My Relationship with Colorism and its Cruel Effects Internationally

It is insidious and continues to poison generations of people.

Renée Cherez
Sep 3, 2018 · 6 min read
Image by Venus Libido via Instagram

There was a time in middle school and high school I didn’t believe my dark-skin was beautiful.

Actually, there was a time I was so insecure in my tall, skinny dark-skinned body that I wore a pink bubble coat in the middle…

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Renée Cherez

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Traveler||Writer||Racial Injustice||She/Her||Perusing around Asia falling more and more in love with my Blackness each day👸🏿. Instagram: @reneecherez

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