Non-Black “progressives” think colorism affects lighter skinned people most
Something I’ve noticed is that whenever Black women discuss colorism and erasure, they will hijack our conversations and say we are “racist“ for saying half white mixed women aren’t Black enough. they will victimize mixed and light skinned women and accuse darker women of being bitter and jealous (colorist Black ppl do this too)
but when darker women are being called ugly or excluded from media, they will either stay quiet or insist it’s just a preference, complain about us “making things about race” and “creating problems that don’t exist“
Race swaps of white characters outrage them, but when a Black character is given lighter skin than they originally had, they see no issue and “they’re still Black omg skin color doesn’t matter”
why are they like this?? can they only empathize with whoever is closest to their own image??