Being dark skin as a woman is tough. You even have the darkest men bashing your same dark skin

On paper, people normally say “Black is Beautiful” but in reality, the story is not always the same.

I love my dark skin but I hate the way society try’s to make me feel like my skin color is a bad thing. 😂for me I got three kids, a good career, and a loving spouse. Meanwhile the others who hate on my dark skin are still looking for those things 😂😅love y’all and stay dark! 👊🏿

I’m so thankful that I found this video. When I was young, I was so insecure with my pretty brown skin. I often wished my skin would magically become white when I become older. I saw no one talking about colorism so I thought I was crazy for being insecure about my skin color.When I watched this video for the first time when I was 15, I cried. This helped me learn more about the racist history colorism came from and showed me I was never alone. Thank you ❤️

Yall like dark mode in everything except skin

Most annoying thing is your relatives who are picky and judgmental will say " you don't look like ur grandma/mom/sister" or "why are u not like pretty like ur sister, mom etc.

This message speaks to me and gives me the confidence I’ve much been needing lately 😔 I was born in China, and due to being born in the south, I’m naturally a little darker than other east asians I’ve met and ones that I’ve seen portrayed in media, which are typically shown as being quite fair skinned. Because of that, I’ve been feeling insecure about myself but I’m slowly coming to realize my worth and how society doesn’t need to tell me how to look (However, no matter how much I know my self worth, subconsciously I still feel like I’m letting others down) Edit: Not trying to say that everyone born in the south of a country is automatically darker skin toned, since your skin is decided by your genetics. My main point is skin doesn’t matter when it comes to how much you are worth. 💕

I can totally relate..I remember when I was about 6 or something, some ladies used to tell my mom to apply some raw milk on my face...though my mother never did that..but soon after bullied from teachers, relatives, classmates I started using raw milk..but nothing happened...in class 8-9 I tried almost every home remedies to get a fairer skin tone because all my friends, my cousins have fairer skin tone...but ended up ruining my face with pimples, scars.. I was always told that being fair is equal to being beautiful..even I broke the mirror because I hated myself so much...but now I'm thankful for whatever I have... Every complexion is a gift from God ❤️

Everyone says it doesn't matter how dark your skin looks but knowing or unknowingly they still perfer white skin over dark.... Been through this and still I am

If a dark or dusky skinned person is born in India she or he will have to face colourism and racism till the day of dying.... Example- Me and millions of people .....

As a dark skinned I felt each and every word , it all went straight through my heart❤️ I just remembered all the taunts and jokes made on my colour . The messages they shared at the end were just so comforting. I got tears🙂

I love being dark skin and love the way I look but I would be lying if I said I never felt some kind of way about others opinion. It’s a painful topic. I honestly don’t think it will ever be fixed but good luck 💖 in middle school red bone and light skin was in - high school dark skin was in - and now everyone wants a foreign or mixed chick. Colorism just changes who it loves over time but it’s never fixed.

“ i was the only black angel walking in the street and I was proud of it “ All Black people should have this mentality.

" AND FINALLY, I WAS AN ANGEL !" she SLAYS !

I’m white and grew up in california in a mostly hispanic school, I met a lot of white Mexicans, but the cultural differences and the fact that they mostly spoke spanish made me feel out of place, I wasn’t bullied, I was only teased a couple of times, I started tanning as I got older, I thought it would make me fit in more with the other kids, but it never really worked. If you’re black or brown just know you should be proud of your skin color. “We want what we don’t have and we neglect what we have”

Being not a fair skin , I myself feel afraid to share this video with my other not so fair friends..in fear of calling them out or indirectly hurting sensitive topic! Colourism!

If you wanna feel insecure about dark skin, come to South Asia, I've been told to put fair and lovely on my face to make myself lighter, ever since I was small

In the Philippines, if you have dark skin, people will treat you fine (just fine lol) but if you have a light skin, they will treat you like a special person, and would also love to be friends with you. It's kinda sad tho

I am a Sri Lankan and was always asked why my skin was dark. I used to be embarrassed and lie that I went to the beach a lot and got sunburnt. I wish I could go back to my past self and tell her that she’d be ok and being brown was the best thing that ever happened to her. Don’t hide your culture and traditions, embrace them! Everyone is beautiful in their own ways.

This kind of restored my faith in humanity, seeing that at least some poeple are capable of accepting themselves for who they are. Respect

you wanna feel insecure for having dark skin?come to asia 😒

I'm Blasian (Black and Korean). I always got talked abou because of my skin color. But my mom always told me "The darker the coal, the brighter it burns." She says it means that I stand out and I'm able to shine brighter than anyone else.

