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Dec 19

Do Light Skinned Girls Perpetuate Colorism?

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 3 Comments

Do Light Skinned Girls Perpetuate Colorism? by Veronica Wells of NoSugarNoCream.com Sisterhood is something many Black women strive for. But despite our best efforts, we all fall short from time to time. Sometimes we intentionally choose words we know will cut. Other times the disregard, disrespect is less sinister and due to years of consuming Eurocentric beauty standards, internalized racism,…

Dec 19

The First Mean Girl In My Life Was My Mother

The 1st Mean Girl in My Life Was My Mother : When Mom Becomes the Bully

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 6 Comments

Mean Girls: The First Mean Girl In My Life Was My Mother As told to Veronica Wells of NoSugarNoCreamMag I noticed that the relationship I had with my mom was different from other people’s when I was like in fourth and fifth grade or middle school time. The talks most young ladies have with their mothers I didn’t really have. Even…

Sep 21

Brazilian Teacher Asked Mom of 4-year-old to Straighten Her Daughter’s Hair to be Accepted

By BITCHES BREW BY ERICKKA SY SAVANÉ Curly Nikki No Comments

Photo via BlackWomenofBrazil By Marques Travae And once again, coming from the land of “we are all equal” in a “racial democracy.” The mother of a four-year-old black girl was asked by the girl’s school to change her daughter’s hairstyle so that her classmates would better accept her. Continue

Sep 21

From Bullied to Youngest Fashion Week Designer. 11-Year-Old Kheris Rogers is Flexin’ in Her Complexion

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Kheris Rogers By Winnie Gaturu At age 11, Kheris Rogers has already achieved a lot in her life. She is a model, a motivator and a fashion designer. These are many roles for a girl her age but she has handled them with a lot of grace and positivity. You see, Kheris hit a rough patch when she joined…

May 04

‘This Is Us’ Actor Lonnie Chavis Has an Epic Question for Internet Trolls

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Lonnie Chavis By Erickka Sy Savané If 11-year-old Lonnie Chavis looks familiar to you it's because he plays adorable young Randall on the Emmy-award-winning show 'This Is Us.' An actor since age 4, Lonnie has grown up in the business and has 145k instagram followers to prove it. But where there's love, there's also hate. Lonnie's celebrity status makes him…