Who else grew up every summer scared to get “too dark” as a kid? #browngirl #blackgirl #summer

[FirePrincess]

this. Elevate this message. Explain subscreen is about health not color.

[nblocker]

This post made me cry. The elders had no idea the damage those words would do. It made me feel like there was something wrong with being dark. That self hatred is difficult to shake. This post gave me life!

[Itzyhani]

I love this.
My son had field day and he came home this dark golden color! I was about to say man you’ve gotten dark, but something stopped me. I was amazed at how it triggered something. So I stood up hugged him and told him how beautiful his tan was, and how handsome he was!
I think I healed a little part of me.
❤❤❤❤

[jenn]

Unless it's dark red, then you're sunburned AF😭🤣

[zskylerharden]

BRAH THANK YOU! As a mixed child I literally have gone no contact with half of my family over micro aggressions like this.

[quirkysaucy]

Thank you. I am 47 years old and I still have to warn my mom not to harass me when I come home from Hawaii that I’ve gotten dark. I love being brown.

[pmosmuf]

PREACH! I felt so bad every time my grandparents said I “got darker”

[luciamokte]

I’m Mexican. Most of my friend’s skin is brown, I hear them saying this, I wish they could understand how beautiful their skin is and how awesome the fact that it changes so wonderfully with the sun. We Mexicans call ourselves raza de bronce, it took me a while to accept my not bronze at all skin and I still don’t understand what could ever be wrong with brown skin getting more bronze in summer ❤ all skin tones are beautiful. Just take care, drink water and so on :)

[greenlighttrrop]

As a dark skin woman this is going to help he with loving her skin tone! ❤❤❤ keep letting her know how beautiful she is ❤❤

[deloriseperkins]

Being half Korean and Black, I Love getting dark all summer long, of course I do get sunburn 😅

[brittanybakken]

As someone whos as pale as they come this isnt something ive experienced or considered kids with darker skin than me went through with their parents. It made me emotional imagining other childrens experience and feelings on their own skin when they just wanna enjoy the sun too. This is such a beautiful video and you spread such beautiful loving mesages in the world.

[warrenmccloud]

Never had to worry about that. I'm dark in all seasons 😂

[love.wildly.live.fearlessly]

My kids get dark during summer and I celebrate it means they’re having fun and being active outside.

[victoriacheramie]

I grew up with mixed cousins and loved their skin and hair so much id try to get darker than them while we played outside. I am Caucasian olive toned. But that probably wasnt healthy either. Now im getting concerned with some apots i have. Love this! All shades are beautiful and we have to take care of our bodies so we can be our best selves!

[taiamarie]

I wish i had to worry about getting "too dark" believe it or not im mix 1/2 black/white..but i take qfter my irish/scottish mom and go from pale to burnt..only with super curly hair..lol my brother was blessed with darker complexion and tans super easy. Enjoy the sun! U all lòok amazing

[kr]

Tan, no tan, olive, light, Black, White, dark, and the variety of color variations are so amazing!! Accepting and appreciating our differences makes us so beautiful!!

[lyndafrancisque]

Raising your kids in positive representation and acceptance of how beautiful they aware is wonderful. You're a great mum Nika

[ILikeArt]

I didn't even know people do that! That is so sad - I have always been pale enough to only burn, but I wish I could tan! Dark skin is SO beautiful

[zenacollins]

My Mom's only comment was that the combination of sun and chlorine were making me 'gray' my response ' I love gray' that was the end of it. In the pool flipping off the side, swimming to touch bottom, diving off the side with my 'swimming friends. What fun. I am a Black woman.

[SamanthaMatos]

Thank you! I’m a teenager and I’ve always have to deal with this, my parents are light skinned (I’m Hispanic) and so are my older siblings my younger brother is a little more tan but I’m really tanned and I’m the darkest and my skin is very sensitive to the sun so I can be in the sun for 30 minutes and people will be asking me if I was at the beach and I don’t mind that to much but the problem is that since a little child people have always been racist about it and when it summer and I go to a lot of beach’s I get really dark, everyone calls it out, and my mom is always telling me I’m dark and that I shouldn’t get that much sun ( btw my mom doesn’t say it in a mean way but it adds on to the rest of the comments from others) and it has really had effect on me and my mental health bc now I don’t like my skin color and I wish I was lighter, every time I look in the mirror all I see is the hatred I have for my skin color and I hate it I really do, I wish I could think differently about it, or not need to deal with it. But oh well I can’t do much about it right 😔 and it makes me cry so much that when my dad is drinking ( not drunk) but when he drink a beer or 2 he get emotional and he looks at me for a while and then say “oh your my beautiful tanned girl” or “ your gorgeous I hope you know that” and I always answer with “ ofc I know that” but on the inside I’m crying a breaking bc I hate my skin color