"Pretty, for a dark-skinned girl"
Have you heard or used this phrase, "So and So is pretty to be dark-skinned"? Often, the African American community is "woke" and vigilant when other races or cultures discriminate against us because of the color of our skin. However, some take a blind eye or are silent when it comes to discriminating within the same race or ethnic background. It then shifts to harmless jokes and teasing. Right? This behavior is coined as"Colorism." Colorism is defined as the discrimination o