Thursday, March 7, 2013

This article I found is quite interesting. It is about a woman in Virginia who is fighting colorism, but not without controversy.  In her church and workshops, she uses the paper bag test (as described in previous post).  She gauges people by their color and give lighter skinned people rewards, while shoving the darker skinned people to the back of the class.  She herself is dark skinned.  People obviously think this is wrong, which it is, but she is just highlighting what is going on all around us.  She used it as an example of how people treat others.  Everyone seems to do their own "paper bag test".  She is just making obvious what people do, and trying to make people aware of colorism in our society.  I think it is an interesting idea.

http://wtvr.com/2012/12/10/richmond-woman-fights-colorism-within-african-american-community/

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