COLORISM: The South Sudanese Experience 🇸🇸

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  • Опубликовано: 18 сен 2023
  • In this episode, the men and women discuss colorism within the African/Black community.
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Комментарии • 74

  • @loveable1601
    @loveable1601 10 месяцев назад +18

    I think what needs to be understood in the colorism conversation is that it's not something that you can past. When it is something that is embedded in society. Colorism just like racism, sexism and any other ism is a systemic issue. Unless we can systemically change society's thinking it will always be a thing. What we have to do as individuals and communities is instill pride in our children and in our self and teach our kids that regardless of skin tone they are valuable.

  • @thehoneyeffect
    @thehoneyeffect 9 месяцев назад +13

    Note: Spanish people are white. If you are Latinx it is a culture not a race

  • @rob3rt788
    @rob3rt788 9 месяцев назад +18

    You guys are purebred and represent our originality as black peoples……. you are unique and beautiful

    • @exalteduchiha1563
      @exalteduchiha1563 5 месяцев назад

      almost all Africans apart from north are pure bred. Whether lightskins or darkskin

    • @exalteduchiha1563
      @exalteduchiha1563 5 месяцев назад

      99.9 of black Africans are purebred and the word purebred sounds wrong

  • @theitinerarybabe
    @theitinerarybabe 10 месяцев назад +14

    I love this podcast and would love to hear other perspectives on the panel for a more nuanced conversation. 🥳

    • @ladiesofsosa
      @ladiesofsosa  10 месяцев назад +1

      There will be a few new faces on next weeks episode ❤️ Thank you! 🫶🏿

  • @salonegal4024
    @salonegal4024 2 месяца назад +1

    I liked the guy with locs ( he look handsome no wonder why he is a model) but he is also very intelligent. Him and the girl with the Afro they had really interesting inputs kudos to them ❤

  • @goldengold5676
    @goldengold5676 7 месяцев назад +2

    “You Got To Be You To Be Beautiful”! 👏👏👏

  • @afree3884
    @afree3884 10 месяцев назад +31

    Seriously this whole featurism argument irks me. I get that on one hand certain features are discriminated against ,But on the other hand we have to understand that 100 percent black people look different, are different, and can be phenotypically different.
    The South Sudanese are the prime examples. Don't insult African features by saying it looks like something other than. That is reckless, untrue, and eurocentric.

    • @SahraBenji
      @SahraBenji 10 месяцев назад +9

      But that’s the only argument that he made. That some dark skinned people benefit from having features that have more proximity to whiteness. Although all features originate from Africa, the media still pushes a certain “beauty standard” that leans closer to Eurocentrism when it comes to black women.
      What is reckless about that?

    • @noname-qr7me
      @noname-qr7me 10 месяцев назад +7

      While I understand a lot of peoples pushback on the term “Eurocentric”, because these are Africans features we’re talking about, I think there’s a misunderstanding on the meaning. Saying Eurocentric features doesn’t mean “you have European features” it’s means “the features you have are more uplifted in European cultures because Europeans identify more with having skinnier noses rather than wider noses which they heavily associate with African people”
      They are still African features they just have different associations in the European culture

    • @wuwu2079
      @wuwu2079 10 месяцев назад +4

      none of what you said is relevant to the conversation, south sudanese people will still be privilege based on their more palatable facial features in a eurocentric society

    • @afree3884
      @afree3884 10 месяцев назад +10

      ​​​@@wuwu2079 and @Ladies of Sosa hear me out before you dismiss my argument. Other perspectives are just as important.
      Because we live in a white washed society, we associate everything with them. We look at everyone through ”yt people lens". We are looking looking through a prism that distorts the reality of what they are.
      Sudanese are the furthest away from whitness as one can possibly get so how are the south Sudanese more privileged based on looks?
      The proximity that certain people think they have doesn't exist. You guys upset one of the most influential models, Anok yai, by invalidating her unique her beauty for the world to see. Calling her 100% black Sudanese features "eurocentric".
      That was quite the insult. 😮

    • @user-dv3kq3rm4h
      @user-dv3kq3rm4h 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@wuwu2079 Nobody in this video looks to have Eurocentric features. 'The man said we're not seeing big big big lips and wide noses in the Sudanese community.' Yet here he is sitting there with those EXACT features- who told him otherwise? You couldn't make up the dissonance and delusion of some folks. I am not seeing any Ducky Thots or Nicky perkins on this panel. By them describing themselves to look Eurocentric based off their general group even when the people in this panel aren't- is disingenuous and goes to show that they themselves would LIKE to have said features which is ironic becaue the value placed on these features is featurism in itself. I don' t now about the US but nobody on THIS panel is getting an ounce of privilege in the Europe. If anything, they're getting much less. They're Black and that's it no need to embellish their particular brand of Blackness. Black is Black.

