Rihanna Light Skin Discrimination – Rihanna who graces the August 2008 issue of InStyle magazine has revealed that she was a victim of discrimination as a child growing up in Barbados because of her light skin.She said:
“Having lighter skin wasn’t a problem in my household, but it was when I went to school -which really confused me at first.” “The harassment continued to my very last day of elementary school.”
ummm she’s not that light….
“ummm she’s not that light….”
But she is lighter than most Bajans.
I think she is beautiful and talented but i notice a trend in the entertainment industry. If you go look at artist such as Rihanna ,Ciara, and Beyonce’ you will see that their complexions has transformed. Sure Rihanna was very fair as a child so was I, but my skin has darkend due to sun exposure. You can not watch Pon de Replay and not see a difference. Either way she is making her money and looking beautiful.
She is light skinned, but I really think discrimination can lie in features, too. It wouldn’t look weird if RiRi’s eyes and skin were very dark brown. If they were she could pass for full African. I know it hasn’t been very long since slavery ended. Even today, black people rarely receive recognition they deserve. News stations are less likely to run stories about whites kidnapping blacks, but they’ll be quick to run one with the races reversed. They are, however, likely to find the most buffoonish black person possible and give them camera time, obviously to skew visions of the entire race. Now, people seemed forced to include blacks, but when they do, they are most often light skinned/whiter(i.e. Tyra Banks, Rihanna, Will Smith, Barack Obama). This is the same racism that made the most beloved “Negroes” of the 50’s and 60’s Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, not Nina Simone and Sammy Davis, Jr. (Yes, I know they are more famous now). At this point, most people aren’t asking for an end to racism, they’re asking for people to own up to it. Even after slavery ended, blacks were denied opportunities and were kept in practical slavery and still are today.
“umm shes not that light…”
Are u serious? What is she then dark??