reason why is because people lack the understanding of intersectionality. They don't understand how different identities can intercept
People see what they want to see and will blind themselves to a uncomfortable/disturbing reality.
Because one of them (the one they like to call out most *side eye*) does not include self reflection.
It's sometimes difficult to be honest with yourself about something that benefits you in some way. That means you have to pledge to fight a system that will level the playing field. This means ultimately giving up certain privileges.
My name is Niquisha and a lot of people say to me “wow you’re so smart for having a ghetto name”. I don’t get how being black, having natural hair, and having a “ghetto name” makes me stupid.
Niquisha is such a beautiful name
Lol...wtf is a ghetto name. Black people need to stop calling ourselves these names. Who says european names are better than "ghetto" names? Your name is beautiful, btw.
Just wow… you’re name is not the g word it’s unique and it’s yours. People are so ignorant
it's like if you have a more systemically acceptable name you're put into this whitewashed box then when you have a name that's more "make fun of-able" proclaiming to your culture you get all these racial stereotypes
Your name is so pretty! Far from ghetto
“Systems of oppression never completely go away, they just evolve and morph” 😭👏🏾
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If you want to see bullying & oppression everywhere have at it. I'm going to enjoy my life--my waym I'm staying positive & eager to enjoy all life presents on my plate..
Totally
It’s such a beautifully quotable line.
@@ctruth6185 You can stay positive, live a happy life, and acknowledge the difficulties and prejudice some groups face. A desire to make the world better and a desire to appreciate what goodness already exists can very easily coexist.
As a black dad of 2 I’ve started trying to educate myself on the things black women and girls go through
I’m really glad I found this channel
we're all just happy you haven't abandoned your children. Thanks domini
Wow, ur girls are lucky to have you. Great job dad, and I’m a misandrist so you know, I really mean what I said. Wish more men did this.
@@wigsontop anything could happen he could leave them when they’re not cute anymore
@@wigsontop your comment is so backhanded 😒
@@aprayerandpositivethoughts9308 why did you feel the need to say that?
As a 30something rather dark skinned woman, some days I need your videos so much. Literally just overheard 2 white women in ALDI "whispering" about my mixed kids clearly must get their good looks from their dad, who wasn't with us, despite them each having my whole damn face. It can be rough out here in the real world. I really appreciate the representation.
Ooooh girl. I'm so sorry. I would have most definitely had to say something to them, respectfully of course! I would have interjected "NO, actually. They get it from ME." And then watch them stand there shook.
Keep your head up queen! Both my parents are mixed so when they had me and my siblings we came out looking HELLA mixed. People would stop and ask my mom where they "got me from" when I was a kid because everyone always assumed I was adopted 🙄 I was Asian passing as a little girl so of course there's NO WAY for a dark brown lady to have had me naturally smh. Now that I'm Pacific Islander passing people still don't believe me when I tell them she's my mom. People are dumb and will continue to be so until the end of time. The best we can do is keep our heads up because we know who are family is and nothings going to change that 💞
Wow Jaleshya… That’s distasteful. Thank you for sharing💯
like..what is wrong with people though
I can't!!! I'm sorry that happened 😥
The whole thing about “the white man already separated us why are you trying to do it further” argument against colorism always confused me because, isn’t it the other way around? I’ll never understand why you would discredit your own people even after hearing so many accounts of the same experience. THAT is what’s further separating us...
Thank you!!
This is why the only reasonable explanations for this lie in self-hate, internalized racism, and westernized standard of beauty indoctrination.
Thank you damn!!!!!! Yes yes yes I hate it!!!
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@Motown Gayes abused people are not immune to using abusive tactics. Especially when one can see how it gets an abuser ahead, it seems like a winning strategy :C
About darker-skinned girls being treated to a higher-than-average standard for beauty - I 100% felt that. As a somewhat dark-skinned Indian woman, I remember relatives telling me I’d be good looking if I was just a few shades lighter… like the features I had weren’t enough to make a dark-skinned girl pretty, but were enough to make a fair-skinned girl attractive
yes completely agree. i have been told that at times, when i was younger. additionally even my mom tells me my brother's features are more preferable to my own and i should focus being proud of my inner beauty instead (as a low self esteemed person it took me so long to recognize how fucked up that was).
many times while grandmas and aunties are talking i have heard "gori" and "shyamdi" go completely unquestioned. it makes me so angry. i call it out if it ever comes from my loved ones, and i urge them to rethink their language and push back or at the barest minimum, not participate in it if their friends talk that way.
I know this is probably not relevant coming from a western person but you're still gorgeous.
@@sacrilegioussasquatch Oh I was born and raised in the US and I often feel like I’m considered more attractive here than in India. Hell, we’ve even had a medium-toned Indian-American woman win Miss America - she would’ve never won had she competed in India
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“Some of you don’t like having your perspectives challenged” you would be a great professor, especially with encouraging people to speak on their lived experience and the validation in that👍🏾
yesss
I’m a white, cis, homosexual Scottish male and I was suggested one of her videos a couple days ago - and I have now binged so many of them! I really do make an effort to inform and educate myself, and I feel so many similarities with my own experiences of homophobia and her experiences of racism with some of the anecdotes and examples she uses - and she’s part of the LGBTQ+ community too so I’m sure she’s maybe experienced homophobia on some levels too. I am just such a fan and I love her content and listening to and watching her. Sometimes the algorithm is great - because it lead me here.
Absolutely 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
There's a dark brown skinned creator that makes rock climbing videos called Black Girls Boulder. I know it's not an essayist channel but anytime I pick up a new hobby (rock climbing for me), I specifically look for black women and love when I see darker skinned black women.
‘Racist’. Really Why not a woman from your family language or nation ?
@@sefp Go be like this somewhere else. We're all busy adults with no time for your nonsense.
@@misterblueskyyy omg this reply 😂😂😂😂
@@sefp not that I have to reply because you know exactly why but let's assume that you don't. It's because I like to have representation and see someone like myself doing things that western media pretends people that look like me don't do. If my ancestors were left alone, I'd know which nation I'm from but since I'm an American descendant of slavery, most Black Americans are from my 'nation'. If I were to rely on the western media of who I am supposed to be based on what I look like and not seek out media where there are people just like me, I'd assume I was an anomaly and I'm not.
@@IReadBooksForFun black Americans are the only ones that should be complaining about such things In the USA. But the dark skin light skin thing is just insecure dictatorial supremacy applied in reverse. Especially in and coming from the USA.
Dark skin women make up around 3 % of the population. That’s almost an anomaly. I’m assuming your family broke down because you would look to them extendedly. For what they do. Examples hang out activities etc.
Or your just watching and wanting things you aren’t entitled to because of a mislead idea.
Your FAMILY is free to create your own media about themselves are they not ?
What entitlement do you have for other peoples families do it for you ? When they do they get the profits etc like Asians with black womens hair. That’s not a good thing.
Colorism is definitely a thing, as a light skin woman I can admit that. Do you know how many men (often dark skin men.) have told me they wouldn’t be interested In me if I was dark? I know I get treated differently bc most ppl don’t even see me as black due to my features. Light skin privilege is a thing and it would be ignorant to deny the colorism that goes on both in general and within the black community. Mixed women are always being pushed to the forefront in media/advertising and being considered black representation bc it’s more digestible to white ppl. It’s now ‘cool’ too look racially ambiguous. It’s a trend that encourages colorism. I hate that we have to say things like “black is beautiful” as if it isn’t an already inherent fact. I’d love to see more diversity In dark skin black representation that doesn’t fall under the usual black stereotypes in media. I’d love to see dark skin be normalized. Honestly tired of seeing an all white cast with one mixed girl slapped in for “diversity.”
Please! Don't date any of those men!!! It's disgusting.
You’ve perfectly articulated my thoughts. I’m dark skin and grew up with a light skin sister, the treatment she receives is very different compared to me
@@nicolebrown5987 Those men are definitely not attractive to some of us, can't speak for the OP. It's an instant turn off. Color-struck is not cute.
