Cocoa Butter, India.Arie and Colorism Trolling in the Music Industry
by Akiba Solomon on April 4 2013, 6:00AM
R&B meets colorism meets online marketing again. It’s annoying.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Arts & Culture
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VideoCocoa Butter, India.Arie and Colorism Trolling in the Music Industry
by Akiba Solomon on April 4 2013, 6:00AM
R&B meets colorism meets online marketing again. It’s annoying.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Arts & Culture
CNN Contributing Producer Probes Lingering Pain of the ‘One Drop’ Rule
by Akiba Solomon on December 7 2012, 9:43AM
CNN’s upcoming “Black in America 5” wades into the deep of black identity and skin color politics. Here, Dr. Yaba Blay, a Ghanain-American scholar whose independent work sparked the special, talks about the nuances of a topic often considered too hot TV.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, History, Media
What Colorist Tweet Memes Miss: It’s #TeamStructuralRacism
by Akiba Solomon on July 7 2011, 9:28AM
Tweet memes like #TeamLightSkin are the latest example of our insistence that skin-tone obsession is just personal preference. It’s not. Research shows just how much it shapes our lives.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Technology
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