In fact, all the negative comments about my baby's skin colour were from people the same hue as me. Her friend called the maternity ward from Guyana in South America to check if her baby was white or black. A doctor asked Wendy if she had "white in the family", and she explained that Olivia's father was white. But he said: "No, no, no, you've got white in your family and that's the reason why Olivia is so pale." There's often underlying tones of, 'Do you want to be that skin colour?'

Source: The Star July 30, 2021 06:45 UTC