YES WHITE PEOPLE STOP! THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING AS TANNING, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING MADE FUN OF FOR BEING PALE, DENCIA IS NOT STUPID, THIS ISSUE EXISTS BECAUSE OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND A HISTORY OF COLONIALISM, THINK HARD BEFORE DERAILING THE CONVERSATION AND RE-CENTERING THE CONVERSATION AROUND WHITENESS. STOP…

Basically. I was going to say exactly that.

Oh, I know. It's rather obvious.

You are correct.

That's still derailing though.

yup, I'm a proud dark fatty ;)

Ahhh, this warms my heart. Thank you for sharing.

Yes, yes and yes. You summarized it perfectly. Jesus give me strength.

Yup. Every damn time. Don't go into that Dencia post because it's infuriating. I wish there was a way to page y'all for back up.

Yes, this person clearly does not want to learn is just being a jerk.

Cool. You are more than entitled to that opinion. I'm very sorry for mis-identifying you. My opinion is that I don't think she is stupid, I think she's stubborn and selfish (she is only thinking about herself and not her sisters) and not ready to hear us because she already ordered and produced all those creams and…

You're still here. Cute. That's not stupidity, that's capitalism and self-hate. These things exist because of the socio-historical events that have taken place in Africa due to colonialism and neo-colonialism. She is doing this for success and survival in a white supremacist heteropatriarchal world, you are being…

You have a right to an opinion but as a white man, this seemed to me to be reinforcing colorism. ALL of my fellow Black women are beautiful, from Lupita to Beyonce. I see now that's what you were trying to say, I thought you were trying play dark skinned Black women and light skinned Black women off each other which…

It's really not your place to judge her stupidity, it's oppressive. Your opinion is irrelevant. I'm a dark skinned educated African woman and I understand what it's like to be socialized in this manner, taught to hate yourself and it took me years of decolonization to accept my dark skinned beauty. I've seen family…

I get what your saying but aren't we past "playing Devil's advocate" in 2014? Just state your opinion as you normally would. However, I agree this is could for Black women's representation overall but it still doesn't challenge the absence of representation for us dark fatties.

It's not really your place to judge though.

I don't need to do anything sweetie. Are you a Black woman?

Yes. Thank you.

The thing is for POC it often means survival and is not just a simple matter of internalized hatred. Survival within white supremacy and color hierarchies in our own communities. People are denied jobs, relationships, get longer prison sentences, lose their lives because of dark skin. Everyone should be happy and…

I really hate the PTR facewash though, it made my skin worse. I prefer DDF for the cleansers but the PTR has a better gel for the spots.