Effect Of Colorism In Our Society

I've been discussing on colorism for a few days now, and today I'm getting to the final moment of it, which is the impact of colorism in our society and what can be done to eradicate it, despite the fact that it may appear unachievable.

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There have been lot of effects of colorism.... let's imagine all the white people disappear tomorrow, do you all know that colorism will still furthermore exist in our communities and that's the most painful part.

There's no denying that people with lighter skin benefits from preferential treatment in our society ranging from education to employment and media representation and even when it comes to modelling jobs. I know some won't believe this but it's just what we are facing in our communities and let me back this up with some examples......

1. Those that are familiar with indians and you don't even need to be familiar with them, just by watching their movies alone, we get to know more about them.... have you ever noticed that brides over there are highlighted in arranged marriage ads and even preferred to as a way to attract prospective grooms

2. There was a study that found out that young light skin black adults in America received higher wages and had better quality jobs than their dark skin counterparts in 2008.

3. in Africa there's high rate of buying and selling of skin bleaching products and you see a lot of people both male and female losing their natural beauty just to be light skinned and in the end they start having several skin reactions which was caused by those bleaching products. and the most crazy part especially where I live is that lightening cream and lotions can be found in drug stores... can you imagine?

Though I can't blame them though since bleaching is not illegal and they also want to enjoy the benefits of being a light skinned individual.

SO HERE COMES THE QUESTION CAN ANYTHING BE DONE CONCERNING COLORISM?

With our society's ‘ beauty bias ' for eurocentric features and women's worth being heavily tied to their appearance, dark skin women are usually the hardest hit by colorism..... Darker skinned women report more symptoms depression and physiological deterioration than lighter skinned women and as the last part of the article concerning colorism, I will talk about what I think we can do about colorism

I'm glad that colorism isn't as prevalent as it once was, since we now understand the truth about being black, which is that it's a beautiful and incomparable and gorgeous... Despite the fact that the digital landscape and the virtual world is changing the conversation about colorism, I believe it should be treated more seriously and that more improvement is required.

Uncomfortable, challenging, and honest talks must take place, just as they do with racism, in order for change to be implemented, and we must raise awareness and educate ourselves on this particular topic and education surrounding this topic and this should extend to schools, universities, the communication field even the cosmetic industries and all these should be done in transparent manner.

What do you think can be done to eradicate colorism within our communities?.

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