Light Skin vs. Dark Skin: How Pop Culture Perpetuates Colorism | READUS 101

Light Skin vs. Dark Skin: How Pop Culture Perpetuates Colorism | Thanks to cultural imperialism, white supremacy is the reason behind colorism, internalized racism and self-esteem issues existing in African American communities to the need of social justice reform. And thanks to Hollywood's colorism playing a hand in linking lighter-skinned individuals to perceptions of beauty and worth, the type of representation that popular culture dishes out can really be seen in media portrayals of African Americans around the world. References & Resources    • Video      • Tall, Dark and Racially Ambiguous   by ‪@Princess_Weekes‬ The Color Fetish https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-... Shades of Prejudice https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/op... Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History by Robert L. Allen https://amzn.to/4hCMVZ0    • What Koreans Think Of Black Panther | ASIA...   Successful Black Men and White Women https://pridepublishinggroup.com/2023... The Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Virtuoso of the Sword and the Bow by Gabriel Banat His name is Joseph Boulogne, Not "Black Mozart" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/ar... Racial Ambiguity: Beyond the Checkboxes https://scotscoop.com/racial-ambiguit... What is Racial Ambiguity? https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-... Interview with Neal Adams https://www.boldoutlaw.com/greenarrow... Tarantino is Wrong - Hollywood Would be Nothing Without British Actors https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/q... Subscribe to READUS 101 for racial, social and queer film & tv analysis and perspective on your favorite bits of geek and pop culture media! Click here to see why queer folk love Billy Maximoff in Agatha All Along!    • The Queer Acceptance of Billy Maximoff (Ag...   Recording Equipment: Canon Rebel T7i DSLR - https://amzn.to/313eINX Padcaster Parrot Teleprompter Kit - https://amzn.to/3fKMD23 Tascam DR-60DMKII Portable Digital Recorder - https://amzn.to/3lLmgzc VidPro XM-55 Condenser Shotgun Microphone Kit - https://amzn.to/3CsNAIu ePhoto Photography Studio Lighting Kit - https://amzn.to/2NkSzm7 ESDDI Softbox Photography Lighting Kit - https://amzn.to/314KHgy Subscribe to Readus 201!    / @readus201   Subscribe to Readus 101: The Newsletter! https://readus101.substack.com Follow My Socials! https://linktr.ee/readus101 Support My Patreon!   / readus_101   Make One-Time Donations At: https://www.paypal.me/readus101 https://www.ko-fi.com/readus Buy Official Readus 101 Merch Here! https://readus101.creator-spring.com/ _____________________ 00:00 Introduction 05:07 Tall, Dark & Fetishized 13:00 The Social Science of Skin Tone 24:27 The Ambiguous Excuse 39:31 In Lightest Day... 52:22 Conclusion Music “Blue Rose” by B-RadGfromOV http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste... Readus 101 Theme: “Phantom” by B-RadGfromOV http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste...    • Light Skin vs. Dark Skin: How Pop Culture ...