@@KoreaMojo FRRR! I had this customer (darker man) tell me “wow they finally hired someone cute” n I’m like brotha please 💀
Agreed 100% and a few days ago I was thinking of that and I realized the only show I could name that honestly had THE MOST amazing representation was Orange is the New Black. More shows like this need to be made with characters of all size, colors & background who have compelling story arcs & are well written & played.
When I was younger, I lived in Puerto Rico and my skin was very dark. I got a lot of racism from people I knew. When I moved to the states and grew older, I wasn’t out in the sun as often and my skin got lighter. So same people now go “ wow , now you’re almost as pretty as your cousins” who btw have fair skin. My dad being Afro Latino helped me cope with the negative talk. I’m not even that dark and I grew up with that negative shit. I can’t imagine what people with darker skin go through. You’re beautiful queen ❤️
I'm sure your skin tone is gorgeous
I had to actively look for dark skinned women, 4c haired on all of my social medias. It makes a massive difference to see yourself in the media you consume.
Sounds racist.
@@therightarmofthefreeworld4703 thank you, idk why people so consumed about representation. Its a woke western thing. Imagine going to the middle east and ask them to put more white or black people in their media. Or asking African media to put more whites and asians.
@@zainaba8265 people are asking for representation because they want to see themselves in the media. the western world is not only white people and we all know that , some people just want to see it on TV as well. but of course , as usual you have people who say that it's racist : it's not. it's normal to want to see people that look like you on tv weather it's your skintone , your body type , your eye type whatever. it's about seeing people who look like you on tv , feeling better about yourself because you do not about being woke. stop trying to invalidate people's feelings and try to understand where they're coming from instead of being dissmissive.
but again , we're all untitled to our own opinion.
Genuinely, representation is such a small thing but it makes such a massive difference, it's the excitement of seeing someone who looks or acts like you and it's the exposure others get to multiple groups in society thereby helping combat discrimination, in a small way
@@zainaba8265 I would say we need more representation in all media no matter where it is from because media should reflect the diversity of its setting yet frequently doesn't, non-Western countries also have racism issues and also have people of many different ethnic backgrounds within their borders because immigration has been a thing since long before written records? It's just the West has the issue of being the ones exporting their culture the most and having the worst history with racism, cause colonialism in both cases
I am a South African animator. And during my high school days doing one of my homemade comic books I made a black character that anyone who checked it out always complain on how black my character was, as if it was a crime to make a character with such a black skin tone. And it always narrowed down to joke on how black my character was, So dark skinned black character leads have to be normalized. Shout out to Khadija Mbowe on addressing these issues on her channel.
Yes, She is dope.
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm.
She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
Hey.where do you publish your work?
@@k-slash4728 I haven't published anything yet just navigating through college but I will provide the link to my artstation
@@sinelizwimsengana5908 link it bruh
I feel like I am always fighting an uphill battle to get the algorithm to recommend to me darkskin creators, I’m always so happy when I naturally find a dark skin content creator because it’s so rare 😩✋🏾
girl do we watch literally the same people? you are always in the comments section 😭
@@gloriaogara That's so true I always see her lol
I was gonna say the same thing!
So you found them? I've got some black content creotor, but not black enough to my liking.
Bother to share.
Ilani Manuella Damn, you're a black content creator!And not mixed! And a woman!
Just checked your channel, it seems interesting 'cause you have a videos that promotes feminism. I'm so blessed! I subscribed.
I've literally stood right next to my friend as some black men mocked her for being "dark". I had to double take because I just didn't expect that to be a thing. If people can do it so blatantly in broad daylight, irl, it's beyond real online come on people...
check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theory activism and is
How did you defend your friend?
When this happens, you need to defend your friend. That is what real true friends do.
I hope you called out that behaviour. A lot of that gross behaviour continues because it goes unchecked. It's normalized among some black people but I'm sure an outsider's perspective would jar them a little.
@@buetifulkay12 When did black people show friemdlimess to outsiders who soeak on black issues?
We usually tell them to mind their own business so its very hard for non blacks to defend black people
I love how you break down people being rude to skinny people vs fatphobia. I'm a pale white person with very strong pink undertones that makes it hard to find foundation. I've often watched black creators talk about having trouble finding their shade and have sympathized but I've never commented "omg, same" bc I know my personal trouble finding my foundation shade has nothing to do with systemic racism and colorism like it does with others. Watching black creators has helped me learn to look for shades other than my own that might be missing from a makeup brand.
YES.
agreed
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Can you explain fatphobia? I don't know what it means because I'm thinking of the clinical definition of the word "phobia" as it relates to fear. Since it is clear no one is "fearful" of fat people, what does fatphobia actually mean? Thanks.
@@yeahaboutthatthough3656 its like why its called homophobia, they have a distinct hatred
People calling it a preference reminds me of a tik tok by a young man explaining the difference between preference and requirement. As in, if you only date white, or lightskin, then it's not a preference. Preference means that you're open to other options, but if you stick to one then it's a requirement
💯 louder for the people in the back who pretend they can't hear.
all skin tones are equally beautiful, but are not seen that way because of colonization. If you have a "preference" for light tones, analyze why. Probably because you haven't seen that many people with dark skin being portrayed in media as beautiful. AKA color ism in media perpetuates color ism in real life.
Not only is it a requirement, it's also making a prejudgement on how you're going to feel about a person based on their skin tone before you've even met them.
And that's why folk use euphemisms like "preferences", because when you lay it out frankly it's harder to shake the colourist implications of it.
@@mi3helle707 💯💯💯
EXACTLY! THATS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!
You’re so educated when you hit on these topics and it’s insane. I mean there’s quite a few educated UA-camrs but I’ve always felt like you went so much harder with all the source citing and the information you get into but don’t have to to get to your point. Feels like a lawyer or a dissertation piece sometimes. It all makes sense now. You’re amazing and we’re blessed to have your content on here. I know I’m thankful and loving it. Thank you!
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Could not agree more! 👌🏻
* TRUE SO TRUE
Co sign and well said. KM is brilliant.
I KNOW THIS IS OFF TOPIC BUT THAT SHIRT IN YOUR THUMBNAIL IS BEAUTIFUL WERE DID YOU GET
Tbh I’m a black male and I grew up being told by my light skin mother that dark skin women weren’t the ideal. So I find you and your channel very refreshing!
Your mom was right! 😁
@@meiko2164 what ignorance motivated your comment? Are you agreeing that the social bias is against darker women is a fact that should be changed or do you seriously agree with it as a just classification?
There's NOTHING LIKE CHOCOLATE, DARK CHOCOLATE WOMEN. OR DARK DARK CHOCOLATE 💁🏿♀️. But I love anything COLORED SO., ESPECIALLY MY MEN
@@kissit012 Don’t even supply the troll ignore the madness.
Your mother is a colorist but I am not surprised by it either. Good for you for not following that same toxic mindset
Khadija’s channel is evolving to “slowly overcoming Imposter Syndrome” and I’m here for it
I’m so sorry girl 😧 your complexion is beautiful
"When someone is trying to tell you about their lived experiences it would behoove you to just listen"
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It's incredibly how many people still don't understand that and just immediately jump to discrediting experiences and invalidating them
It makes you questions yourself when that happens and it isn't okay. It's why I believe that, in certain spaces (maybe I'm wrong on this) it's better to listen instead of talk.
I understand some experiences might contradict the ones that are being spoken about, but that doesn't mean you have the right to speak over someone
Well said . Thank you
Thank you for understanding🙌🏾‼️
THIS!!! People will literally feed you any vague broad statement to cover up colorism. For instance; "I LOVE ALL BLACK WOMEN "...Just makes them sound guilty af.
Yeah i think that's something people have tendency to do that in general. They hear something and compare it with their own experience and if it doesn't align they are likely to not believe it. Well though it's highlighted in these issues because white thought, media, culture is so dominant in our society many white people have little opportunity ( unless they seek it out themselves) to get in contact with black perspective but black people have basically no choice but to be surrounded by white perspective.
