COLORISM
Colorism is the practice of discrimination favoring lighter skin over darker skin. The preference for lighter skin can be seen within any racial or ethnic background.
TASK - Spread awareness to be confident in your own skin.
PROBLEMS
- Colorism affects one’s mental health
- The desirability of fairness is drilled in the young girls
at a young age because of social pressure.
- Even at professional sphere, darked skin candidates are
less favored for higher paid jobs.
- The desirability of fairness is drilled in the young girls
at a young age because of social pressure.
- Even at professional sphere, darked skin candidates are
less favored for higher paid jobs.
SOLUTION / THINGS WE SHOULD DO
- Recognize within yourself
- Become role models for younger generations
- Be confident in our own skin
- Build courage to shut the people degrading you
- Create more awareness
- Stop using fairness cream
- Become role models for younger generations
- Be confident in our own skin
- Build courage to shut the people degrading you
- Create more awareness
- Stop using fairness cream