'Yellow': Documenting colorism
Have you ever noticed that some of the most militant Black folks are high yella? Elijah Muhammad, W.E.B. DuBois, Louis Farrakhan, Malcolm X, etc...
I attribute it to the fear of being unaccepted. You know...not being black enough..
People assume that Dark Girls tells the whole story about colorism issues in this country, but a new docu series called Yellow tells the other side of the story.
Yellow documents the life and trials of actor Austen Jaye. YBBG interviewed Jaye earlier this year.
Jaye is yella (as we say down south). Being a yella man in society can draw insults like being labeled soft, corny, or unmanly, and that's just within the black community.
Personally, I can see how being called names based on skin tone can piss people off. I was a pale baby and quite high yella myself at times. I tend to tan more easily than most yella folks.
But whew in the winter months I go back to banana stage. I have been told I was the color of piss, called a mutt, and been accused of being bi-racial. Which never made sense to me.
When I was younger, I mostly dated deeply chocolate guys because if ever I were to have children, I hoped they would be brown to dark skinned. A shame ain't it? LOL
My friends still joke me about being melanin deficient. I take it lightly because I am confident and self assured...besides I joke them too. I am looking forward to seeing YELLOW from the folks at Black & SexyTV. Numa, Dennis, and those folks usually put out a good product.
What do you think? Are you aware of the light skin issues people suffer through ?
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