Precious Onyeise

Professor Lawson

English 113B

17 Apr. 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Cummings-Yeates, Rosalind. Colorism In Black T.V. Alternet (2015): 1-2 pgs. Print.

This article talks about the difference between dark skin actors and light skin actors in the black

community. Author Rosalind Cummings Yeates perpetuates how colorism is used the most in the

Black T.V show Empire. The article revolves around this show in particular because the main

cast is are light skinned and the roles that they play are high end, high positioned roles. As for

the shows supporting cast, the majority of them are dark skin actors playing roles that are not as

important as the roles portrayed by the light skin actors. To add on, the way that the characters

portray by the dark skin actors are treated is very different compared to roles made for light

skins. In the article, some of the characters in the show are usually yelled at, talked down or

dehumanized by their boss or chief chairman in the show. Lastly, Cummings starts to back

track and compare colorism it to slavery black history. Slaves were originally Africans of

melanin who were tooke in from Europeans and were either abused, sold or raped. With that

being said, this created the evolution of light skinned blacks.

Luvie, Awsomely. 5 Reasons No One is Here for Aunt Vivian 2.0 From Fresh Prince January

26, 2013. Print.

The blog, 5 Reasons No One is Here for Aunt Vivian 2.0 From Fresh Prince by Awesome

Lovely revolves around the writer's thoughts and opinions based on the controversial issue

between the dark skin Aunt Viv and the light skin Aunt Viv. The writer first puts their

thoughts on how they felt about this controversy. At the time, the TV show Fresh Prince of Bel

Air casted a dark skin Aunt Viv until they decided to change the casting. To add on, Awesome

Lovely elaborated more on the difference in the characters when the producers decide to replace

the dark skin Aunt Viv. Dark skin Aunt Viv had a lot of personality. She was strong willed,

fierce and she taught the kids a lot of life learning lessons. As for the light skin Aunt Viv, the way

they wrote the script for her was different. She wasn't as outgoing as the original Aunt Viv, and

she wasn't in to many of the acting scenes on the show.

This Picture Says White Supremacy Has Won

In the Daily Mail article, it discusses the controversial issue of a picture that that discludes a

single person, who happens to be dark skinned from the group of couples. What raised issue on

this was that these were African American couples and all the other girls were light skinned.

Although actor Lance Gross made it clear to critics that it was an inside joke, people still didn't

find it appealing to leave out the brown skin sister.

Why Are There So Few Black Female Stars

Writer Kele Okereke discusses the issue with dark skinned actresses and singers barely getting

exposure in popular culture. The article goes on in talking about how society portrays the Black

Women or African Woman with fair skinned and curly hair. To add on, Okereke elaborates on

how there has been more success with light skin celebrities such as Rihanna, Beyonce, Nicki

Minaj and Jourdan Dunn who's had incredible success in a quick amount of time. Compared to

someone like dark skin legendary model, Naomi Campbell who never had success over night.