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3 posts tagged skin tone
“Get a suntan!”
I have albinism. It is screamed at me on the street. Dozens of times over my life. Made me feel like a freak. Like I was about to get beat down if I speak up. Sometimes I speak up.
“Your skin is too dark and your features are too Indian. You will never find a boyfriend with that dark skin of yours. Look at you cousin, she is beautiful and white. Boys line up around the corner to ask her out. Try to look more like her and maybe you’ll find someone.”
What my grandmother said to me, a 14 year old Indian girl. Made me feel worthless, ugly, and unloved.
“My mom used to make me put on Fair and Lovely. She just wanted me to be pretty!”
My friend. I am an African-American woman. It made me feel like I couldn’t be pretty because I’m dark-skinned.
