"Black girls of all shades and ethnicities, don't be afraid to shine. Your hair is magic and your skin is divine. " -A little poem my dad made for my sister and I when we struggled with our complexions. I am dark and she is light. We need to stop separating ourselves by hue. Its disgusting and what slave owners conditioned slaves to do. We are all black girls. Black girls unite.

"The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice"

"At the end of they day we're all black" I love that.

All skin tones are beautiful

dark skin: people make me feel ugly light skin: people make me feel excluded

Colorism is soo bad within the black community. It's terrible to see the divide.

It's a shame there's discrimination within a race because the color of your skin when there's already discrimination between different races for the same reason. It makes me pissed off. Black women should stick together not tear each other apart.

This topic reminds me of the two independent documentaries called *_Dark Girl_* and *_Light Girls_*. This skin tone issue is a sensitive topic within the Black community, and those documentaries completely broke my heart. It's an excellent watch (for anyone who's interested).

skin tone has been my biggest insecurity for the longest, and I'm only 13. I've alwayysss wanted to be lighter especially bc my mom is light with the clearest skin. It really got worse when I moved and a lot of the black boys at my school would tell me they only dated "foreign" and "light" girls. It took me tonssss of self pep talks and compliments to realize my skin is gorgeousss and if a boy doesn't supposedly doesn't think I'm attractive bc I'm a darker shade, there's a problem with him, not me. The black community should be embracing all of our skin tones and not shaming certain shades; took me a while to figure out. Y'all are all beautiful💛

We are all indeed black, but we do not get treated "almost exactly" the same.

It's so hard to deal with colorism in our community. Loving yourself for who you are is the most important thing.

Lol we don't not get treated the same. Stop

the girl in the thumbnail is very beautiful!

I get that light skin people might feel targeted but regardless they get a lot more privilege over dark skin women. When you see magazines or music videos it's always light skin women that are being advertised, light skin is to most people synonymous to beauty and dark skin women are looked down upon even in our black community, even by dark skinned brothers.

My mom is kind of light and my dad is dark but both of my parents black and I came out light just like my mom. It's annoying when my darker friends say "oh you're light skin you don't understand the struggle of being black." I'm not even that light. I'm a light brown almost caramel. In the eyes of society. I'm still black. I get treated just like every other black person would

I think black skin is beautiful 😍😍😍

Black is beautiful💕💕

"There's just so many beautiful shades." Nailed it.

It's weird that darker/lighter blacks discriminate against each other.. When in societies eyes all black is black

black skin is beautiful and white same

Do Hispanic women next

I'm so proud that my mother raised me to love all skin tones, I am mixed and I love that I come from strong roots. black people are diamonds! truly beautiful in body, soul and mind. My mother and her side of the family proves this 100%!

As a mixed person I hate when people say we don't get it as bad. Yes we do. other darker black people get mad at me and call me names and light skinned just because they assuume I get treated better by caucasian people. And then caucasion people constatntly treat me like Im sketchy because Im darker than them. Being mixed honestly is just constantly being left put of both groups. Which is worse than having a group to begin with.

I like this channel so much more than buzzfeed.

the woman in the thumbnail is mixed

All women are beautiful, all women are equal.

The girl in the thumbnail is beautiful OML! 😍

I love my skin I'm black and beautiful, and I'm not going to let colorism dull my light. Nor should any dark or brown skin black woman, glow and keep on glowing.

Yall are all beautiful. No matter what if I see mix women or childern I say they are more black then mix :) love yall my black sisters :)

My answer: Unimportant, skin tone doesn't matter

People need to listen. She said we are all treated 'almost' exactly the same, not all the same.

“The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice” Me being a theater kid: hairspray!

we all have a human skeletal structure and a human heart and a human mind so whether you are disabled, black, asian, white, native american, or any other race, mental issues, health problems, we are all people and the real race should be humankind because we are all people and i dont see why anything else should affect it

This video is an inspiration to me. However, the sad part is light-skin black people gets treated better than dark-skin black people. And some folks think black people are treated the same. Like I always tell them. Look at black celebrities on tv. Then come back when you figure out what SHADE of black people you see.

I'm probably gonna get hate for this, but here I go. I live in a black/hispanic dominated area. Black people are 40% of my school and Hispanics are 45%, and I am one of the 15% of whites. I've been beaten to the ground several times for being white, ridiculed, and out casted. I've wanted to be a different race so many times because of that. Really, the way you're treated only depends on where you live.

This is so sad to me..I'm naturally white and I'm basically translucent. I get made fun of for being white all the time even today with some of my close friends calling me out on it (playfully I might add). We shouldn't have to care about how dark or how light our skin is. All skin is beautiful skin. We are all human beings. We are all different and I always felt like African women were so beautiful. Don't let people get you down. You're truly a work of art.

"i mean, to me, the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice so whats up" lol i like that shes cool

I will never understand how people could think skin tones make a person less or more. Diversity of skin and hair and everything is honestly one of my favourite things about this planet.

I love the lady with purple lipstick

I wonder why they decided to put the lightskin mixed girl to be thumbnail picture?

