On social network sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram there have been common posts about the topic of skin shade within the African American Community.
Usually these topics involve some type of Hashtag that allows other users to see other posts about the same topic. In the case of the tweet above a Twitter user uses the trending topic #darkgirls to give his input on the topic.
Skin color and shade has been a topic for many years amongst different races. With new social media outlets the exposure of skin shade discussion among the African American community has risen. In posts from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram users are constantly debating about the social issues of dark and light skin. The topic of skin shades and one being better than the other in a race is mind boggling. Instead of our race to come together and uplift one another we find ways to say how a certain shade is better than the next. The phrase "pretty for a dark skin girl", is one I've heard countless times.
There have been some positive movements toward acceptance of skin color in the African American community. There's been a change in the women we see in advertisements both commercial and print, TV shows, and music videos. We've seen more women of color hold high ranking jobs in fortune 500 companies that look just like us. This is the positive change and the positive influence that will hopefully reach black girls across the world to know they are beautiful no matter their skin tone, race, religion.
On social network sites like Tumblr we can see the different movements that were created to show the beauty of being dark skin. The purpose of these pages is to highlight and promote the uniqueness of black women who were at a point in time not considered beautiful.
xoxo,
Elizabeth Toyin
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