how does that make colorism any less of an issue

Even if I think of all the lightskins I can think of, most of the niggas end up being eye candy and the rest are just women because you gotta have the lightskin woman to love on.

this nigga is uncle phil bruh

All this arguing over OP’s perception when the truth - which could’ve been googled - is more like:

• only darker skinned black men are accepted as viable leads cause light skin men are seen as not masculine enough to be A-list stars (which also extends to a noticeable lack of non-brunette leading white men with the “dark=masculine” idea)
• there aren’t a lot of legit A-list megastar black actresses

Basically film is…behind when it comes to these things. Says a lot that the social art medium (music) is much better when it comes to balanced representation but the escapist fantasy medium (film) is still so far behind. Makes you wonder about America’s collective fantasies when it comes to people

And besides, we should try to figure out how to make it so we’re all represented as one equal black people instead of having this discussion

we can fight both at the same time imo

If you get rid of white supremacy u gotta get rid of the coons who uphold it within the black communities

How are we supposed to tackle systemic racism when u have people who don't believe it exists in the black community? (worldwide too)

Iirc Haitians killed off all the people they couldn't trust before going to war for revolution so... there's that

That...and I think many people had a problem with the roles dark-skinned people in the show actually had. Either they were characters you hated or a pointless throwaway character with little use.

Thats all there is besides bridgerton dude.

Agent set him up for slander cause from what I’ve seen of him, he can act

bruhhh idk what to say bro
idk what to say

"lightskin men not masculine enough to be a list stars"

WILL SMITH DOESNT EXIST TO YOU

like I get what y'all are going for I really do but its grasping at straws and ignoring the wide variety of people

The entire cast of the Wire would like a word

I mentioned Will Smith in a previous post. He is also the only exception

This isn’t grasping at straws either, this issue is such a common black media study it’s like saying the sky is blue lol I can’t believe this thread is even arguing about this

exactly it aint none

I get what he's saying. It actually makes sense.

Gus is the best villain on the entirety of Breaking Bad

b...b..but colorism

will smith is not light skin 💀💀

Again, stop consuming Tyler Perry movies.

In addition, yes the lightskin vs darkskin s*** is really just a meme. I’m “lightskinned” and it’s never bothered me when niggas joke about lightskin niggas being soft. It’s alway been just a joke.

With regards to representation, I guess we could make even more progress with regards to darker- skinned actresses being better represented (we have already made a lot of progress), but representation in media is such a minor issue in the black community compared to all the other s*** we’re facing, so I really don’t care about that

Fine if it makes sense then whats your call to action of how we change it with actors you think aren't getting shine

According to dumbfuck logic itt

will Smith existed and is a huge star so no! lightskin men have been lead actors and colorism doesn't exist nor affect any black person (especially not darker people)

To white people he is for some reason

No we can't, this is unhelpful

African americans in the 60's-90's understood that richer blacks were advantaged compared to the rest of the pop and that they upheld some toxic views but they put that aside in their community and only cared about their struggles as blacks

Some groups nowadays just feel like their pet issue is bigger than the collective cause and actively divide all of us

does this comment make sense?

You don't gotta be white passing to be light skin.

Will Smith is not that dark. Neither is Michel B Jordan. Like if you stretched that s*** real hard maybe? Like I've seen niggas say Megan Good and Taraji p Henson aren't lightskin but I mean I'd argue they are.

Listen man I don’t look at him like a light skin brotha either but I’m just talking about the perception. Most people are just gonna say he is