That's how it seems to me personally anyway lol.
Another Black creator is Starpuppy - she is whimsical and does cosplay and hair content :)
Oh I LOVE HER, and her hair nugget!!
@@livelovelena4189 fluff nugget!!
Oh my friking God I love her!!!!
Edit to add: Shanspeare is another bomb black UA-camr I especially love her videos on the "Oreo" label and how shady the media's obsession with associating women's attractiveness with how young they look, i.e. no body hair, the sexualisation of like school uniforms etc.
Yes, she's beautiful as well.
I love her !!
I’ve noticed on a lot of “Black TV Shows”, (or shows aimed towards a primarily Black or African-American audience) there’s always the light-skinned girl, (like Hilary from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) whose considered beautiful, but whenever there’s an “ugly” or “mean,” character... They’re usually dark-skinned. Dark skinned actors usually seem to play “fallout” characters, (characters that the other cast members deride and make fun of,) and I remember I used to wonder, watching as a kid, what was supposed to make these characters “ugly,” or why they weren’t featured as often... I never knew it was because of the color of their skin! But now it seems so obvious, which is really sad and also unfair to darker-skinned actors in Hollywood. 😢
Also 'Blackish' is a bit weird
@@MotherofMunch I agree. In addition to only showing a very limited range of skin colors and a very limited view of African American experience... I’ve noticed they “punch down,” a lot... Insulting other minorities, (Mexicans, Asians, etc.) mixed-race blacks, (like Rainbow) and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
you're so accurate
I actually notice a lof ot tv show where the black girl is in an interracial relationships and the black guy is single. Scandal, Bob Loves Abishola, Spiderman, Mixed-ish, Cruell, The Little Mermaid, Dear White People, Transformers, Boogie, Amsterdam, Cinderella, Euphoria. Diseny just released a short called US Again, featuring another black female in an interracial relationship.
@@bnwo Yeah, it’s like they’re an “honorary white,” because they’re married or dating a white person. I also noticed they pair dark and light-skinned Black people together, but almost never do they have two dark-skinned actors play a couple. I know executives and casting directors do it for the sake of “diversity,” but I think it sends the wrong message. The “pretty light-skinned girl,” almost never dates someone who is darker... unless there’s something in the script about how “he’s not good enough for her.” (Though that might have more to do with the negative portrayal of African-American men, on film, in general.) Hopefully, though, people will notice this and change. ❤️
One thing I noticed that made me FURIOUS at the algorithm, was that I intentionally searching/following poc creators, I engage with their content my feed becomes diverse after putting in a lot of work, beautiful, great, I'm happy. Then I watch one video, (ONE!!!) of a white creator and suddenly my feed is flooded with this one white creator and others that look the same, even weeks after watching that person, the algorithm would sometimes push them again and again on me until I have to literally request not to recommend the chanel. It's soooo obvious that the algorithm doesn't want to push poc creators, because of the amount of work I have to put in to train my algorithm to show me some diversity, but how it still tries to push white creators all the time without provocation. It's INFURIATING. Love your videos and how you always challenge me to listen and open my mind. 🐰💜✨
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm.
She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
Where is the lie.
I thought I was the only one to see this , I feel man
Dude for real. Its insane and once you put effort towards it the bias of the algorithm really jumps out at you
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Girl! I felt all of this. Not to mention the “debates” I get into when I hear other black people, especially ones my complexion or darker say “good hair”, “pretty eyes” etc. I was just at the beach Memorial Day weekend with one of my best friends (she’s white). We went to one of those neighborhood beaches to chill for the weekend. There were a lot more white people there than other. When I tell you… okay, at the bar by the pool, one girl was drunk and she complimented me and said I looked beautiful. However, I knew it was coming and she asked me “How long did it take you to do your hair? I know you girls spend all day at the salon”. In the hot tub, another girl asks me and my friend if we’ve ever been called Ebony and Ivory. I can’t make this up! Its been that weird energy the whole weekend. I had the feeling I was a “safe black” when seen with my friend. So naturally, I was furious when it sunk in and explained it to my friend when we got back to the room. I can’t lie, I got a bit emotional. For people to say we talk about race so much, they are THE FIRST ones to bring it up. I’m a normal person man.
I can definitely relate to people having a perception about you before they hear you speak. I get that a lot! Especially when they get to know me and my interests.
I love your channel! I’m not even done with the video and I had to respond because the resonance with this was hitting my spirit. Much love! ❤️
The hair questions gave me flash backs...🙄 ugh!
@Janice White Oh she’s a great friend. She wasn’t quiet about it. She likes to remind everyone that she doesn’t care about what people think. I’m usually the shy one. She picked up on the Ebony and Ivory while as of the other vibes and comments went over her head. We were in the hot tub so it was a bit loud with the jets but she said “Ebony and Ivory WTF was that about?!” I guess the girl heard it and tried to clean it up and ask us more questions but by that time we were headed out.
You’re such a hypocrite, you clearly went there right away taking in numbers of who’s white who’s not & when someone’s asking you of how the he’ll people call you, you right away PROVE your “Furiousness” the black chicks are known for, then you make your poor white friend defend your ass and then you sit on a video where another black chick talks about how y’all are segregated lol 😂 you’re hilarious.
Intolerable Brat.
I’ve seen beautiful super dark black girls and I’d never even go there taking to them as y’all are a pain in the ass with your race talk. Pain in the ASS 😅 going to Africa would fix your “treated differently” problems.
Luggage. Airport. Fatherland. That’s what we tell to Russians in Latvia 🇱🇻
BYE 👋🏻
@@MrsPaulaTorres don't be rude. The same as your ignorant comment I can say that people like you make us europeans look so bad. She wasn't taking in numbers, she just saw people lol I mean if you were somewhere you would notice kind of the ratio between people of different skin tones or between men and women and so on. She literally shared racist encounters in daily life and you find the energy to belittle her. You go on about "angry black women", while she is shy and doesn't speak up for herself in such situations and doesn't even express one ounce of anger. From one side, I would be glad, if you deleted your comment, so she doesn't see it, but from the other, I want others to see your ignorant racist ass and see how ugly of a person you are. Also, the comment about russians was so uncalled for and nationalism in europe is another huge topic and this is not the place nor time to discuss it
You're the one who sees everything through the filter of race. You seem to care much more about it than the people who you criticise. If you can't even take a compliment without getting into a debate then you have some serious problems.
The point on dark-shinned folks having to be exceptionally beautiful is so well put, and in my opinion applies adversely and intersecionally as well. Essentially it seems to me that dark-skinned women/femme-presening indvisuals have to be the epitome of beauty while white men, especially in film and tv, can get away with being unremarkable and sttill be in the lead role.
Film is a creation of white men. In fact every bit of technology you use, the comfortable world you live in is their creation. Why should they not have their own people ? It's only natural.
Whites use all kinds of levels of looks in their media. In fact if you look at latino or asian media you'll see only extremely good looking people - and their standards are extremely strict it seems.
@@zamar2158 the fact that you think that every technological advancement was a creation by white men really shows your true racist colors. Lol you know nothing. Africa has the world's oldest record of human technological achievement: the oldest stone tools in the world have been found.. steam engines, etc. Everything came out of Africa. To claim technology as a result of whiteness... lol is absolute lunacy. But I've seen your other comments on here. Your racial bias is obvious.
All of this talking won't change matters. Some things are just the way they are.
@@MsLotusBloomstalking about it teaches and brings awareness with time things can change always.
Some of my favorite black content creators are RDCworld1, blacknerdcomedy, cilvanis, kat black, Brittany vaughn, Evelyn from the internet, kevonstage, Tony baker, etc I try to find more everyday
YESSSSSSS‼️Most of the creators you mentioned I have not heard of, but I will check them out. Thanks for the recommendations.
YAAAAASSSS!!! Evelyn and Kevonstage!!!
