miscellaneous
recognized artists
texturism
have you ever heard of texturism?
netflix
why do you think that corporations like Netflix with more than enough resources to include dark-skin people decide to favor light-skin actors in their productions? who are they trying to benefit?
treatment of darker-skinned women
a lot of black female artists got popular this year, do you think that each of them got the recognition they deserved?
how do you think rumors about Megan thee stallion's gender identity speak to wider-spread problems about black beauty?
bollywood
in bollywood, colorism is not always a direct extension of white supremacy. how do you think colorism is internalized or enforced differently when it is constructed within a community rather than adopted from another?
modeling
what ways can you think of in which the modeling industry perpetuates colorism?
the hate u give
do you think the casting of this movie adaptation reflects a pattern in the entertainment industry?
how do you think this movie's impact would differ if Starr was dark-skinned as she was in the book? do you think it would be different at all?
music videos
women in general are widely sexualized and objectified in music videos. how do you think that music videos utilize colorism when trying to set the tone for standards of female desirability?
tiktok
a big benefit of social media in general is that the users decide who gets popular by giving them a platform through likes, shares, and follows. what does the lacking amount of diversity amongst "tiktok famous" creators say about how colorism operates both systemically and within the individual?
skin-lightening products
could there possibly be parallels between skin-lightening and excessive tanning in the US?
crazy rich asians
do you think that darker-skinned asians were actively and intentionally excluded through this movie's casting? what does this say about how implicit bias is inherited in film?
record labels
if music was an industry more dominated by executives of color, would we see more inclusive representation amongst music artists?
tyler perry
do you think colorism manifests in a different or more harmful way when it is intraracial vs interracial?
do you think that the stereotypical tropes in tyler perry movies and others like them are made with the intent that children internalize them?
whitewashing characters
how does changing/swapping out a character for lighter skin have a different impact than swapping out characters for one with darker skin?
do you think that whitewashing is one of the more blatant or more subtle acts of colorism in Hollywood?