I am Bengali too. Here even if you don't have any sort of good facial features but still if you are fair , congratulations you are beautiful . I am a brown girl and I swear I am good looking than most other classmates of mine but still everyone always appreciate the fair ones . It's not like they never compliment me but they only do that for fishing likes example - the most fair one in my class would randomly start saying that "Ohh I am getting so dark" just to make us resure her that she deadass is still fair . I just hate this toxic mentality and don't worry I love myself and I know that I am a beautiful and who said your opinion matters to me?!

It doesn't matter what colour your skin is. All you have to do is be friends with those who want to be your friend. Its very simple!

As an Indian, it's really disheartening to see the amount of fairness creams being advertised in my country. It's like the 21st century but we still promote crap like 'fair skin' or 'gora nikhar'. My skin tone, as per Indian standards, is apparently considered fair (which is something of pride apparently). So when I started competitive swimming, I got more tanned. This became a major concern for my relatives and they would suggest ways to lighten my skin (It was so ridiculous). Thankfully my parents and grandma always told me to be proud of my skin so I could just brush them off. But there are so many kids who hate their skin colour. I sure hope this perception changes.

"Oh , you're really pretty for a dak-skinned girl. " ~~ whyyy "for a dark skinned girl."

I loved that they included people of different cultures... most of the time when people talk about black skin or racism they focus only on African-American...this shows that this is an issues faced amongst many cultures..it is nice to feel included in these discussions

As someone who is a light brown skin, I didn't realize that my sister who is a medium brown skin got compared to me a lot. People would tell her not to go out in the sun. I also, remember my relatives telling me that my skin got lighter just because I took a bath.

I am a dark skinned pakistani girl and this issue is real in our country.

I love how that lady was like 'I was the only black angel and I was proud of it' yeah u go!

For me, facials features are a big factor. Color not much, but skin has to be healthy and glowing. So now if you ask me, which one you will choose if you are given a choice between dark skin and white skin person. I would go for a kind person.

They are absolutely right, giving chance to darker skin people in main roles can definitely bring changes, hope that day come ASAP(•_•)

My first grade teacher called me i" this dark thing!!" in anger. I wasc6 years old. It shaped the way I view myself. 15 years later I started university in South Africa. In the dining hall were Xhosa women who worked for the university serving us lunch. Assuming I didn't understand their language since I was foreign, one said to the other " what beautiful dark skin this child has". From that day I saw myself differently. I've since come to own how I feel about my blackness. I love it!! I've always thought light skinned people age badly anyway because of the sun. The darker the berry. ...and all that

What’s up with western people wanting to be dark skinned and eastern people wanting to have light skin? Wtf

when my mom and family taunt me on my skin colour its hurt but its okay its hurt when people say to us [family] your both daughter ARE PRETTY and its hurt when ppl say to my mom why she is black in your family, funfact my age is just 11 😀 but now im proude to be black skin infact i love black colour idc what other say to me

literally had tears while video was ending...

This made me cry. We’re all made perfect before our first breath. We’re getting it, it’s a beautiful thing.

Brown and black is beautiful ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Don't frame yourself based on what people say who don't know and love you. Don't even frame yourself in opposition to what people say who don't know and love you. Don't frame yourself based on something that others think should frame you...negative or positive. You are more than what you look like. What you look like should be the least of your motivations or preoccupations. Let others be who they are. Find the blessing in being who you are and utilize it for all it's value.

I came to this video, I'm Asian and a Filipina. Here in the Philippines having fair skin is a big deal, you are pressured to get your skin whiter because they find it attractive. But being morena is the most attractive for me, and I'm proud of myself that I'm one of those morena's! Flaunt yourself of whatever skin you had because it makes u the most beautiful way around.

When the girl said "I was the only black angel walking in the street" I kind of tear up at the same time I felt proud.

my black friend made everyone call him dark lord

the end messeges gave me goose bumps ..this is powerful ....i finally felt less insecure for just a sec

love having dark skin and curly hair. People have to love themselves as they are ❤ Jesus i love you

The weird part is everybody in this video is attractive

I feel so lucky after hearing them speak. I am from from West Bengal, India and am naturally dark. My parents have never told me to use any kinds of bleaching creams. They did not even say anything like you are darker than the others or anything like that. They have always treated me as their child and not as their "dark child". I am so thankful to them. When I was younger like till about 8-9years old I did not even know racism existed as I never ever faced it. My friends have lighter skin than me but never in my life have they mistreated me. I hope everyone can live in a non racist surrounding just like me.🙏🙏

I have been struggling to bullying in school due to my dark skin tone and because of this I now have a really low self esteem watching this helped me feel understood.