Small black creator/youtuber here from South Africa 🙋🏽♀️
@@chelsi.mp4 You have really cool content and I wish you the best of luck in growing your channel!
I'm white but I'm really glad that The Algorithm in its inscrutable whims decided to show me your content, love your videos and your depth of reflexion
I admit, you didn't show up on my feed. Tee Noir recommended you and I found her through Kat Blaque. And I found Kat through For Harriet.
I started watching For Harriet because, as a white woman, I felt I needed to listen to black women more. Especially black women around my age because our experiences are so vastly different.
But you became one of my top five youtubers quickly. You make me laugh sometimes while thinking critically. You also make me challenge myself. Especially digital blackface.
Plus, on a more superficial level, your voice is nice. I like people who emphasize their T and D sounds. And your videos come out Sunday which is great because I watch while I meal prep.
Yea it seems like there has to be more of a word of mouth with Black creators that eventually helps us with the algorithm
What is digital blackface
@@bibaolaitan5189 co-ask
"It's exhausting." Yes! That sums up how it feels to be a darker complected creator on this platform. I'm here for this whole commentary from top to bottom!
check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theory activism and is
It honestly makes me sad when I see dark skin/ black influencers get put to the side. And they're so talented. It just rubs me the wrong way.
I'm Italian and some time ago I was watching a video by a black Italian beauty influencer in which she reported how beauty companies would send her make up (especially foundation) to sponsorise on her channel that was always too light for her skin tone. Her video went in depth about it and I don't want to go there, what I wanted to point out was the amount of white women (like myself) telling how they went through the same thing being too light skinned.
What!?! One thing is to try to put yourself into someone else's shoes and another is to compare some inconvenience that you've experienced to a lifetime of bullying.
I had to give up arguing with them because they simply would not see my point.
UA-camr: grace on your dash 💕😭
There are people back that didn't hear you! Coz there's so many other people that just won't listen and except the truth.
@@shan7180 *accept* not trying to be rude, i just notice a lot of people use accept and except wrongly.
#compulsivebehaviour
Seems like you didn't want to see her's either ...
I feel like they were trying to show they could relate, but were being a bit clueless about it. People sometimes don't realize there's a different power sructure there when they're not the ones being actively hurt by it.
Your comment about dark skin women having to be exceptionally beautiful (especially in the media) is such an interesting point. I see alot of comments on social media (your videos included) where people will say "Oh she's so pretty" and there's an unspoken "for a dark skin person". Why can't they just be beautiful/handsome without factoring their race or complexion?
A lot of times it's not unspoken. Not sure if you know the series Girlfriend's, but the character Toni refuses to date anyone darker than her because "if we had a daughter she'd be darker than me and I don't want her hearing she's 'pretty for a dark skinned girl' her whole life like I did"
Toni ultimately marries a white man, and has a daughter. During Toni's entire pregnancy the babies ultimate "good hair" is discussed ad nauseum. In fact when the baby is born that's Toni's first concern. Not her health, weight, alertness, exc... "She has good hair!!!!"
Toni even refers to her baby as "high yellow" which is grotesquely outdated and racist.
You say its unspoken... yet you assumed they meant it that way... re you sure it's not your bias coming up..
You're the one who is assuming that race or skin colour is a factor in that situation.
As a white woman i'm so grateful I have you and other creators like you to help me learn about the plight of my fellow woman, THANK YOU Khadija. it is not your "job" but you are going out of your way to educate and help others. You make the world better.
Go away this isn’t a space for you people ugh
When I was studying film, in the lighting class, they talked about lighting different skin tones for film. I asked, "But what if you have a white person and a black person in the shot?" The class laughed and I got a dirty look from my professor. I never did get an answer.
As if that could just never happen omg.
@@WatchandLearn16 exactly! They genuinely thought I was trolling!
Y’all, please don’t engage with the racist (Hybrid Vigour) above me.
@@witchplease9695 LOL I am of the least racist
@@witchplease9695 it's not racist it's how genetics work lol phenotype is the visible trait of a gene. The gene type is the genetic code, but the color of your skin is the phenotype. Behavior trends just means which partner somebody chooses to have children with. Their comment has nothing to do with racism and it just makes it clear how skin color and any other physical trait we get isn't something chosen but something random or rather a lottery we get from our ancestors
I 100% agree with regards to the “us” being the problem. I remember Jackie Aina made a video about how you can basically “train” your algorithm.
Very much this. Like any time I watch a video that is outside what I typically watch, and my suggestions are starting to look raggedy, I tell youtube to stop that shit, and watch more black content to reset it. Same thing with like a Netflix. Same thing with Pinterest. I curate my algorithms to do what I want it to do.
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I agree. I rarely get videos with light skinned people or anything that’s not 4c hair.
Shouldn’t be put on quotes, the algorithm is literally made FOR that, to cater to YOU, of course you have to train it. For example, I’m a white girl, on the curvy side, I noticed I only followed skinny people (all colors, but skinny) I felt bad, then I started to follow more girls like me, it definitely made a change. I didn’t feel sad while browsing social media anymore, but then you have to think for yourself and self reflect and ask, am I following these people because that’s what I SUBSCONSCIOUSLY WANT? My answer was yes, I wanted to be like those skinny girls so I "punished" myself. But then I accepted myself and started reversing my choices. Made a real change. Most some people just never move past that, what they subconsciously want versus the REALITY. Acceptance is the first step.
as a darkskin creator i KNEW i wasnt bugging when my videos weren't really being pushed out! but when a white creator makes the same video it's real active for them. it can be very discouraging! also the lighting wow i felt that one deeply.
The gaslighting of racist and colorist experiences is just so freaking common. I always find it so hard to deal with people who told me i was just sensitive or taking things personally :c but it is so validating to hear someone talk about it!
"I don't care about people's race" is so often used to downplay or deny racism and it's like if that is true, and you don't have unconscious bias, that makes you the exception not the rule because so many others do
Exactly. I always think, that's great, but what does that have to do with anyone else.
I think you may have it confused. Not caring about someone's race isn't bad. The comment most akin to sounding how I think you mean would be "I don't see color", commonly used by people who probably don't care about someone's race as it isn't indicative of character, but aren't ware of the privilege they possess to say that they don't see color bc the latter sounds like them saying color isn't a determining factor of how people are treated and perceived in the world, no matter the content of their character.
@@jama3997 so I am a white liberal, who grew up in a white liberal area and both of those, more commonly your version, are things I have heard said. So, if it is being used in a different context, to the one I have experienced, to make other people feel safe and protected from systemic racism than yeah that's great, I just haven't been exposed to that cause I'm white
The problem I have with the term is, in my experience, it is it is a very simplistic response to a quite complicated topic and reveals the individual's lack of understanding on said topic but, more importantly, it functions as a response to discussions about racism and shuts it down. It is a waste of time because sure you don't care or you don't see colour but somebody else does, other people do and we where focusing on those people. I get that you have the privilege to miss the little things (because so do I) but this isn't about us, it's about the people who don't have the "privilege" to be treated with basic human rights so can we go back to the topic at hand.
Not caring about race is what we should all aspire to do but, in my experience, nobody who genuinely says that actually is uncaring about race and why does that one person's attitude matter in discussion about systemic problems. Because I have only seen either of these used in relation to discussions about racism and as a way to shut them down
It might be different in less white liberal circles, cause I get exposed to people who are just apathetic to issues and don't actually want to consider them properly despite siding with change more often than not, but that has been my experience and why I personally can not stand the term. It has just been used as a waste of my time and I get annoyed on others behalf
It's an in-between not out right supporting anti racism but trying to be against racism on an individual level, without actually putting in the effort to properly support people of colour, and it fails because it was never meant to succeed
I was thinking the same thing. I get that a lot even though I've never asked.
It's like they expect that if they themselves "don't care" the hundreds of years of oppression and murder torture didn't happen. Or at least that it's not a big deal to be brought up and worked out because they themselves aren't racist and therefore pose no threat. Like, sir!? Do you realize there are billions, with a B, billions of people on this here planet?
