My sister and I are both active in Black organizing spaces but she's light-skinned and I'm dark-skinned and we keep having these moments where she gets listened to differently than I do, or people assume she's 'safer' to talk to, and we both see it happening but we don't know how to address it without it becoming about our relationship instead of the bigger issue.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who share racial identity but have different experiences of colorism are struggling to address systemic patterns without fracturing their personal bond.
“Where Are You with Colorism and intraracial identity?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.