Anonymous asked:
but the original question wasnt about who's lightskin. it was a response to the post you reblogged where you said you wanted an example of white people caring about skintone. its funny that you'd say this though, because colorism is behavior that POC learned from european imperialists/oppressors. POC only placed significance on lightskin because it was closer to whiter skin, which europeans taught was better. if it wasnt for them, POC wouldn't care about lightskin. then theres the Amer App execs
Oh i know. Im just saying to cut that shit out. I know the whole light skin vs dark skin thing came from the whole house slave vs field slave dynamic i just wanted to say it was stupid to just continue that bullshit
Anonymous asked:
but that's what im saying. "pon de replay" was the same time period as the photos you posted. & she was slightly darker at that point. but right now, you can find some (not all, but some) photos of rihanna & drake in which they look the same. i even found photos of beyonce & rihanna where they're the same skintone, but you cant post photos or their links in tumblr questions. & if gabrielle union is dark, then what is akon?
Hes dark as hell. But that aint a bad thing at all.
Anonymous asked:
i'll admit she looked browner in those photos. but that was definitely a lighter brown/caramel. & those are older photos. she's been looking yellower lately, like in the "what's my name" video with drake. i'm also wondering why you disputed rihanna being lightskin, but not beyonce. they're almost the same color, depending on what photo you're looking at
Beyonce is light skin to me you can’t deny that. Rihanna has a dark skin tone then Beyonce. Like “whats my name” video she was lighter. But go back to the “S.o.S” video the “Pon De Replay” video. Would you really describe that girl as light skin?
Anonymous asked:
Being light skin does not mean you're white passing and of course there's people who are darker than Rihanna but Rihanna would still be considered light skinned. Being "light skin" does not take away from her blackness or brownness or whatever you may call it but she is light skinned. Gaby Union, Venus and Serena would be considered dark skinned.
I didn’t say she was dark skin i said she was brown. People’s perception of what is light skinned and what is dark skinned vary. Personally if some one asked me to describe Rihanna i probably wouldn’t describe her as light skinned. Gabrielle Union is dark skinned i would say tho. I mean do you think white people really see much of a difference between Rihanna and Gabrielle Union? I mean thats why colorism is stupid because theres really no clear definition on what is light skin and what is dark skin a lot of times.
Anonymous asked:
im sorry, but how is rihanna not lightskin? she's almost drake's color. if not her, then who is?
Drake’s color? Naw she is a brown
Anonymous asked:
Why not?
