So What About Your Babies: A Conversation About “Good Genes”

Silvia Mejia-Armilla — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:39:45 +0000

Starting with around the age of 10, I recall family members asking me what type of men I liked. Hispanic? White? Often these were the only two options presented to me, later followed by “you shouldn’t date black men, you have to better the race”. Thinking back on it now, my options were so limited so early on, it was engrained in me that marrying someone of a darker skin tone than my own would ...

Could Be “Crazy In Love,” But Only If You’re…

caroline_whiting — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:48:00 +0000

I recently read an article from the website Ebony that began circulating after the Grammy’s which features an interview with Mathew Knowles, father and former manager of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles. The first part of the interview discusses Mathew Knowles’s internal struggle with “colorism”, which can essentially be described as prejudiced treatment or preferential treatment of individuals of one’s same race based on their skin color. I had personally never heard this word before, but ...

colorism – Contemporary Racism

So What About Your Babies: A Conversation About “Good Genes”

Could Be “Crazy In Love,” But Only If You’re…