#That’s why luz didn’t have coily or curly hair and people couldn’t tell she was black
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When it comes to Colorism and texturism in tv and movies, it’s a very gendered issue.
I don’t know if any of y’all have noticed, but Black men will hardly, if ever, let a biracial who’s lightskinned, has below type 4 curls, and has Eurocentric features play them in any type of way. From what I’ve observed, when it comes to modern tv shows and movies their representation is leaning more towards the dark skinned side.
Meanwhile, black women and girls are actively played by biracials who are very light, very loose when it comes to hair texture, has some Eurocentric features. One of the few times we get darkskinned representation, it’s usually going to be in some very masculinizing, or an angry black woman, or a sidekick(There are exceptions like Lunella from Moongirl and Devil Dinosaur).
But what I’m trying to say is, how is it that the media remembers that darkskinned black men and boys can exist in roles that aren’t demeaning in some way, but suddenly it’s a hard task to portray darkskinned black woman and girls?
If they can give black men and boys good darkskinned representation, they can give black women and girls ours.
#colorism#misogynoir#texturism#a good example of this is Gus and Luz from toh#they made sure to let the audience know Gus is a black boy on a magical island but Dana has to tell people that Luz#the main character is Afro-Dominican#Cus people kept thinking luz wasn’t Afro-Latino#also for those of you who are going to say but the show confirmed that luz and her mom used to straighten their hair!#That’s why luz didn’t have coily or curly hair and people couldn’t tell she was black#new flash! just because a black person strqightens or relaxes our hair doesn’t mean we suddenly become racially ambiguous#you can tell who a black person is and what they look like no matter the hairstyle
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