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#CeritaKita On Women of Color: Brown and (Not) Beautiful‪?‬ Falling Leaves

    • Personal Journals

'Hmm.. Kamu manis yaa.. ' This is what I've been hearing a lot while growing up, at least from people around me. Rarely they will say that word 'beautiful' to a girl with brown skin like me. Why is that? Is fair or white always more beautiful than other colors?

'Hmm.. Kamu manis yaa.. ' This is what I've been hearing a lot while growing up, at least from people around me. Rarely they will say that word 'beautiful' to a girl with brown skin like me. Why is that? Is fair or white always more beautiful than other colors?

28 min