Nyakim Gatwech is a model from South Sudan living in Minnesota. Recently on Instagram, she shared a story about her dark skin. “I was [asked by] my uber driver the other day… ‘don’t take this ...

There’s something you should know about Shudu, the dark-skinned model with 39,000 followers on Instagram: She’s not real. Along with a male model, Nfon, Shudu is the digital creation of artist and ...

While sitting down with Real Women Real Stories earlier this summer, Senegalese model Khoudia Diop, known as the “Melanin Goddess,” said she was pressured to bleach her skin growing up. In Senegal, ...

The stigma of colorism has negatively impacted the self-esteem of many young black girls and women. For one model, her dark skin helped her give birth to a thriving modeling career with a net worth of ...

Tameka Raymond wrote an interesting article for the Huffington Post looking at the light vs. dark-skinned issue in the Black community. “She’s Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl…” I am a dark-skinned ...

Khoudia Diop is a Senegalese model who has shaken the world with her glorious dark skin. She simply glows in the light of day. The best part is that she baths in her beauty with so much love that she ...

When they say the “blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice,” they are not lying! Dark-skinned Black women are everything and we absolutely will cherish and love them to the end. So to celebrate all ...

The truth is, the darker someone's skin tone, the more often they experience racism, hatred and bullying. When someone with dark skin posts a photo of themselves — especially one celebrating their ...

Last year mum Gabrielle Louise was delighted when her wee son Jeremiah was featured on Primark’s new baby range. Representing the beauty of darker skin, Jeremiah – now 14 months old – went on to ...

In a tweet, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman suggested South Sudanese-American model Nyakim Gatwech's dark skin could make her a "freak of nature." LinkedIn Columbia University suspended its top shrink Wednesday ...

Kheris Rogers knows what it’s like to be bullied. At only 10 years old, Rogers said she’s been called names by her peers that made her feel upset, sad and made her feel different from other kids ...

MANILA, Philippines – In what may be an effort (albeit very misguided) to be woke, SkinWhite recently released an ad in which they appear to have committed blackface. In the ad for the skin whitening ...