No American should ever live under the cloud of suspicion because of what they look like.
Colorism is unfortunately still an issue today.
In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table along with those who face discrimination based on the way that God or Nature or our Intelligent Designer created us.
In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.
How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head?
Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.
I would be ignorant to say colorism doesn't exist; it's gross and disgusting.
I was teased a lot, growing up, because of my skin tone.
We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'