@froootloops02: I’m not even light skin #ziyanda colourism exists because of apartheid and being fair skinned or #lightskinned was seen or is seen as proximity to whiteness involving the male gaze and men in this conversation is not fighting the issue but further dividing #women
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2026-04-12 06:32:04
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Ayandaah :
Why can’t they raise a point without bringing people down🤦🏽♀️I genuinely understand that colorism is a problem kodwa manje why are light skin women problematic all of a sudden 😭hayi mahn bafazi we can do better
2026-04-09 07:51:45
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Slopes :
And I stand with Ziyanda.
2026-04-12 14:39:20
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Meshack :
I hear your point, and I agree that colourism is deeply rooted in apartheid, colonial standards, and proximity to whiteness. That history absolutely cannot be ignored. My concern is when the conversation starts sounding like individual light-skinned Black women are being treated as the problem instead of focusing on the system that created and still rewards those standards.
For me, the issue is not about blaming women, but unpacking how society, media, desirability politics, and yes, patriarchy continue to reinforce those biases. If we turn it into women vs women, we risk missing the structural issue
2026-04-11 04:11:31
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Tik Tok Girl :
You sound like a racist saying “but I have black friends” or a man saying “not all men” 💀
2026-04-11 21:02:32
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Leah 🫧🎀 :
But then my thing is,why are light skinned women being attacked for societal standards they didn't even set? Now when they speak up they're being compared to racist white people,which is a COMPLETELY different story,not to mention when someone says the whole conversation is male centered (which it is) dark skinned women get mad 😭😭😭
2026-04-12 09:07:30
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Resego Jacobs :
I think it's because everytime this conversation of colorism against darkskin woman is addressed people like to act like it's not a problem like it does not happen and maybe it's because at the time it does not put light skin women on a pedestal in that moment the conversation is shout down or made seen as a chance for darkskin women seeking empathy instead of people seeing the colorism that has very deep and dark effects on this certain group of people.
2026-04-09 07:24:52
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Gesigie :
Women really stay attacking women. Whether you’re dark-skinned or light-skinned, it never ends. And honestly, it’s exhausting.
You can make a valid point about beauty standards, privilege, or social dynamics without tearing down another group of women in the process. The moment it turns into insults, it stops being a conversation and starts becoming division.
Not all of us are activists. Not all of us are beauty-focused. Not all of us move through the world the same way and that’s okay. There’s space for all of us to exist without being boxed in or blamed for things we didn’t create.
Two things can be true at once: systems can exist, and we can still choose how we treat each other within them.
At the end of the day, we’re all just navigating the same world in different bodies. The least we can do is show each other some grace.
Because right now? Some of these conversations are starting to feel less like awareness… and more like hate.
2026-04-13 09:18:12
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💐 :
Ee joh, you guys never have the appropriate/ empathetic approach when addressing colourism, particularly when it’s time to allow the prime victims, darksinned women, a true moment to express their grievances with this epidemic, without these various counterarguments and attempt at struggle Olympics. Shapo, the way the conversation was brought up & worded was very accusational, but that tone/ reaction will endure bc instead of letting dark skinned women express their victimhood, you guys want to take this opportunity to victimise them further. It’s never authentic grace for them. And even if you don’t agree with me now, you will 1 day and by then it’ll be quite late for the most part.
2026-04-14 04:21:48
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