Good quotes from today's dark-skinned people in this Buzzfeed video! 😃💯👏👏👏👏

the lady woth the blue hair made me tear up. 😢"I was an angel. and my mommy was proud . and I was proud!' ❤❤❤

Well, I am darker than all these people in the interview but guess what, I wish I was darker.

I cry because if this video. Thanks for sharing this to us. Whatever color of your skin, you are beautiful. You deserve the world.

I've experienced this at my home like I am slightly darker than my sister and we were always compared with each other when I was younger I use hate my skin tone and always wanted to be fair like my sister but now I've started appreciating my skin tone and that's the best thing I've done to myself

The amount of racist jokes and name calling I've had to endure throughout my life is actually sad. I'm black, deal with it.

At the end of the day we all bleed the same color.

I haven't finished watching this, but I've always felt dark skin is soooo beautiful. Ya'll are beautiful and anyone who says otherwise is jealous. :)

I am so happy as a mixed person that I saw so many colors growing up! My uncle was very dark, my dad medium , my mom is white … my entire family is mixed. My dad taught me to respect all.

Being Indian (Bengali) I understand the Indian girl 😢and it's true Edit:Thank's for the likes guys and comments

"You want to be a singer? Your face is too black." A friend of mine told me that when I was like 9 years old in front of a class presentation. Though he was young too, and we're still friends, those words stuck with me. I'm now 32, and I quickly realized how much words like that really have an impact on one's confidence.

Tanah's dark dreamy eyes are soooo cute!

When we can finally look at ourself and others as human beings without judging what we look like on the outside, we will have evolved to understanding that what we are inside is who we really are.

I'm so glad that woman got to be an angel😄😢

I’m so confused. Everyone in this video is gorgeous.

Wow this video is so eye opening and insightful ! I’m also happy that they included non blacks in this video about darkskin because darkskin isn’t exclusive to black people and colorism doesn’t only affect the black community I’m glad they show each races tribulations and experiences with colorist . And YT people/YT supremacy is very evil and they literally have people crying over the color they were born with and hurting themselves and making themselves nun well to be lighter .

I have seen this video so many times and it gets so familiar each time. My grandmother literally just asked me yesterday why I won't buy skin bleaching cream bc my neck is dark bc "you have a job now. You can afford to take care of yourself" taking care of myself meaning "bleach your skin"

I'm Vietnamese. When I was 7, my aunt was talking to my 5 year old cousin and didn't know I was listening and said to her, "You can't go outside and play. Do you want your skin to get dark like Suzanne's?"

My dark skinned 6 year old son came home crying the other day & said "mom I want to change my skin colour." I asked him why? He said "a girl told about me "yuck I hate his skin colour! He's so black!" That was so hurting to hear! Poor child! Even children can be so rude & racist?!

Being dark skinned is tough Regardless of gender

And as a ginger child I HATED being pale as paper... we grow up snd learn to value what is deeper than skin... we get over ourselves, not society.

My boyfriends family was upset that he was dating someone so dark... that’s traumatic. Especially when I’m as attractive as I am.

As a darker skinned Indian this hits home for me. I was adopted to white parents, and I felt ashamed growing up of my skin color to the point that I actually wanted to BE a blonde haired, blue eyed white girl. It took many years to finally be able to say that now I am proud of how I look and I think my brown skin is beautiful. But it took many painful years for me to realize that.

I wish people with a dark skin color would someday realize and know how beautiful, and unique they are. I might be a nobody, but if you're seeing this and this applies to you just know I appreciate you. I appreciate your skin color, I appreciate the effort you put into your hair, or if you decide to cut it. I'm disappointed in how society reacts to people with darker skin color. To me, dark skin colors of every shade is beautiful and nothing else in this world can compare to the beauty it expresses.

My mom is light and my dad is dark. It's sad that even my mum said once that "I was way fair than you at your age" I was like 10 . she didn't tell anything after that but it kinda made an impression on my life to be more light skinned . But now I don't care much though about it all the time .

Dark-skinned people of all ethnicities, keep your head held high and don't be afraid to shine. As my dad always told me when I was a little girl, "You are magic and your skin is divine."

I feel sad for the indian girl who said her mom bleached her skin as a child

i’m so sorry for everyone who went through this. my mom is dark skinned like most filipinos are, however in the Philippines everyone hates dark skin! it’s so weird how everyone there is dark yet the 1% of them who are lighter are looked up upon. (yes i know i’m lighter but other white kids have told me i’m too dark)

I still remember once when I attended an international convention in London, there were these young and beautiful ladies(white, they're really beautiful trust me). My seat wasn't far from theirs so I saw many people were taking photos with them. What struck me was when a group of Asian and Black participants requested to take photo with them, they refused and said they're good that they needed to go. While walking away passing me, I heard one of them saying "who wanna take photos with monkeys?" And the rest laughed. I was so surprised to hear that came from these girls.

