Up until recently, parties from the hip-hop industry have largely kept their distance from Kodak Black's colorist remarks on Black women. But over the last few days, a couple of notable figures have come out of the woodwork to involve themselves in the issue. On Saturday, July 1, new age feminist Amber Rose took a stand for dark skin women via a message posted to Instagram in which she opens up on some of the social dynamics that play out over colorism in the Black community and confesses to having always found beauty in dark skin.
Rose gave followers a glimpse into the different phases of her life as a bi-racial woman who can pass as white. She began by recalling her rearing in a household comprised of a White father and Black mother, whom she always tried to, but never quite could acquire the same complexion of. Then came her reflection of going to predominantly Black schools and how the darker girls would pick on her, she says out of an envy that is born from a social conditioning that tells them they do not meet European standards of beauty. Finally, Rose reveals that even in her adult life, while stripping and later navigating the music business she encountered discrimination, and only then did she begin to really embrace the equalizing force of feminism.
"I can't help that I was born with light skin but I am a woman before anything else! We need to stick together as women and educate society, educate men like this with black mothers! Not let men/people dictate what type of woman is in style or more beautiful," she wrote. "We are all smart and capable of being great! No matter where we come from or what complexion we are! If no one tells you you're beautiful I'm here to tell you that you are!"
Source: instagram.com