SA Celebs Talk About Colourism In The Entertainment Industry. SA Celebs Talk About Colourism In The Entertainment Industry.
SA Celebs Talk About Colourism In The Entertainment Industry It started when Pearl Thusi talked about her not getting some job opportunities because she is too light. Pearl went on Twitter to speak about the ways colourism has affected her in numerous tweets. She says she was being denied her own identity as a black person.
“I’ve never denied colourism. But if you’ve never been fair skinned—you can’t speak on our hardships as well. Being stripped of your identity because you don’t fit people’s mould is tough,” says Pearl Thusi. She says that she has been denied jobs because of her complexion. The television presenter says, “I’ve lost many jobs to dark skinned women. Because I didn’t fit the mould of a real black woman for people. And other times because that woman was more beautiful or talented.”
Sho Madjozi also went on to speak about colourism in the corporate and entertainment industry. The hip hop artist posted a thread about how women are selected for a job based on how attractive they are to the men that choose them. She says, “The real problem is that women are valued more when they are considered attractive to men.” She went on to say that men are chosen merely based on their talent and not how they look.
“Sometimes women won’t be given a chance unless they’re light skinned, half-naked, have a big boody (but with a small waist), wear a weave etc. not just in the entertainment industry but in corporate and other spaces as well,” says Sho Madjozi. Other celebs loved what Sho Madjozi said. Gigi Lamayne says, “What @ShoMadjozi said in those tweets yesterday? Freaking accurate. So accurate, it hurts.”
Phila Madlingozi said some of the light skinned celebs must be removed from the entertainment industry. “The celebswho have been eating of being light skinned must FALL!!! They have the excuse to be dumb coz [because] they popular…” Bonnie Mdluli disagrees with Pearl Thusi’s statement of light skinned people not getting job opportunities. The actress says, “So when a light skinned actress complains [about] the one or two roles they didn’t get [because] they weren’t dark [enough]; I’m like but the part [you’re] crying [about] was being the slave who gets raped and beat up in the thing, [people] who look like [you] have never had to be in that position to begin with.”
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by Alexandra Ramaite
