Colourism: Casting of Nani in Lilo & Stitch just the tip of the iceberg

Sistas, Let's Talk Podcast

This edition of Sista's Let's Talk was a repeat of the program broadcast on 15th June 2023

Casting a light-skinned woman to play a brown character in a Disney movie is one version of colourism, but in the Pacific it's just the tip of the iceberg.

Polynesian voices have managed to find their way to the mainstream - even though it is still problematic - but has that been at the expense of people from the Melanesian and Micronesian regions?

Surely there's space for all of us to represent and tell our stories.

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