Anytime someone says that their words will never match their actions
It’s not far fetched to believe that colorism is becoming the new racism as are society becomes more mixed race. If look at a lot of Latin American countries where there’s a much higher percentage of mixed race people, you’ll find that people consider skin color to be similarly or just as impactful as race in their society.
new? Where?
South and South East Asia is a phenomenal example as well. I remember when I lived in bhutan and watching Indian television for the first time and every other commercial was for a skin lightening product. The most shocking was for skin lightening deodorant "you don't want to look dirty do you, use 'x' deodorant to lighten your under arms"
I would say colorism is just another form of racism or maybe a branch of racism but not new. Implicit racism will continue to find a new place to rear its ugly little head.
@@knowmyhustle honestly probably older than racism as we know it today I remember reading an article written by Ben Franklin ranking Europeans by whiteness with Anglo-Saxons at the top obvs. And colorism is precolonial in a lot of cultures though definitely made worse after
Latinoamerica has a problem with colorism. I´m peruvian so I talked from my country´s perspective, but most of this problem is rooted in colonialism. Natives who were part of the royal family ended up marying colonizers in order to not get killed like the Inca and keep themselves safe. The first mixed race kid was actually the daughter of THE colonizer Francisco Pizarro and an indigenous princess. Mixing was something that spanish colonizer saw as positive, because if native people mixed an certain amount of times they would ended up being white at one point. This obssesion with mixing is sadly alive, you can hear some peruvians (and latinos in general) say things like " You can´t be with this person cuz you have to improve your race" or " you want your kids to look like that?" when you mention that you like someone brown/black.
People were so ANGRY at that vox video too! They were commenting "now the cameras are racist. PC culture is too much" Like did you not watch the video???
I really have a hard time when people talk about preferences because they never want to deconstruct WHY they have those preferences.
As a fellow dark skinned human being (male) let me tell you: you’re a breath of fresh air and you’re brilliant!!! This is my first time viewing your content and I’m captivated. The fact that you have to use extra lighting shouldn’t even be a thing, (but I know it’s necessary and shows the professional that you are) your teeth and eyes sparkle and your personality shimmer like a black diamond. The truth be told, you’re an ambassador for the unrepresented, the ostracized, the alienated and the downright condemned because of blackness. I’ve never subscribed to any channel before but you have a new subscriber me.
Same here, she sure is.....
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm.
She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
Yes she's brilliant and I'm currently bing watching 😁!! My black gay ass feels heard and spoken for
As someone who grew up with a "I'm not racist, but.." father, I appreciate seeing videos being made to help explain these topics to people who may not be fully aware of the problem because they didn't grow up with it. Privilege is a sliding scale, it's often not an all or nothing situation; for example being a woman is a disadvantage but being a woman who isn't white is definitely harder and it needs to be talked about. It's important to realise that issues like this have nuance and isn't a simple topic and saying someone has it harder doesn't invalidate your own experiences.
my dad and other fam did the same shit and it is wild remembering some of the crap I heard AS A 12 YEAR OLD and thought: Huh, that's kind of a WEIRD thing to generalize about like, ALL Muslims ...? DX
it's absolutely insane how much people want to simplify this shit for their own ego??
You just have a victim mentality.
Men have it harder than woman get tf out lmfao
Maybe you can encourage black people to stop pretending that other people, like Shaun King and Cardi B pretend they're black. Going so far as to them having a total pass to even use the N word (Cardi B) in their music. Nobody makes a connection as to how that contributes to colorism? Really? First it's no black people are represented in mainstream outlets, then it's nit enough black people are being used, to now it's the "wrong kind" of black people are being used but we're gonna pretend a light skinned Hispanic woman is sufficient representation for black women while complaining actual black women with dark skin are being left out? Come on now. Do dark black people ever think about the problems they're causing for lighter skin black women? Ever stop and think about boycotting movies all together? I'm not talking about just virtue signaling and saying one thing while being part of the problem in reality (cough cough Cardi B).
@@geekedmaxx what 🤓
my daughter skin tone is darker then me, I make sure she sees different shades of black girls on media and on TV and she says you are so pretty. she is four years old☺️
You’re a great mother. My three year old cousin is light skin (think of Willow Smith as a child) with short, coarse, yet thin 4c hair. Whenever she wears her hair out in an Afro, I make it a duty to tell her how beautiful she is. I also sport an Afro to show her that our hair is beautiful. I also have another young cousin, a beautiful 12 year old dark skinned girl, who I constantly remind her of her beauty and intelligence. This is so important for the next generation to know that there’s power and strength in the beauty, character and intelligence.
I love video essays, and I watch SO many, but thinking about how I’ve made my way through UA-cam to get to you I think the algorithm tested my habits by taking me on a journey from just recommending white people to slowly putting more creators of different ethnicities in front of me. Now I’ve found your content I’m so mad I didn’t get here sooner.
I feel you when you mentioned people calling you pretty or attractive in the comments. I think often it's a performance of overcompensating one's biases. I remember a yt guy I was seeing who kept on saying "Wow, you're really smart", and I could only think ??? We're on the same master's degree. I don't think he would have said the same thing to a white woman.
Absolutely. I resonate with this so much it actually hurts. I'm sorry that happened to you and that it continues to happen.
Exactly! I think specifically their bias is that they feel like you already lack something and they feel obligated to make you aware of it through complimenting you. Maybe I'm not right, but would you mind explaining what you mean by "overcompensating one's biases"?
Hah reminds me of T1J comment section (he's black) & how many of the comments calling him “eloquent” thinking its a compliment jesus christ.
@Panda Pup 😭😭😭
@@tmsphere as well as the UA-camr Gothix. She is an alt right-leaning conservative black woman. Her viewership is predominantly white and they constantly talk about how eloquent she is. It’s not a compliment smh
Some of my favourite black youtubers are amandabb, amandamaryanna, as told by kenya, chizi duru, gabs and gina, theartisangeek, imuRgency...theres so many more but I can't be here all night
Yes some of my favorite UA-camrs are here. I need to check out a few of the others. Thanks for the recommendations👏🏾
I love all of them!
A short list of notable Black UA-cam content creators includes Aysha Harun, The Grapevine, Karen Hunter Show, Secretary of Shade, Tiffanie Davis, For Harriet, Benjamin Dixon, success_jr ,Papa Jean and A Tribe Called Joyce.
I love The Grapevine! ❤️
Also want to shout out Intelexual Media and Evelyn from the Internets!
These kinds of lists are so helpful.
I was looking for this ,thank you
Evelyn from the Internets is great!
"it's hard to acknowledge having privileged when you're already ostracized from living in this body"
As a gay trans disabled man that hit hard. Because, though I know that I have white privilege, I don't really see myself as privileged. I know that it's there but it's easy to forget the violence that you DON'T get when the violence that you do live feels so much more prevalent.
I've always wondered why it was so difficult for some white people to accept that they're privileged, maybe it's really just hard to.
@@catnap6966 I mean like I said, for me it boils down to oppression defining so much of my life i struggle to see myself as priviledged (i mean sometimes i do, it's obvious compared to some others, but, like, most of the time).
repent, I'm telling you. God will not be mocked.
I feel you lol but also there's a difference between ppl that have a hard time accepting this reality but do it anyway like you and the ppl that just choose to ignore it bc it's so much easier
Most ppl have some kind of privilege. ALL it means is that you have a step up in that area. I am still privileged as a black queer disabled woman but that doesn't those things don't affect me negatively. Privilege doesn't mean that you have it easy. It means you have a few less obstacles
I live in a predominantly black place and colorism here is very different from the USA, but that's another topic. I like to watch international shows but recently I found it very difficult to stomach African American shows anymore.
When I was young there were very many AfAm family comedies with black people of very many hues on TV, and its like it got... worse? Underground, Lovecraft County, Euphoria, every movie Amandla is in the black women who were the romantic leads were getting lighter and lighter and lighter. It's like even the 'middle brown tone' is being phased out lol. I then stumbled upon Snowfall.
