RACISM & COLORISM PROBLEMS THE DARKER PEOPLE FACE
WHY HAVE I CHOSEN THIS? • Across all cultures darker people suffer the most and I think that this is an issue not necessarily discussed. • People from all ethnicities face colorism and suffering based on their skin tone. Concert where the talented rapper and singer Andre 3000 wore his own iconic jumpsuit saying ”across cultures darker people suffer most. why?’ which now exists in an art exhibition in Miami.
EXAMPLES OF COLORISM
FACTS ABOUT COLORISM • Useful video to give an insight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5soNoPiII#action=share • Reasons for the love of fair complexion in India was due to colonization in 1947 where people of ”relatively fair complexion” who claimed that they were superior made the Indian nation feel that having a fair complexion made them more admirable and beautiful. • Being subject to a succession of white(ish) overlords has long associated light skin with power, status and desirability among Indians. • Today the factor of lighter colour is reinforced daily by magazines covers that feature almost exclusively Caucasian, often foreign models.
ARTISTS EXAMPLES
Portraits From unknown
Simple text including actual writing From Coroline iamama
Bold illustrations From Janet Sung
Animated From Anoushka Agrwal
PHOTOGRAPH IDEAS
Matthieu Bourel Use of color Portraits
MAGAZINE INSPIRATION