Skin Without Stigma | Sisira Bikumala | TEDxBrushy Creek Youth

Open any social media app and tell me what do you see. Well, I see filters that lighten skin and products that promise fairness. These are all modernday signs of an age-old problem.Colorism deeply rooted in a history of colonialism and slavery. Colorism continues to shape how people are valued, perceived, and treated till this day. So, it's time we ask who benefits from this bias and who pays the price.In order to progress, we have to identify the origin of this issue. Systems were created to divide. Colori ...