The lead dude had a great deep complexion and that's when it happened. Not even 30 mins into the episode his dark skin mother had ALL THE PROBLEMS and his cute next-door neighbor was teetering on racial ambiguity (despite her dad being black af) and I just switched off. I'd had enough. This isn't to insult the actors but heavens!
Personally, I was only in North America for schooling and got tired from all the microaggressions and I was so triggered by this show it reminded me how unwelcome I felt. Ps. I have darker skin and I get you. Living as a black woman in the USA or Europe is... yeah.
Anyway, I just know you're presence on the internet will inspire a young dark-skinned girl in America to launch whatever channel she wants to launch. Great Job!!
Where do you live now? and do you have any show suggestions?
@@allysona843 I actually just stick to international shows (not that they aren't problematic) because I'd much rather watch shows where they are ethnically homogenous. Otherwise when shows try putting a black person in who is A. Light skinned (acceptable) B. Full featured black but with ZERO storyline I simply don't give it the time of day (read Winx club and the Gossip Girl reboot) because WHY????
I also live in Kenya 🇰🇪
I have to agree with this. Shows from the 90s portrayed dark-skinned people (especially women) more frequently. Somewhere along the way, things have done a 180. It kind of feels like we've gone backwards.
I am a black woman living in Europe, and I must say I am the darkest black person that I have ever seen here and never, never my skin color was a problem or I was meant to be ashamed of. In my town there are about 5-10 black persons and no matter your shades black is black here and if you are biracial again no matter how dark you are, you are a biracial.
People are picked on there skill set , if a lightskin has better acting skills than a darkskin , it's not because of there skin color but because there skill set so stfu
You’re right. People aren’t stopping and listening to people. They immediately get defensive or disregard other people’s experience
on the having to try harder to be taken seriously: i feel this is where white feminists lose the plot on intersectionality, because yes women do have to try harder to be taken seriously, and non white women, especially darker skinned women do have to try even harder
Exactly. As someone who passes white easy, I forfeited my right to claim race discrimination ages ago. I recognise that the world sees me as a white woman, therefore I am privileged.
This!
@@sparksfly6149 exactly. i am white, but it was never a question to me if we are on the same level because we arent. all women are women, yes, but that doesnt erase our differences like race, able bodied-ness, color, gender identity, and sexuality. just need to say that to get it off my mind
@@jordan-my2vl
Exactly. I may experience sexism, but in my country where whiteness is the standard I will never experience racism. I just think it’s ridiculous that some white women compare their level of oppression to that of a POC woman, when there are many nuances and disadvantages unique to being a POC, or having an obvious disability. All women need to stick together, but part of making that happen is recognising that some of us have a uniquely advantaged or disadvantaged position, and leveraging that for the rights of all women.
@@sparksfly6149 RIGHT LIKE saying "we're all
women" doesnt take away from the individual struggles different women face, and that gets glossed over a lot
"Doing twice as much for half the recognition or acceptance...." Has been like an anchor around my neck my entire life. Thank you for acknowledging how exhausting it is to live like that. Great video
You’ve said everything I talk about but people consistently tell me I’m “being negative “ or to “get over it”.
Say what you feel girl ♥️
They are right.
People would rather to blame you than to feel any guilt or face that our world needs help. They do that for any one that belongs to a lesser class, no followers, no money, or racism in general
So true. I met a person a while ago and their outlook was the same plus the typical “why is everything about race”, or “it’s not that deep”. After a month of having to interact with that person their finally realized “damn, I can see it and I get it” all while they themselves were facing very similar issues.
they cannot handle the truth
You should get a side job being a professor at a university. We need more young women of color in academia. Or teach a class in the community.
@Blank Mane even more so than black people?
Everyone, check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theorybactivism and is the first one to pin this therm.
She is a legend and wil go in Herstory for what she is doing right now.
Khadija and F.D. Signifier both feel like college professors that get lunch together to discuss their academic specialties
why does the color of your skin matter so much
@@weirdflex8158 did you watch the vid? Have you had a history class? Have you existed in this world?
I'm so glad I found your channel. It is such a shame that black (especially dark skinned) creators are hidden away cause a combination of the algorithm and a lack of searching keeps them away from an audience that would really enjoy their stuff.
I am so with you on the white shirt thing!!
My degree is in theatrical Directing and part of what I studied was lighting and how to achieve balance in an image. White shirts are THE WORST. While I was working on my final few shows I made the immediate rule that we would use absolutely no white in our costumes because I just wasn't willing to deal with the lighting.
Also, I've had a lot of theatre professionals legitimately complain because it's "harder" to style and light actors with dark skin. If you're reading this and you hear someone say something like that, do me a favor and smack them. It's not harder, it's different, and we were trained using whiteness as a standard. Nobody needs to be making black actors/performers/creators feel bad about that.
If you live in a major city and need help learning how to better represent different skin tones in your work, look around for groups that represent or work with a lot of BIPOC creators and ask if someone is willing to help you. Arts folk are nice but don't take it personally if the first person you ask isn't available. (It's no one's job to educate you but your own)
I'm not even sure why I started writing this but I wanted to give some thoughts on people's challenges lighting darker skin. Anyway! Loved the video!
I'm not going to jail for assault. However, I will tell them that if they knew what they were doing or were a professional, they would know how to light for all skin tones and that whiteness is not the standard.
check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theory activism and cfeated a lot of contend only on darkskin, more than anyone in the world. Just check oit her bio
You can ban white on clothes because YOU find it hard but I suspect you aren't willing to give into
other people's desire to keep their job as easy to do as possible.
Why expect others to learn how to deal with lighting with people with dark skin if they can avoid it?
So stop your bitching if people follow your example and ban people with dark skins from their shows.
@@mgheichert because clothing can be changed out without discriminating against people? Are you serious dude?
I've been doing this my entire life, it's very easy to avoid wearing large amounts of white on stage and it is possible to properly light, but it's difficult and expensive, so it's not hard to just pick items with minimal white in them to help out the lighting designer. How do you think just not hiring people with dark skin is preferable?
Are you just trying to come off as racist or are you completely lacking in self awareness?
as a hispanic person i’ve experienced so much colorism and have been shut down by my own community for simply speaking abt my disadvantage. thank you so much for continuously speaking abt this topic🤍
Too bad you weren’t born white. Then you would have been taught that race doesn’t matter.
Minorities aren’t taught such progressive ideas. Which is why you have a victim complex. Whites are taught that being white, or black, or Hispanic, or what have you is unimportant. Minorities, on the other hand, are taught that the color of you skin is the only thing that’s important.
This video is hilariously misinformed from a white-progressive point of view.
@@googlefearsaltmedia218 Wait so her talking about what she went through growing up for being brown skinned is a victim complex
@@googlefearsaltmedia218 uhm…no???
@@canipetthatdawg9377 the thing is every gets shit that’s the nature of life
@@greatestindanationwide8332 Just stfu and go away
Does anyone know of a content creator that is of African descent, and male, who talks realistically about how colorism effects darker skinned boys? My nephew is 13 and struggling immensely. This channel is brilliant, but I think a male perspective would really benefit my nephew as well. Peace and love to everyone❤️.
F.D Signifire has a video on colorism and stereotypes of black men in media. I’m not sure how many videos he has like that yet; just saw it today. It was one of the small channels she recommended.
F. d signafire did a video sort of touching on this. He's in my small channel shoutouts pinned comment
@@lydiagrafton8481 Same here. I watched that video and a few more on his channel. His content is great⭐️
@@JulianSteve Then I look forward to diving deeper into his content!
Themis and Thoth may have a video about colorism. He does commentary about the black community, masculinity, etc...
The amount of times I've heard that I speak so well could get me a home in CA. So annoying and unfortunately it's come from black folks and white folks. I used to try and mess up the way I speak on purpose because I didn't want to stand out in that way. Smh! I would go back to that little girl and tell her nothing was wrong w her
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Yup - had to dumb ourselves down just not to stand out. Kinda twisted isn’t it.
