Think about a room full of different people, each one told to choose a favourite colour (they’re not allowed to interact, just choose). There’ll be several choices wouldn’t there? Blue, Lemon Green, Peach, Red, Yellow, Black… Up a Notch What happens when we release a pseudo result and claim that 99% of the people presentContinue reading “The Hypothetical Experiment on Beauty”
Category Archives: Colourism
Dealing with Colour at the workplace
Admittedly, the workplace can be a really tricky environment. With people from all works of life, there is every tendency to play the cards wrong and intentionally or unintentionally foster colourism. But just how do you deal with colourism your institution? Let’s find out! The Colour Difference Colour exists for identification. It is a pointerContinue reading “Dealing with Colour at the workplace”
One man can change the world
In most people’s opinions, it sounds too much like a cliché but the fact is when something true has been stated too often, it doesn’t make it any less true. To others, it sounds so much like a farfetched possibility. Lol! How can one man change the world?! How narcissistic do you really have toContinue reading “One man can change the world”
A Glance at History: The Brown Paper Bag Test
Though coined only recently, colourism has extended its ugly tentacles across several decades. It dates as far back as the 17th Century, to the times when black slaves were still held by white masters. In those times, the masters took some of the slaves into their chambers and bore into them. And so the childrenContinue reading “A Glance at History: The Brown Paper Bag Test”
Societal Standards and Colourism
Imagine for a minute you were born into a world where humans could fly and unicorns were the king of the animal kingdom. That you had your home in the clouds and survived on carbon dioxide instead of oxygen. Weird, right?! Yes! It is nothing like our world so your mind probably discards it asContinue reading “Societal Standards and Colourism”
We are more!
Like cars, we are models of the same brand but of different colours. On the surface, we are different but on the inside, our engines are the same. The core components on which we are built is the same. We run on the same horsepower, on the same meals, on the same motivations. The coloursContinue reading “We are more!”
A Short Story: The Black Disadvantage
Let me share this short true-life story that happened about two years ago. The story begins with a white lady making threats. She was standing in a stairwell. Opposite her was the lady whom she was threatening. A black woman. The black lady had her phone out too. She was live on Facebook with thisContinue reading “A Short Story: The Black Disadvantage”
A Short Story On Being Black
Not the medium tone of black, not the chocolatey black that’s known of sneaker bars. Not the pasty black that makes people purse their lips and take guesses at where you could be from. Black black. The black that reminds you of coal. Of loamy earth. Nyakim Gatwech’ black. The kind of black that callsContinue reading “A Short Story On Being Black”
Post Slavery Syndrome: Freedom beyond Shackles
The story is told of a young elephant that was tied to a giant oak tree. The chains were thin, but firm, firm enough that anytime the elephant tried to break free, it would meet a resistance impossible to overcome by its young frame. On and on it tried, pulling hard, trying to yank offContinue reading “Post Slavery Syndrome: Freedom beyond Shackles”
Rethinking the “Whiteness” of Your Skin Tone!
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings It’s just the amount of ‘melanin’ (skin pigmentation) in your skin…Yet, it has come to denote an entire culture, mindset and way of life….Does it matter how black or brown you are? And ifContinue reading “Rethinking the “Whiteness” of Your Skin Tone!”
