It goes without saying that issues of hue remain present in the Black diaspora.
Indeed, as highlighted in our ‘Word…Light Skin / Dark Skin Debate’, there exists unwavering controversy surrounding the social and commercial representation of “dark” skin and what it means to be “dark” in the modern.
It’s a debate which forms the focus of new mini-documentary ‘Dark Girls’ – by Bill Duke and D. Berry.
Check out the 10-minute teaser of the insightful feature (due in full later this year) above…
Your thoughts?
4 COMMENTS
aishaaguilerakeys
April 23, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Well, I’m dark skinned, I love being dark skinned, wouldn’t want to be anything else. That’s all.
Chaperel
April 23, 2012 at 9:35 pm
if this was about beyonce and jay z and blu ivy it would get like 300 comments
Carl
April 24, 2012 at 3:13 pm
^ So true
Say Whaaaaat!
April 27, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Great Doc…All women suffer for some type of low self esteem. You have to build it up and love yourself …. tell the world to F* off.
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