Skin Color

Colin Kaepernick set to release children’s book celebrating differences

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

California woman brutally beats and stomps man who allegedly used racial slurs

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Scientists change Obama’s skin color to make white people support conservative politics

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Yellow Fever' short film challenges beauty standards

theGrio REPORT – In a powerful short film titled “Yellow Fever,” Ng’endo Mukii, a Kenyan artist and filmmaker, sets out to expose the troubling messages portrayed by the media about skin color. She wanted to find a way to express the near self-loathing that many women of color experience.
/ March 30, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Website lets voters decide if you're 'light-skin or 'dark-skin'

theGRIO REPORT – A new website has launched allowing African American visitors to determine if they are perceived as light-skin or dark-skinned…
/ December 10, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Lupita Nyong’o teaches Elmo about skin color on Sesame Street

theGRIO REPORT – Lupita Nyong’o visited Sesame Street recently to have a quick conversation with Elmo about skin.
/ September 17, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

From Lupita's People cover to Pharrell's 'Marilyn Monroe': Dark skinned beauty fad sparks backlash

OPINION – Do we think we’re not good enough that when we land on a major magazine cover, we need to be cynical about how we got there?…
/ April 24, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Lupita Nyong'o People magazine cover is further confirmation that dark and natural is beautiful

OPINION – My joy over Nyong’o’s latest cover has nothing with needing the approval of a mainstream (read: white) magazine to recognize black is obviously beautiful…
/ April 23, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

From Patsey to Princess: Why Lupita Nyong'o makes black women proud

OPINION – Lupita Nyongo has slayed stereotypes, not only about the beauty of dark African skin, but intelligence and femininity as well…
/ March 3, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones: Democratic Party now KKK, government 'hands out spoils based on skin color'

theGRIO REPORT – Fox News host Tucker Carlson joined Alex Jones’ radio show last Friday and claimed the Democratic Party is the new Ku Klux Klan and that the government is responsible of a kind of reverse racism.
/ March 3, 2014