For my second intervention, I chose to continue with my
first project by expanding my research and interviewing a few people about how
they see colorism, if they’ve been affected by it and some ways they could
prevent/intervene if they were to see people being mistreated due to colorism. Another
part of my intervention was using a board and writing those same questions and getting
anonymous answers from people and seeing their perspectives. While asking those
questions I was able to see how it had an impact on them. We all know that
colorism exists, but there isn’t much attention brought to the topic, so asking
those questions caught them off guard.
I chose
this topic because as I’ve mentioned before colorism is cross cultural and global,
yet you don’t see many discussions about it. Colorism is just as important as
the other isms. It affects the quality of life, it affects how darker skinned
folks move around the world, the way they are perceived and opportunities of
all sorts. The goal/intention behind this intervention was to bring some type
of awareness, to get people thinking more about colorism, how to deal with it,
ways you could try to intervene when seeing happening and speaking, demanding
change.
The art of activism pg 83 “to open your eyes to new
things, to try new combinations, means leaving the tried and true, safe and
sure.” To experience, you must leave your comfort zone and try things that aren’t
familiar or safe. This quote resonates with me and my project because going out
in public was and asking strangers questions they rarely or never think about
was nerve racking, I felt vulnerable, and I was afraid of fear of rejection and
ignorance.
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