Hair bias is a real problem. It’s rarely talked about, but it affects millions globally.
This World Afro Day, we’re calling time on this.
Whatever your hair type, join the movement to Change the Facts, Not the Fro. In celebrating our Afro hair this weekend in all of its versatility, help us continue the conversation by tagging us in your pics @worldafroday.
Do people really realize the impact of this though?? Because of Mike’s implementation of the inclusion rider through his production company, Outlier Society, he got a whole studio to implement the same policy. Every single movie they produce from now on will do the same thing that was Brie Larson says was done for Just Mercy. Every single set will employ 70% PoC and not only feature but prioritize diverse hiring. They FLEW PEOPLE IN. From now on they will not be able to use excuses to justify a lack of diversity. Think of just how many opportunities this creates for People of Colour on every single set. Super dope. Mike was the fist to do this. Has any other production company or studio committed to an inclusion rider?
The moral halo around “good skin” isn’t a coincidence. The behaviors associated with a clear, even-toned complexion require those who want it to reject hedonism in a way that is still deeply ingrained as virtuous in American culture; that the wealthy have mastered the look reinforces capitalistic notions of success and who achieves it (the ascetic, dedicated, and hardworking). The journalist Jaya Saxena found as much when she investigated the connections between skin and poverty earlier this year. “We assume those at the top are there because they’ve done something right. And if they have straight teeth, toned bodies, and smooth skin, that must be ‘right’ too,” she wrote. “It’s not that we think having bad skin is a moral failing. It’s that we think poverty is.”
I wish everyone would wake up and realize that your idealized self is simply your current self but with drive. The person you want to be is you if you put in the work! Like, life is ultimately up to us and we can change ourselves whenever we want! Make plans to do better for yourself, speak it into fruition, and work for it.
Looking for the fluff instead of the smut 