@@bikeshop2002 because of how you write?? People are weirddd
I’ve been called coconut
Evidence of colorism in Africa; skin lightening creams. I swear their everywhere. There were times I'd stay indoors for weeks just because my lighter skinned companions would say it helps "brighten up" the skin
It's sad, dark skin is gorgeous and you're less likely to be burned. So while us white girls will get rid with blisters if we don't put on sunscreen, darker skinned people don't have that big of a problem.
I’m Japanese and skin lightening products are all the rage here in Japan as well… A lot of people want to avoid yellowish complexions or tanned complexions and strive for pearly white skin. “Wow your skin is so white” is a considered a compliment. There’s nothing wrong with complimenting white skin and I understand people wanting it, but to live in a society where white skin is considered the only ideal skin tone feels so wrong and makes me sad.
same in india!!!
On the requirement that dark skinned people be Gorgeous, it seems like this is a thing for people with all kinds of devalued bodies. Fat women and trans women are expected to be high femme and v pretty in a way other women aren't. Yes I'm aware these can all intersect but I have no big brain thoughts about that.
Thanks for pointing this out! It's something I hadn't considered
It’s something that as a fat disabled woman, I feel deeply. Do I put extra effort into looking very polished just because I feel I’m already starting from a lower baseline? Yes. Yes I do. And it’s all tied up with sexism, with how women often feel like we have to decorate the world with our beauty, so if I’m already less beautiful as a fat wheelchair user, I’d best put in that extra effort in order to do my part, ya know? It’s not usually as thought through as that, but having dug deep into my psyche about it, that’s where I’ve ended up.
I feel like I’m order to get the same respect (or let’s be honest, not the same level, but any) respect as a disabled fat woman, I’d best be putting my best foot forward at all times. I need to “clean up well” otherwise I’m looked over as if I’m invisible. And I’m not just talking by men, I don’t give a sh!t about men, but people generally. If I put more effort in, I’m more likely to be talked to directly, as opposed to someone talking to whoever is pushing my wheelchair.
But it’s a LOT of effort, and that effort is even harder because of my disabilities. I still do it though. And it’s like it’s tainting something I really love. Dress history, makeup and fashion are some of my passions. But feeling like I HAVE to put in extra effort every single time I leave my house, it taints something that I do genuinely love.
As a trans person- YES this. I feel like I have to do so much more to be respected and I can’t imagine what that would be like for black trans women as well
Khadija you are intelligent and gorgeous. There are some incredibly ignorant people out there, I'm so disgusted and appalled by some of things that are being said to you.
You are a different kind of person, but that is due to the quality of your content... and your inspirational singing.
I managed to make my TikTok COMPLETELY poc! And 97% black only. It took some time and “not interested” and “block” the others and even ads but now I can scroll for hours and I will NEVER see a yt creator. That’s when I realized the algorithm really feeds you what you choose to consume
Didn't see Princess Weeks, Black Nerd Comedy, or Double Toasted on your list. Eveyone else I could think of off the top of my head was already there.
Double Toasted is an ensamble, but the 3 main people include a light skinned black guy, a dark skinned black guy, and a white guy. Then a bunch of others that are also in a lot. They are also mostly on Twitch, but do a lot of clips on UA-cam.
Edit: Princess Weekes IS on your list, under her channel name. Oops. My mistake. Rashad Ritchie is also starting a new show with TYT Network on Twitch.
Double Toasted is hilarious! But as a Black woman, the lack of Black women represented (whether in the films they review or guest panelist) is non-existent. So non-existent that over time, it became clear that this is simply their choice. Listen to many jokes they make about the Black guy "getting a piece" of the white girls etc. I've seen one woman of colour as a panel guest and that session started with them talking about the fact that she was a mix of German, Black etc. etc.
I still love 'em because they're talented with great production. But other than the love of their mothers, it feels like they've determined their audience demographic will only tolerate male Blackness. Maybe featuring Black women is just "too pro-Black."
@@andeendrayton1253 The main guy is married to a European woman, so that is likely the main source of many of those jokes. But yes, the point is well taken and I would hope they would try to correct it.
As a white girl from Europe I am so glad to receive this reality check. I'm sitting here and asking myself why it's never occurred to me to wonder what it would feel like to walk down the street or walk into a room of strangers in a darker skinned body. These things aren't a part of my lived experience, but I can now start confronting my biases around them. And boy are there a lot of topics where I need to dig deeper. You don't even know how grateful I am to be doing this work now and not later down the line.
What biases do you have?
@@therightarmofthefreeworld4703 mindya
Ohhhhhh. That comment about not wanting to put your image on certain videos is relatable. I had moments when I didn't know whether I should include my picture within my portfolio (for work). You never know who's going to be reading it and what kind of biases they may have.
Khadija, you need to watch Dr. Ramani's video entitled "The roles of gaslighting and narcissism in racism
". I think it will clear up what I was trying to get to.
ua-cam.com/video/4aZKNck6LDE/v-deo.html
As a south East Asian WOC I was always praised for my fair skin as a child and into my adolescence. This is such an interesting, well made and informative video! Thank you!!!
People who have never had to face colorism really think we make this stuff up or are exaggerating, but they don't understand how painful it is.
And it is extra painful because it is usually people from our own race who are colorist against us. At least, that is my experience as an Indian.
We aren't represented in the media and it hurts to see skin lightening products being promoted on tv as if there is something wrong with being darker skinned.
i just love seeing people who are close to my skin tone and darker. it just brings me a lot of pride and happiness. this is so well formatted wow, i’m inspired!!✨ amazing job yet again, Khadija🥰
If a white person said that they would be called a racist.
@@therightarmofthefreeworld4703 you are under every comment beloved. give it up!
So basically you hate people who are lighter than you or mixed and lighter , wow , black people especially darkskins see color and race more than anything
@@geekedmaxx be gone, troll! Black people are just sharing what they experience on a daily basis. Crazy how there are still naysayers to racism/colourism. Must be v embarrassing for you 😳
@@2DNoodle1 im not a troll lightskins have experiences to though
Some people really need to accept that they don’t understand everyone else’s experience. I feel for everyone having to put up with society’s colourist shiz on a daily basis.
Colorism exists in every society and anyone who tries to deny it is just unwilling to face their own biases
Fumi Desalu-Vold does a great series called Sister 2 Sister. She's been on youtube for years but for some reason only has like 54000 subs. She's in her 50s and has a lot of life advice, is a gorgeous dark-skinned woman and just a total vibe!! 💖
You are beautiful. I love how your skin makes your brown eyes stand out. My daughter has the same complexion and it’s so beautiful 😍
Do you think you can do some kid friendly commentary so she can watch you too? I want her to continue to grow to be as confident as you. Representation is everything!
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I'm hispanic and I got teased a lot for having very light skin and looking "white" by family and friends. It hurt a lot to be teased but I totally agree with your point, that in the overarching society, having lighter skin is a priviledge and allows a person to face less unconcious bias. I now accept and embrace my natural skin tone and I feel the teasing I faced for it opened me up to listen to darker skin people discuss colorism and the effects its had on their life. I have so much empathy for you, it's so rediculous to for people to judge based on something yiu have no control over
yea but regardless being teased by your family hurts.......whether it's white teasing or black teasing, we have feelingsss. Society needs to teach themselves that it's wrong to bully someone based on anythingg
@@alexiasoogrim3036 I totally agree! I hated being teased for something I couldn't change and tried to do everything I could to "look more hispanic" (I later realized people were holding me to a bullshit stereotype of hispanic people because we come in all different skin tones - white, tan, black) I tried to tan, and always ended up with sunburns. Tried to use toning lotions but hated how fake and orange they made me look. Colorism affects everyone, just in different ways. Hopefully all these discussions and videos help people realize the damage their doing to other people with colorism
@@BlackFameWorld Nice reach given the context
We are so obsessed with this stuff for no reason, when your being excepted for college no one cares how dark you are, when you're being hired no one cares, they might care what overall race but they won't care if you're dark or light or brown, they might care if you're black but that's it.
