Dark Girls

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January 15, 2022
Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful said the African models on British Vogue's February cover "are redefining what it is to be a…
January 20, 2015
OPINION - I made myself watch the documentary Light Girls on OWN Monday night. The overwhelming superficiality of several of…
January 14, 2015
VIDEO - Raven-Symoné says that while she was starring on 'That's So Raven' she used to tan 3-4 times a…
December 26, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The Oprah Winfrey Network is airing 'Light Girls,' the sequel to Bill Duke's 2011 documentary, 'Dark Girls.'
February 8, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Aside from Nyong'o’s exceptional talent, she is also creating a stir because she embodies a different interpretation…
July 2, 2013
OPINION - Most dark-skinned women are acutely aware of society’s preference for lighter skin, but that does not negate the…
June 30, 2013
OPINION - Sometimes, us light-skinned girls need to be secure enough in our own blackness to simply listen...
June 27, 2013
OPINION - There is a growing crop of people who feel the 'Dark Girls' documentary’s biggest flaw is that it…
June 25, 2013
ESSAY - I’m not sure that those of us on the darker-end of the spectrum really need to maintain a…
June 22, 2013
OPINION - While some folks are eagerly awaiting the documentary, a good number of folks in my personal networks have…
June 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Directors D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke tackle a provocative dilemma among the African-American community in their…
November 26, 2012
A new documentary, by acclaimed filmmaker D. Channsin Berry, aims to further the conversation about what it means to be…
September 13, 2012
An African-American girl and her mother plan legal action against a Los Angeles area school after the youth was allegedly…
January 17, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Bill Duke's new documentary explores the deeply rooted bias and low self-esteem that, according to the film,…
June 1, 2011
OPINION - Everywhere you turn, black women's beauty and worth is being assaulted...