No one at birth chose be a color. It's ridiculous that we discriminate against something that no one can help and doesn't need to help. (This also does apply to sexuality)

I was bullied due to my skin tone. I am Asian, being fair is a big thing. Always considered unattractive...

My life was pathetic when I was a child … people use to bully me… they use to say who will marry a dark girl…your parents will have tough time finding a guy for you… stuff like that… it’s just that the confidence I have on me made me overcome all the challenges Odds and I am married to a handsome guy who never thinks about colour

It made me cry too because I am also dark skinned and I had heard many taunts about it

I love that they included darkskin for other races and not just what darkskin is considered to the black race

Im i the only one who thinks dark skinned people are beautiful and their skin is just amazing?

I have an immigrant mother who thinks tanning is a sin. She vaguely says it’s bad. Why is the world so obsessed with light skin?

The heck with causing discomfort☝🏿☝🏿 in a vitally important subject.....Comfort is why people stay in ignorance ....here Sis⚘️⚘️⚘️⚘️⚘️

I'm really happy they talked about discrimination against dark skinned people who are not just black.

I can't believe this is actually happening in world and that there are people who actually think so bad about dark skin. personally I think dark skin is the most beautiful thing ever. I hope one day this will end and people will stop thinking so bad

I have a friend which has black skin tone but she is my best friend and I am so feel good with her 🙂

Why is this even still talked about in 2021? Every single shade under the sun is beautiful!!!!

The blue-haired lady... I'm so proud of her for believing in herself despite of what the public said.

As a white person my parents never really mentioned racism to me as a young child. I remember having my first best friend and I was so exited and my parents asked why she was black as if they had expected I would only have white friends. I was confused and said its because she was born that way and my parents realized how they worded the question and dropped it. She was my first crush. Eventually we drifted apart and I had two new friends. People would look at me funny because I always hung out with these two black girls. I don't know if people thought I was weird or if they thought my friends were but either way I didnt care. Sadly, I don't see them as often anymore but this is my point. I didn't hear about people thinking black people were less-than so I never treated them as such. Of course education is important and I'm glad I've learnt some (definitely not all) of the history of racism because it is important. Education is the cornerstone of change. Change is possible. (this isn't me trying to say that I have a black friend so I'm not racist btw, although I sincerely hope I am not racist ever because racism NEEDS to end)

Born and raised in China, I was very active and play outdoor a lot with my friends. I always got picked on for my darker/easily tanned skin. People would assume that I don't clean myself, that I don't have good manners, and I still remember one of my classmates in elementry school thought I wanted to visit Africa because my skin was too dark (the real reason was that I wanted to see the animals, and she was actually just as dark as I was). Upon moving to the US, I had the expectation that skin color wouldn't be a problem because the population here is so diverse. But I was shocked when I learned that, aside from racism, even within a darker-skinned community (african/indian/middle east etc), those with darker than average skin also get picked on. I was so pissed.

You are all so pretty! It makes me angry that others have made you feel otherwise. We are all different, but all the same. Different colours and cultures and races make the human kind diverse and interesting. I never see a colour when I look at people, I see what's inside them. Please do not let anyone tell you that you are not beautiful, because you are! ❤

When she is told Her skin is too dark; I do not hesitate to offer, That the sun loved her so much It kissed her more Than the rest of us -Eman Cheema EDIT: people are getting triggered. Chill. We dark skins get hate so this makes us smile okay? This isn’t hating on light skins so calm down lol I think the PERSON WHO WROTE IT ISNT EVEN DARK LOL EDIT 2: seriously if you’re that triggered then write your own poem 😂😂😂😂😂 EDIT 3: I’m so glad this makes so many of you smile and feel good 😘

Not to devalue or invalidate their experiences or anything. But as a dark skin black woman, I really hate it when people expect me to be insecure abt being dark skin. Yes I've had comments abt my dark tone but I've always known that I'm beautiful. It just irritates me when ppl expect me to have a story abt how I wanted to bleach my skin when I've never felt this way.

Are you guys kidding! You are very beautiful!!! Just the way you speak is very expressive! Of course, what matters is the internal content of a great human being: character! Sending you tons of blessings!

This is so sad but true unfortunately

As a darkskin Vietnamese, this hits me so hard! Even my dad would shame my for my skin

my junior year 2014 I was Cinderella in our play hloka polka. some of the girls didn't like that I was a dark Cinderella. but I was happy and I loved it. and I felt beautiful

This video makes me cry everytime I watch it

Most hurting thing is when your parents offered you fair and lovely or a bleaching cream and all This hurt's most 😢😊☺️