ALSO READ: Six common foods that will promote your hair growthThe African society discriminately favours ladies with lighter skin tones over their darker counterparts. Women with darker skin tones are resorting to bleaching agents with the hope of ‘boosting’ their beauty. Okwara disclosed that, because of her darker skin tone, she has had to go an extra mile from time to time while her counterparts with lighter skin tones got special treatment without necessarily doing much. In a lengthy post, the TV queen has narrowed down on the issue of colourism where women with darker skin tones are being discriminated against based on their skin tone and they are generally being dismissed as not beautiful. She details how our society dictates that having a lighter skin means you are better, beautiful and subsequently, more successful.

Source: Standard Digital June 18, 2020 19:06 UTC