I am lightskinned. I have been treated like crap by both sides when I was younger for being Biracial. Now a days, its by the black community more. They think we are stuck up because we are lighter, portayed as much prettier. My sister is darker than me and shes gorgeous! Ive never once thought I was better, nor am I stuck up. I was called a bitch and almost forced to fight because I spoke proper and sounded "white". Smdh. All skin tones are beautiful. Dont bully someone that has no control over something they were made into.

Lighter skinned people are more privileged do to having Eurocentric features, but the thing about it is you can get so close but yet be so far. I would explain the last part , although I am lazy.

this was awesome! I hope you do one with mixed race people like me.

I love this video. Growing up I had a lot of insecurities about my skin colour as well. All colours and races are beautiful.

Black and Afghan mix is really cutesee..btw they are all BEAUTIFUL..

no matter what color u are your beautiful 💖💖💖

for the last who says that no matter what skin tone of black you are, it doesn't matter because were all treated almost the same i have to say...i see what she means. For dark skinned people, they get discriminated and judged by other races. And while it might be seen that light skinned blacks are treated "better" that can be seen as a false statement too because they get judged by there skin in their own communities because they're seen as not "black enough" or "not black at all". It's a situation of skin color that has been rooted so deeply in the black community but shouldn't matter at all because were all black.

I’m a blonde and I have pretty pale skin. I get inspired so much by these woman 👏

Light skin mixed people always have to point fingers at their black side, never to their white side whom they seek acceptance from.

skin tone: beauty

girl from 0:36 Is so beautiful

COLD............ MUST BE STRONG

The darker the chocolate the richer the taste the darker the berry the sweeter in my opinion those are the best words I can ever here 🥺✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🖤

Honestly watching this makes me see that all skin tones don't understand what it is to be that color dark brown light we are treated different and we need to realize that its just a skin to and tone just have that self love ✨

You should ask multiracial people to do a word association with "what are you?"

funny, im from a mixed race family and i was always treated like an outsider from both black and white side ....... i never once felt or acted like i was better than anyone but some of my black and white cousins suuurrreee acted as though they were

Fuck this. We are all human. ONE love!

people will get treated differently just for being different. we need to stop focusing on the colour of peoples skin and start focusing on the size of their hearts

What would Martin Luther King Jr think if he knew blacks now days where discriminating against each other for their shade of darkness.

I know people are calling out the last black girl's quote "we're all black,we'll all be treated the same" and I don't think people are understanding what she's saying. Yes,different shades of black people are treated differently,by black people or the world,but we can all still face the same discrimination,racism and hatred because we ARE black.

I hate being a light skin biracial girl, everyone always telling me what I am. I always felt “not black enough”. What the last girl said really hit a nerve… thank you for making this video.

I'm mixed and i never felt like a belonged in a certain group. When i was in elementry school there was only like two or three, including me, mixed girls and guys at my school in my grade. I wasnt exactly sure we're I belonged or what gender I should hang out with more. I was kinda all over the place and just always felt different and it scared me. Now I'm in middle school and I see many more mixed people my age and it just fills me with joy to know I'm not alone and there are people of my type of skin tone out there. It brings me to tears just thinking about it. Sorry about me, just carry on.

before i watch: melanin

I remember an experience I had a while back when we were still in school. I was in a group with all my female friends and male friends. We decided to play a game of smash or pass. As we were going down the line of who they would smash or pass the game got more intense. I remember we all had to say why we would smash or pass the person. When it was my turn they all said “Smash because my preference is girls who are lighter than me.“ Keep in mind Im not a lightskin girl. I am a brownskin girl who is on the lighter side. Every stays throwing me in that lightskin category. When it came to one of my friends one of the boys in our group asked “Why u gon pass ha?“ the boy responded “ Cuz she too dark for me. You pretty you just need ta lighten up oreo.“ What he said was completely uncalled for and fucked up. I told him that the comment he made was hella messed up. People always compared me and my bsf. Saying that I was lighter then her and she was darker than me, but we were both brownskin girls. From my experience your either still “too dark“ or your just fine. In my opinion its perfectly fine to have a preference, but it becomes a probably when u talk down on darker women. Especially if the women in your family are darker. And ESPECIALLY if your darkskin as well. Just know everyone’s beautiful in the skin they are in. Darkskin, Lightskin, Brownskin, White, Asian, Indian, Biracial it doesn’t matter. We are all humans at the end of the day ..!💕✨💅🏽

1:50 I'm liking her vibe so much. She is soo like me.

Seeing these comments make me so upset I don’t understand why you guys don’t understand we are all black regardless. I am lightskin and we are always seen as less black because of our lighter Tone why does that even matter? We as black people will always be seen the same by other races as soon as they see we are darker they don’t care lighter or darker so can we please stop this Lightskin vs Darkskin dullshit it’s annoying and just to remind you Lightskin people have two black parents MIXED means having one white parent I say this because most people see us as white anyways when they don’t understand what they are even saying so just because we come out lighter does not mean we aren’t black in order for other races to respect us we have to start off respecting each other cuz it seems we all have a problem with that 🙄

Skin tone matters, hair texture matters... so cute the crap

All different shades of BLACK are very beautiful!

