In this video, Fiq returns to look at images of black men in movies and looks at the seemingly odd paradox of the overall absence of lightskinned black men from the media spotlight, at least compared to their darker peers. In investigating this phenomenon, Fiq looks at how shades of blackness affect black men outside of media, the mythology behind black men's sexuality, and the ways that this comes across on screen.

00:00 Content Warning/Thought Experiment
03:15 Introduction (Level Setting)
13:04 Examples of Colorism in the Media
19:29 What Makes a Hollywood Leading Man?
23:08 Biases toward Darker Skin
27:40 Self Hatred and Interracial Dating
33:09 Fetishism of Black Men's Bodies
39:29 Black Men and Sexual Violence
44:43 The Double Consciousness

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Kadija Mbowe    • Colorism l Khadija Mbowe  

Demi Mykal    • reacting to colorist tik toks... yikes  

Colorism studies
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