This video I found on YouTube, Why Isn't "Colorism" Gone, discusses the relevance that colorism has on our society today. Colorism is a form of racism. In today's form of colorism, unlike the slave days, colorism is used towards all different types of skin colors. Colorism is a form of racism solely based on someone's color of their skin. The man that is speaking in this video comes to good points about the topic of colorism. Colorism is still relevant in 2013 because the mentality of people during the slavery days. Being lighter skinned was valued during the slavery days and this mind set has been there ever since; therefore, many dark skinned people bleach their skin for it to become lighter. It is almost as if it is considered common sense that extremely dark skinned is not wanted or desired Colorism should not be relevant today. It should not be going on, but unfortunately it is. People used to think that a person's skin color determined their intelligence and their character. The darker a person's skin color was, the less smart they were considered and the less they were thought to be a "good" person. Society and times have changed with this concept; however, in today's society many dark skinned people continue to bleach their skin because they feel more beautiful and many light skinned people continue to go tanning to make them feel more beautiful and better about themselves. When a person looks good, they feel good; however, a person should not think they are less beautiful because of the tone of their skin such as being very dark skinned or very light skinned. All skin tones should be more appreciated and represented in society and in media. We, the people, need to embrace our bodies!
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