And I was like, this isn’t right.” She explained, “These are all dark skin actors playing Africans and I feel like it would have just been off to see me as a biracial American with a ...

Sponsor Message "We're African, we're Somali, we have dark skin," says Sharif in a mix of ... and found inspiration in seeing black women actors play strong leading roles on television.

While Hollywood can be filled with drama, the only media-worthy shade in this piece is the shade of actors’ and actresses’ skin. Colorism. In the entertainment industry it appears that lighter skin ...

several said they face discrimination and barriers to upward mobility as a result of having dark skin. In Hollywood, starring roles tend to go to light-skinned actors over dark ones. National ...

“Dark-skinned women still portray a certain ... While Hollywood still has a long way to go before darker-skin actors are cast at similar rates and in similar roles as their lighter-skinned ...