Image: Instagram/Kuli Roberts
Radio and TV personality Kuli Roberts has weighed in on the colourism debate, saying that dark-skinned girls should not be pressured into hating their complexion.
The star, who has been an active advocate in encouraging dark-skinned girls and women to love their complexion, took to Twitter recently to lash out at society’s view of dark-skinned girls.
“We are not going to have a generation of dark-skinned kids hating their complexions because of you. Not today, satan,” she wrote.
When a follower asked how she would deal with family members who favour one child over another because of their lighter skin, Kuli said the person should correct them.
She said people need to speak out on discrimination and teach relatives the right way to treat people, even if it sometimes makes you unpopular.Kuli was herself a victim of “sinister comments” when she posted a series of snaps.
When one follower said she found the pictures “quite goofy and funny”, Kuli said it hadn’t stopped others from being “vile”.
“Some black folks have other sinister comments which I ignore, as you and I relate and they don’t. So just because they look like you doesn’t mean they will relate. Obviously I don’t give two hoots. When folk are vile, you ignore em.”