This week's episode features 2 of our SEL Training Specialists in an intimate conversation with their daughters on the topic of colorism. Africa Fullove and Candace Evans spent some time with their daughters, students Indigo Fullove and Joy Evans to connect on their experiences with colorism and how it has impacted them.  This is the first part of a 2-part conversation on this important topic. 

In his book, “How to Be an Anti-racist”, Ibram X. Kendi defines “colorism as a collection of racist policies that cause inequities between light people and dark people, and these inequities are substantiated by racist ideas about Light and dark people.” Kendi also says, “When gains disproportionately flow to light people and losses disproportionately flow to Dark people, inequities between races mirror inequities within the same races.” Same-race Colorism means preferential treatment based solely on their color- Light skinned vs. Dark skinned complexion.