Shadeism

Season 1 wraps with the industry G.O.A.T Dr. Ronald Hall, Professor with the School of Social Work at Michigan State University. Tune into to hear more the term he coined -- the bleaching syndrome, skin tone and masculinity and how this all ladders up to the the cutting edge of the cutting edge when it comes to understanding racism.

This week I connect with Dr. Midge Wilson, from Chicago's DePaul University. Dr. Wilson takes us through her journey on studying the topic of colorism from the lens of beauty standards, the limitations she's faced as a white woman in this field and her hope for future generations!

Follow Midge on twitter: @midgewilson1

In this episode, I talk with author, journalist and professor Kamal Al-Solaylee about his book, Brown. We discuss  the courage and years it can take to write about our own experiences, the pigmentocracy, and what being brown means in the world today.

The first episode of The Shadeism Series features V. T. Nayani (9'knee, she/her), a Toronto based Tamil filmmaker, artist, and producer. This episode explores her ground breaking documentarian work on shadeism and skin tone discrimination.  We discuss the humbling learnings that occurred along the way to shake our preconceived notions of shadeism, and how these ideals have transformed our very understanding of these projects.