  • @nyankiirngor4966
    @nyankiirngor4966 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you all
    That was nice and interesting talking coming together

  • @sasha69Xurgelash
    @sasha69Xurgelash 10 месяцев назад +5

    The dude has such beautiful features!

  • @redgat96
    @redgat96 10 месяцев назад +11

    Please stop calling us “Spanish ppl”
    We are Latino or indigenous or mixed race ppl. Spanish ppl are from Spain! The US🇺🇸 has a small amount of Spaniards living here. Stop erasing our identity.

    • @user-dv3kq3rm4h
      @user-dv3kq3rm4h 9 месяцев назад

      Latino people from the hood call themselves 'Spanish' colloquially, especially Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. Fight with them. Nobody is erasing your identity. The people in the video are speaking on theirs.

  • @Tessitura9
    @Tessitura9 8 месяцев назад +4

    Believe it or not there's even colorist in the white community. It's actually been in front of us this entire time but it's not addressed as colorist. For example the obsession with blonds and fair skin. Being red head is taboo, and having brown hair is basically considered the "default" / regular. It's why so many of them bleach their hair. I have a friend who is Eastern European and she has olive skin and curly hair (like type 3a). Her grandparents used to call her a little "n****r" even though she's not black at all (if anything she looks more jewish). Her sister was always praised more than her. Straight hair is also celebrated in the white community. A little wave isn't the end of the but if you're in the type 3 realm, it's generally considered unattractive. It's why in movies like The Princess Diaries and any other film about a glow up, the character starts out with curly hair and later its straightened. They also have featurism. It's why it's not uncommon for Jewish girls to get nose jobs or other non western or northern European to get surgeries to make them look more Nordic. Hitler's entire Arian race thing, if you think about it, is peak colorism in the white community.

  • @mkay3751
    @mkay3751 6 месяцев назад +1

    I am sooo jealous of you guys dark skin tone. Much Love to South Sudan.

  • @theitinerarybabe
    @theitinerarybabe 10 месяцев назад +11

    @38:47 Colorism and all the isms are systemic. It's hard to move on or "grow up" when it affects you daily -- directly or indirectly. Whew miskeen

  • @chaeryeong991
    @chaeryeong991 10 месяцев назад +4

    the guy with white top ( w/o hat ) is so beyond ignorant its a little concerning. ignoring a topic will not make it go away… idk why thats so hard for him to understand

  • @Shush379
    @Shush379 7 месяцев назад

    Y’all are so beautiful.

  • @chaeryeong991
    @chaeryeong991 10 месяцев назад +4

    amanuel is really funny and is well versed in the topics of race and gender. i love his points and discussions!

  • @zorbajevon
    @zorbajevon 10 месяцев назад +6

    Viola Davis, Lupita, Grace Jones, Morris Chestnut, Wesley Snipes, Taye Diggs, represent stop the cap

    • @chaeryeong991
      @chaeryeong991 10 месяцев назад +9

      thats 6 out of the hundreds to thousands of lighter skinned folk

    • @exalteduchiha1563
      @exalteduchiha1563 5 месяцев назад

      Lupita is Kenyan btw

  • @Meeshawill
    @Meeshawill Месяц назад

    Some African Americans are dark skinned. My oldest son is dark skinned (color of dark chocolate) when he was young he was a little insecure about his skin color but now at 26, he really feels he is good looking. Not sure where this issue with African Americans is stemming from. We black too.

  • @LethalLemonLime
    @LethalLemonLime 10 месяцев назад +5

    3:26 literally never heard this before... never heard a black person say that only black people experience colorism. Not saying there's none that do. Just like a Candice Owens exists any type of black person can exist. however, i don't think it's a common sentiment among black people that only black people face colorism.

  • @TheSillyCloud
    @TheSillyCloud 7 месяцев назад +6

    I have to disagree with the Featurism part. South Sudanese are beautiful but you guys hardly have any white features. The Africans from the horn or the Fulanis can claim that. Don't get me wrong, you look different from a lot of West Africans, but not in a way that physically brings you closer to white people. I think the main reason you are popular in fashion is because of your height, your distinct features ( like the cheekbones ) and your dark skin. West Africa is also very diverse, I think that a lot of Sudanese look like Senegalese people who look different from the southwest Nigerians, or the Malians. All of these groups have negroids features ( big lips and wide noses ) yet look very different from each other.

