And the light skin vs. dark skin discussion continues.
Where is the love we must ask in a social climate where foreign chicks are in and black girls are apparently wack. What happened to beauty being skin deep? In her directorial debut, LisaRaye McCoy tackles the issue of discrimination and prejudice due to skin color within the black community head on in the film “Skinned”.
The controversial film journeys through the life of a woman named Jolie who has battled with being dark-skin since being a kid. To combat her self-esteem issues she turns to skin bleaching as she believes that being of a lighter skin complexion equates to beauty, but later in life her hasty decisions become her biggest regret.
Vixens, check out the “Skinned” trailer below.
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