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ErikahLawson
ProfessorRaymond
UWRT1104
28July2016
MLA
ThoughtsAboutColorism
Iheldaconversationwithafewmenteesandmentorsaboutmytopicofcolorismandmost
oftheresponsesIreceivedwereexpected.IaskedquestionslikeHowdoyoufeelabout
colorismandwhatthoughtstheyhaveaboutit?orHaveyouexperiencedcolorisminyourlife
andifsohowdiditmakeyoufeel?andpeoplehadsimilaranswers.Igottheopinionsfrom
peopleofdifferentshadestoseehowtheyareaffectedbythisconceptofcolorism.Ialsoasked
Doyouthinkcolorismcanbestopped?andIwasshockedbytheresponseIwasgiven.
Someonetoldmethattheydonotthinkthatcolorismcanbestoppedbecauseofthedirectionin
whichsocietyismovingin.Otherssaidthatitcanbestoppedbecausetheirviewwasthatthe
battlebetweenlightskinanddarkskinpeoplehasbecomemoreofajoke.Theyfeltasthough
youngpeopleintoday'ssocietydonotseethepurposeincontinuingwithasillybattlesuchas
colorism.
MyfinalquestionwasDoyouthinkthatthemediaholdssocietybackfromending
colorism?andtheresponseswerewhatIwasexpecting.Themediahasawayofshowingoff
actorsandactresseswithalightertoneasbeingthepreferredcharacteroverthedarkertoneactor
oractress.ThepeopleIheldconversationswithgaveafewexamplesofmoviesthatshowthis
scenariosuchas

DiaryofaMadBlackWomen

andWhydidIgetMarried?byTylerPerry.My

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eyeswereopenedtothiswhentheconversationwasprogressingbecauseIhadnotnoticedit
before.Theconversationgavememoreknowledgeandinsighttowhatpeoplegothroughand
howtheyviewedcolorism.Thismademewanttoaskmorepeopleabouttheirthoughtsand
feelingsaboutcolorism.