    • @politicallyincorrect4126
      @politicallyincorrect4126 6 месяцев назад +1

      North Sudanese women are much hotter than S.S😂😂😂

    • @apu2214
      @apu2214 19 дней назад

      ​@@politicallyincorrect4126another colorist spotted 🚮

    • @politicallyincorrect4126
      @politicallyincorrect4126 17 дней назад

      @@apu2214 it’s not colorist it’s cold hard truth,also many north Sudanese women are fake skin and still beautiful, it’s the hair and features

    • @OCDandme123
      @OCDandme123 День назад

      You saying negroid tells me all i need to know about you

    • @OCDandme123
      @OCDandme123 День назад

      ​@@politicallyincorrect4126lies one of the the average south Sudanese woman is more modelesque so it's kinda outsated take anok yai is the prettiest people

  • @grnpsp
    @grnpsp 9 месяцев назад +4

    What African Americand do you know that got issues with Sudanese? That's an interesting perspective lol

  • @Ariana_Cortez
    @Ariana_Cortez 10 месяцев назад +3

    I believe these people might be gods. 🤔

  • @sinyoraandrew1452
    @sinyoraandrew1452 10 месяцев назад +4

    If you guys continued to introduce yourself like that tribalism will never end in South Sudan is better you guys introduce yourself based on your states no need for all that we all knows by your names where u guys come from

    • @ayakdeng9560
      @ayakdeng9560 10 месяцев назад +4

      It ain't deep.

    • @KushQueen9
      @KushQueen9 10 месяцев назад +8

      Lol they can introduce where they are from. Some of you are weird!

    • @thetruth3454
      @thetruth3454 7 месяцев назад

      issues will only come from lack of knowledge dink,nuer, murle or any other tribe are all part of the same nation now if we would work togetherwhat do you think we can't do for our nations

  • @thetruth3454
    @thetruth3454 7 месяцев назад +1

    why care what any non-south sudanese thinks of you, take pride in your nation and nationality, not what outsiders think about us.

    • @apu2214
      @apu2214 19 дней назад

      Such conversations are needed coz we don't need to forget what we went through for being dark skin, it's HISTORY... In fact ppl shouldn't be silent on racism in general.

  • @PsychicMedium4747
    @PsychicMedium4747 9 месяцев назад +2

    Spanish come from Spain...come on now smh

  • @aboyfromafrica
    @aboyfromafrica 4 месяца назад

    What does representation do for our struggles and fight against a white hegemonic system? Black representation is not Black liberation. It's black excellence under a white power structure.
    And what does perpeuating harmful jokes do to a group of individuals that get ostracized the most with these problematic notions? Especially when we repeat the same material that these colorists, did unto us.
    No hate, all love to all of y'all and what y'all do but we need to be very critical & socially minded on how various forms of mediums are distributed/its intent.
    Nothing's ever just "escapism" as America likes to promote it to be.

  • @iwhippedcreamcode4642
    @iwhippedcreamcode4642 7 месяцев назад

    BW Skin Is So Dewy!

  • @slovelyyx7718
    @slovelyyx7718 5 месяцев назад

    Say South Sudan, not Sudan..

    • @apu2214
      @apu2214 19 дней назад

      Sudan is US! WE'RE Sudan! Search what does "Sudan" mean then get back here. You're arrogantly ignorant...

  • @salonegal4024
    @salonegal4024 2 месяца назад

    The big guy is very dumb he kept talking trash I don’t like him

  • @GlorybetoGod119
    @GlorybetoGod119 10 месяцев назад

    Instead of defining colorism define what a slave is

  • @PsychicMedium4747
    @PsychicMedium4747 9 месяцев назад

    light skinned are generally mixed race...thats not the same as being black. mixed is mixed

    • @user-dv3kq3rm4h
      @user-dv3kq3rm4h 9 месяцев назад

      That absolute garbage. Don't speak on us Light Skinned Black folks. Most of us haven't a White relative for many generations. Doesn't make us mixed race.

    • @politicallyincorrect4126
      @politicallyincorrect4126 6 месяцев назад

      So if someone’s light skin they’re automatically mixed?

    • @exalteduchiha1563
      @exalteduchiha1563 5 месяцев назад +4

      Khoisan ppl are not mixed and they can be really lightskins. Same with fulanis from west Africa and east Africa

    • @OCDandme123
      @OCDandme123 День назад

      Lies

    • @OCDandme123
      @OCDandme123 День назад

      Only in America, and brazil with creole and indigenous people are lightskin really mixed