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People don’t give Rugrats enough credit for how progressive it was. I mean think about it.

I fight so hard for colorism because it will kill me in 20 years when my child is on the bathroom floor crying because they’re too dark. I’m fighting because they put babies on bleaching creams. I’m fighting because there are going to be Black kids all Summer long avoiding the pool and park because Auntie Whoever said don’t get “too dark” and they’re going to say the same thing to their kids 20 years from now. I’m fighting because my little cousin tried to commit suicide because kids keep teasing her dark skin. I’m fucking fighting because I cannot afford to wait for OTHER Black people to decide that dark skin isn’t so bad. So here’s a fuck you to any and everybody who think this battle is about some fucking DMs or man’s approval. Yeah y'all care about the unity of Black women as long as you can build that bridge in the mouths of dark skin women.