And other black women share painful personal stories:
“I can remember being in the bathtub asking my mom to put bleach in the water so that my skin would be lighter and so that I could escape the feelings I had about not being as beautiful, as acceptable, as lovable.”
“She’s pretty for a dark-skinned girl … What is that supposed to mean?”
“They used to say, ‘You stayed in the oven too long.’ “
“It was so damaging … it made it seem like we weren’t wanted; that we were less than.”
“The racism that we have as people amongst ourselves is a direct backlash of slavery.”
The world television premiere of the “Dark Girls” documentary airs on Sunday, June 23, at 10 p.m. ET on OWN.
Is a film about dark-skinned black women an important issue in 2013? What do you think?
OWN’S Film About Dark-Skinned Black Women: Is It Still Relevant in 2013? was originally published on blackamericaweb.com