Thank you Riley for sharing your perspective on colorism.

I grew up in Senegal, West Africa. I have seen many women use those cancer-causing products to get more light skin color.

In many part of West Africa, having a light skin is associated with beauty, wealth and being part of the elite.

Unconsciously, only people working on the fields have dark skin tones from our collective amnesia.

I am Afropean living in France.

Sometimes colorism goes even deeper.

I am too white when I go back to Senegal. I am too black for people living in France.

That tis another layer of colorism. An internalized one.

Back Obama is as White as he is Black. Yet he was recognized as the first Black President.

How funny is that?

At the end, the issue is not about our skin color as per se.

It is about our responsibility as a human society to define success in a diverse way that represents everyone.

As long as the Rich "White" are tanned and the rich "Black" have light skin, colorism will prevail.

As long as we do not go beyond our physical appearance to define our worth (internally and externally), I don't think there will be a way out.

Thank you Riley again. 💯✅🙌🏾