This video made me soooo happy to watch, I love everyone so so much . YOU ARE LOVED AND WORTH IT.

It makes me sad thst all human beings have to go through the stage where they hate themselves and want to change. I've been through it. I am happy and strong now. Hope everyone finds themselves at the end. 💜

Black people as a whole are so divided because of skin tone and its ridiculous. We all deal with racism from other races and now we're being prejudice towards each other. Our oppressors can laugh at how much their divide and conquer tactics worked on us.

I think every color is beautiful with all of its flaws because thats what makes us unique. And at the end of the day no matter what skin color you are its just a color so we should all learn to love everyone for whom they might be.

Well, in Jamaica, majority of the men prefer brown skinned (light skinned) girls. Some of us dark skins want to be light skinned or a bit lighter

it's really sad that black people aren't only discriminated by white but also by black people. I can't imagine what it must feel like to be constantly judged :(

Dark skin is so underrated. it’s sooooo beautiful. it looks so sleek. especially on an African American baby omg they’re so adorable! darker skin tone is beautiful

Hey guys i really love your videos, but i have a suggestion. Can you make more mental health ones? I know you made the Eatin Disorder ones but that's very different from many other mental health problems obviously. I would love if you would make some about depression, autism, etc. Love your channel! :)

I honestly like people with extremely black skin especially when it's smooth, well taken care of skin because it reminds me of a night sky and it's such a calm but bold look. If you have lighter skin then depending whether you take care of it or not still looks beautiful but then again my opinion shouldn't matter much because we all have our own preference in looks.

I'm actually white. But my skin is lightly brown... Sometimes I'm judged about it. But I don't care. Cause my skin won't tell who I am!

“discrimination cause i’m light skin,” lmaooooooo

1:05 Glow in the dark I know this is a serious topic but glow in the dark 😂😂😂😂😂

I'm Mexican-American, I'm nutmeg colored, there is colorism in the Latin world as well. I grew up being told I am too black and that I need to stay out of the sun. It was just constant criticism of my skin color. Now that I'm older I just tune it out and will only judge by someone's character. I don't care what color you are, if you treat me like shit you will get the same treatment as well. Another thing I am always asked what ethnicity I am, people ask if I'm Somoan, Black, Hawaiian, Native American, Indigenous Mexican (which I am kin to) Korean(???) and Eskimo, East Asian. Anyway I have a young son and he has shown me already that he does not judge by color either.

down south they had the paper bag clubs where if you were darker than the paperbag you weren't allowed it.

Not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Woman: "We're all black" Me, whiter than milk: 👁👄👁

Congratulations on your 1 million subscribers 👏🏼

oh shit you hit a million!!

I think often there is a struggle between lighter skinned black people, and darker skinned black people. Darker skinned black people have been told by white people and people outside our race that we were not beautiful, hence the resentment. Lighter skinned people have been told constantly by the media, white culture,and black culture, that they were beautiful, and that is why they sometimes seem to believe that they are better, and get picked on by darker skinned people. It's so sad that were are still dividing ourselves, the way our slave masters did, we have to rise above this, all people are beautiful and all black is beautiful.

No melanin, all melanin, ALL MEN ARE FRIENDS

I hate being dark skin. Always have. When I was a kid, I grew up around primarily white people, and I was always teased. I was called burnt, overcooked, if it was dark they couldn't find me, etc.When I was 4-10, I would pray almost every day to wake up white. I am the darkest in my family, and I always felt jipped. Lighter skin black women are always portrayed as beautiful. At one point, i said I was gonna bleach myself. I am 15 currently.

I love being black

Skin tone doesn't matter what matters is what is in your heart.

I'm black, native American,japanese, and white and people just go ahead and call me Asian because I'm pale but not like white pale......its kinda dumb. All skin is beautiful.

Wow the last woman talking made me have goosebumps.

Word: Skin Tone What I associate it with: its a rainbow 🌈

Bruh Skin Tone makes a difference.. I am Asian living in Asia and whenever people around me give compliments to a dark skinned person they are like "She is beautiful but black/dark" or "Despite being black she is beautiful". It's as if saying Black skin is automatically ugly and white skin is automatically beautiful with some exceptions . Majority people of my country have the same thinking. It makes me so mad. Why can't you just compliment a person without mentioning their skin tone? Every shade is unique every shade is beautiful.

It hurts my heart that anyone has been made to feel "less than" due to their skin color. Nobody is elevated by trying to tear down those around you. Women of all races/shades should be encouraging and advocating for each other's equal treatment regardless of if we are a part of that group or not. I think we can all empathize with the feeling of wanting to belong and so we should absolutely be able to find it in ourselves to advocate for the representation needed to make that sense of belonging a reality.

0:35 i'm in love

I started crying as soon as this video started

it's sad because I would rather be lighter or white if I could..because to anyone I'm not beautiful enough I'm either too dark or just black.

This video was so beautiful