I'm dark-skinned. When I'm around black people, I'm made to feel 'other' because I'm dark-skinned. I've had to wrestle with that, with… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
Bullying about my skin tone probably started at nine years old and it was actually by the lighter-skinned black girls at school. — Bree Runway Copy Share Image
When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
“I’ve often thought that being a light-skinned black woman is like being a well-dressed person who is also homeless.” — Zinzi Clemmons Copy Share Image
I've always been 'other' in all the spaces that I've been in. Even when I first moved to America, just the idea… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
Light-skinned black people are seen to be closer to white people. The allegiance to lighter-skinned people has operated in a very destructive… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“I've often thought that being a light-skinned black woman is like being a well-dressed person who is also homeless. You may be… — Zinzi Clemmons Copy Share Image
