Dark Girls: Preview of Documentary
The self-hate of ones skin color or the texture of their hair is prevalent today as it was in the days our ancestors were slaves. I remember a quote from Bell Hooks,
"As a strategy of colonization, encouraging enslaved blacks to embrace and uphold white supremacist aesthetics was a masterstroke. Teaching black folks to hate dark skin was one way to ensure that whether white oppressors were present or not, the values of white supremacy would still rule the day."[/p]We do not have to look no further than today's rap lyrics to see the embrace of self-hate for our own race.[/p]
"And uh, long hair, don't care/I put it there, right there..." - Lil Wayne (My Ni**a)[/p]
"light skinned girl, long curly black hair, sorry for wasting time, I know you probably don’t care..." -
The Game[/p]Directors Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry put together a documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color—particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.[/p]

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