So the Meghan Markle and Harry interview with Oprah has started a lot of important conversations on race and one of them is on Colorism. Colorism is global, it affects every place that has been colonized in the past (and probably more since American culture and entertainment are so pervasive), and like many systems of oppression it is self perpetuating.
References:
Info on the interview
https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-has-proof-everything-she-said-oprah-interview-says-gayle-king/
Black men not wanting dark skinned children (https://newstalkcleveland.com/421121/discussion-why-black-men-choose-white-women/)
Colorism in America
https://time.com/4512430/colorism-in-america/
Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism
Shades of Black series
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/shades-of-black
The paper bag test came to Buckinham Palace
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/09/paper-bag-test-came-buckingham-palace/
Why Black men choose white women
https://newstalkcleveland.com/421121/discussion-why-black-men-choose-white-women/
Code Switch podcast: In Search Of Black-On-Black Love
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/02/14/584615868/in-search-of-black-on-black-love
General info on Black Caricatures
https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans
Brute Caricature
https://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/brute/
Sapphire caricature
https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/antiblack/sapphire.htm
Ijeoma Oluo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijeoma_Oluo
TChara Monts post
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10117546667858803&set=a.10100479346667283
Ijeoma Oluo’s post
https://www.facebook.com/ijeoma.oluo/posts/10157669693912676
Priyanka Chopra Is Not "Too Ethnic" To Be Cast In Film, But Someone Thought She Was - Refinery 29
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/09/171515/priyanka-chopra-hollywood-racism-criticism
Royally stylish: The Princess of Liechtenstein whose wedding dress might have inspired the Duchess of Sussex
https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-princess-angela-of-liechtenstein?fbclid=IwAR3NZ9Yk8WaZhHu7DkcVozVYbfnYjNfn8LPYn7dlOvyREhD-m-kfcPf2cOY
Priyanka Chopra