BBC OS Conversations: Colourism

BBC OS Conversations: Colourism

The issue of colourism was highlighted in a recent BBC news report about a Nigerian woman who bleached the skin of her six young children leaving them with discoloured skin, burns and scars. It is a form of racism where light skin is more highly valued than dark skin amongst people of the same ethnic group. In our conversations, we hear from women who share experiences of colourism in India including Chandana who has faced colourism from an early age. We also bring together two black women who work in the fashion and beauty industry, where appearance is everything. Beauty journalist, Ateh, shares her experiences of colourism with Nyakim, a Sudanese-American model known as Queen of the Dark after her naturally dark skin tone.

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Protest in the age of the 'Kill Switch'

Protest in the age of the 'Kill Switch'

In the face of widespread protests, the Iranian government ‘switched off’ the country’s access to the internet on 8th January. In Uganda, prior to recent elections, the government of president Yoweri ...

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Living in Greenland

Living in Greenland

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Daughters of thunder

Daughters of thunder

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Bonus: Introducing: The History Bureau

Bonus: Introducing: The History Bureau

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21 Tammi 28min

Greece: Rescuers on trial

Greece: Rescuers on trial

In a case with profound implications for European migration policy, two dozen former volunteer humanitarian workers have been on trial on the Greek island of Lesbos. Seven years ago, they were arreste...

20 Tammi 28min

Black girlhood in photos and writing

Black girlhood in photos and writing

Black girls performing in a parade on the streets of Chicago and playing in the surf at Martha's Vineyard offer a glimpse of what it is like, growing up in the United States today. Sisters Salamishah ...

19 Tammi 26min

New elements

New elements

What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before? The search for element 120 on the periodic table has begun at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Cosm...

18 Tammi 26min

Kenyans lured to Russia's frontline

Kenyans lured to Russia's frontline

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17 Tammi 26min

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