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How OWN’s Light Girls Documentary Missed the Mark

Oprah Winfrey's Network aired a follow up to the Dark Girls documentary as a continuation on the topic of colorism in the Black community. Light Girls, a two hour special, sought to explore the issue of colorism from the perspective of light-skin Black women...I guess. What I saw was a jumble of interviews across the spectrum of those who identified as Black, comedians offering sarcastic insights with a straight face, Japan because...Japan, Soledad offering the most significant of truths in the last 10 minutes and India Arie closing it out singing "I am light..." A fitting closing really as it fully
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