@@medabot4003 how is that a reach, those are straight facts.
The part about technology and how the pictures weren't made to pick up dark skin well was very fascinating. I had never even considered that could be a thing. A lot of people like to have the idea that machines are cold and completely focused on facts, but it is true that the people who make the machines influence them.
I am very glad I found your channel, it has so many interesting topics that I do not usually think about in my daily life.
I remember Jackie Aina talking a while ago about "fixing your algorithm" to see a wider variety of content, and I think taking some of that advice is how I ended up finding your channel!
"They talk about how beautiful I am...", I TOTALLY understood where youre coming from!! I don't know how many times I've heard "OMG you're so pretty for a Dark skin girl", or men saying "I usually don't date Dark skinned girls, but you bad'' or my skin tone is fetishized ...I hate it here on Earth 😂
I've actively tried to seek out content from darker-skinned black women (Khadija, AsToldByKenya, amandabb) because hearing their perspective really helped me confront my own implicit biases and understand how even though I never tried to be intentionally racist, I nevertheless was unconsciously benefitting from institutional racism and perpetuating the same structure without totally realizing it. The analogy I try to use is if I tell someone my house is clean, but I'm only looking at the walls around the house, whereas someone standing on a ladder could see that my roof was dirty and covered in debris. It's not that I was being disingenuous in my opinion, but more so they had a perspective that I didn't and without it that perspective, my was opinion on how clean my house was was based on an incomplete picture. I'm always grateful for content like this that's not only enlightening, but also entertaining at the same time. Also, you don't need to pull off a white shirt because you've looked killer in every color you wear. Have a blessed Sunday!
I just want to say as a dark skinned film student I can tell you that lighting darker skin tones is pretty hard a lot of it has to do with colour science and colour temperatures but it takes a lot of practice and a lot of lights to do so. I think you are doing a great job with you lighting and with your channel overall. Keep doing what you are doing.✨
my Filipina friend recently discussed with me the colorism they have there. that as a darker skinned Filipina, her grandmother told her to marry a light skinned man so her children wouldn't be as dark, and her mother used to give her skin lightening cream. This was when she was a child, mind you. awful.
I mean, I'm from Spain, my youtube location is Spain, and my language Spanish and youtube doesn't even dare to recommend me Spanish creators, and that's the info I have chosen, I guess the algorithm just doesn't care also I started to look up for black women channels since youtube has never recommended black creators and after getting more educated in marxism and black marxism I wanted to hear your voices and opinions since I was a bit done with the books, cause the longer I think about it the more I realize I haven't been exposed to black people at all, opinions, point of view, struggles, etc, after watching a lot of videos picked by me, youtube finally recommend me your video which was odd (title lmao) and I'm so thankful, I love your content in fact right now I am binge-watching your videos and most importantly I'm learning a lot, thank you and all the love from a little town in the south of Spain❤️
Please this is so wholesome. I hope you are having a really good day today.
The only thing the separates Spain and Africa, is an earthquake and antiquity. African Moors ruled Europe (mostly Spain and Portugal) from 711 AD to 1492 AD. They are responsible for civilizing Spain and Europe, although Spanish rulers have tried to erase this from historical records. The African Moors are responsible for bringing Europe out of the Dark Ages. Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and Philosophy were introduced to Europe, while 99% of the European population were illiterate up until the 1800s.
Public utilities, hospitals, universities that issued educational degrees, public libraries, public baths, botanicals, paved roads, illuminated streets, and hygiene maintenance, existed in Africa before Europe. It was through the Moors, paper and Arabic numerals were introduced to Europeans. Africa has the world's oldest spoken and written languages, and the birthplace of advanced mathematic concepts that are still learned in schools today.
Medical procedures performed in ancient Africa before Europe: vaccinations, autopsy, limb extraction and broken bone setting, bullet removal, brain surgery, skin grafting, filling of dental cavities, installation of false teeth, Caesarean sections, anesthesia and tissue cauterization. Architecture, engineering, mining of minerals, metallurgy and tools, navigation, law and religion, philosophy, international trade, and art were surpassed to those in Europe.
"You can be average an be considered cute"" giiiiirl you hit the nail in the head of fashion industry today, I see a lot of "exotic looking" white people beinge praised for nothing, I saw an average looking white girl on Instagram and just because she had bush "monobrown" she's was considered a high fashion model, and I literally though "if that was a dark skin woman she would never be considered high fashion or the """it thing"''"""" , cause I know a lot of dark skin people are considered "exotic" just for being dark skin
I hope my comment made sense for y'all
I actually saw your thumbnail, and clicked because I thought your skin was beauitful and that you might be doing beauty tutorials. Stayed because of the intelligent content.
Two more creators of colour I enjoy that aren't on your list already are Not your Momma's history and Cydnee Black
how could I forget Cydnee!
Just got into not your mommas history! Love her
I’m so happy I found your channel. I am also a very dark skinned woman. I started off lighter as a child and then my melanin started to take over. I was ridiculed as well. Even told that I was dirty and wasn’t taking good enough baths and such. You are speaking my whole life story down to people not expecting me to speak the way I do, act the way I do and like the things I do.
I’ve spent so much time hating my skin so much that when I could I bought skin lightening products. The only reason I didn’t use them is because I like research and at the last minute (these were very emotional purchases) I decided to do research and didn’t feel like having potential burns were worth it. It didn’t help that my mother is very light skin beautiful woman. I would have to make my own video to get into all of that.
I didn’t start liking my skin until I got with my current partners. Where my skin is loved and when summer comes around and my skin gets even darker it’s admired instead of shunned. I feel bad about it as I get older because I’ve always been the mirror image of my grandmother, like if you look at a picture of use at the same ages you would think we’re the same person. I never considered her to be ugly and she always told me I was a beautiful young girl and should walk with my head up. I wish she were alive to see how I’ve changed and come into my skin. Ok, I’m done with my emotional rant on a UA-cam vid.
check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theory activism and is
@@bendemare5270 Thanks, ill check them out
❤️❤️
@@broad6155 he’s been commenting in all the comments to check it out
Just remember this, MELANIN IS WORTH more than gold🙅🏾♀️💪🏿 so embrace that beautiful melanin. Cause that's deep. That's y they want our organs, n everything else we stand for. I love the fact that ppl hate me n my color cause fa real it's fear n jealousy more than hate.
Thank you for the honesty and vulnerability. Thank you for pushing past the discomfort and obstacles and the painful comments to put this kind of stuff online. You inspire me everyday
check out RASHIDA STROBER, she is the Mother of DARKISM theory activism and is
It's their problem, not hers.
I only found your channel a few days ago Khadija and I can’t stop watching and learning. Your perspective is so valuable. I realize that i am not entitled to a version of your experience and research that is easily accessible to me, a white woman; nonetheless-I am extremely grateful for your willingness to teach and reveal. You have made me question my own implicit biases. Thank you.
Some recommendations to decolonize your recommended page: Elizabeth Arianna (yoga), lifewithgloreeb (lifestyle), Habesha Traveler (travel), happyblacklegends (commentary), Stephanie Perry (travel)
i love how you said decolonize lmbo, maybe my humor is just brokennn
oo yoga!
Nyima Tang (beauty), you don't have to be black to watch her, her content is really interesting.
I follow most of those ppl !!!
16:25 WAIT is _THAT_ why I have to turn on my lamp in zoom meetings every time??? If I’m not facing the window on a sunny day my quality is literally the worst on call and I figured it was just a low quality webcam.
ask Oprah
she had to get a different lighting design team JUST to look good on her own show
and it looked great
it's like when you hear about actresses having to take their own makeup and hair to any photo/video shoot
**twice the work for half as much**
Thank you for posting this video, we need more videos about ACTUAL issues in BIPOC communities. I really appreciate your content and just your presence in general, since I've subscribed to you're channel I've learned so much. (This was autocorrect but it is I am Eloho) I love you.