Was Kerry Washington lightened on the cover of Entertainment Weekly?

theGRIO REPORT - This week, a cover shot featuring Kerry Washington has a few folks on the Internet questioning whether the 'Scandal' star was lightened by Entertainment Weekly...

Zoe Saldana on Nina Simone backlash

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Zoe Saldana has finally responded to critics who have been fuming since it was announced that the Avatar star would be replacing Mary J. Blige in the upcoming Nina Simone biopic...

Why skin color casting in Hollywood in complicated

Veronica Miller

OPINION - When it comes to casting black talent, Hollywood can appear to both not know what it’s doing, and to know exactly what it’s doing...

Brazilian artist catalogues skin tones

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - In an attempt to show that human beings are more than just black, brown and white, Angelika Dass placed her subjects in front of a wall painted in a Pantone color..

Kenyan model fights skin lightening, European beauty standards

Britni Danielle, Clutch Magazine

CLUTCH - 'It seems that the world is conspiring in preaching that there is something wrong with Kenyan ladies’ kinky hair and dark skin,' Kenyan model Ajuma Nasenyana told the Daily Nation...

Why rap's 'white girl' obsession hurts

Bené Viera

OPINION - Kanye West, whose music I happen to love dearly, has had a longtime obsession with the white aesthetic...

Does BET have a bias against dark-skinned blacks?

Veronica Miller

OPINION - With Rocsi and Terrence (until recently) leading one of network’s more popular shows, and the launch of a new program with former CNN journalist TJ Holmes, there’s some concern that BET may be signing on with the old, pervasive and troubling adage, 'Light is right'...

Photo: What if Trayvon Martin were white?

theGrio

A new photo, featuring Trayvon Martin and his shooter George Zimmerman in a racial role reversal, is making the rounds on the Internet...

Anti-Obama ad may have darkened his complexion

theGrio

President Obama's complexion appears to be significantly darker in a recent Vets For a Strong American commercial...

Acura casting call: 'Not too dark' black actor

Briana Lopes

theGRIO REPORT - A casting document from Japanese car company Acrua has leaked into the hands of TMZ, which explicitly states that they sought a 'nice looking, friendly, not too dark' African-American car dealer...

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Skin Color

Was Kerry Washington lightened on the cover of Entertainment Weekly?

Zoe Saldana on Nina Simone backlash

Why skin color casting in Hollywood in complicated

Brazilian artist catalogues skin tones

Kenyan model fights skin lightening, European beauty standards

Why rap's 'white girl' obsession hurts

Does BET have a bias against dark-skinned blacks?

Photo: What if Trayvon Martin were white?

Anti-Obama ad may have darkened his complexion

Acura casting call: 'Not too dark' black actor

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