{"id":26527,"date":"2017-04-10T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T11:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=26527"},"modified":"2017-04-10T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T11:47:11","slug":"19-year-old-model-fed-shamed-darker-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/19-year-old-model-fed-shamed-darker-skin.html","title":{"rendered":"This 19-year-old model is fed up with being shamed for her darker skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">This 19-year-old model is fed up with being shamed for her darker skin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">This 19-year-old model is fed up with being shamed for her darker skin:- Mimi Mbah, a 19-year-old college student in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is fed up with trolls attempting to disparage her skin complexion. The aspiring model let the verbal chopper spray on one particular harasser who left a shaming comment on a recent Twitter post.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On April 1, African Beauties, a Twitter account that highlights the beauty of African people, shared several of Mbah&#39;s gorgeous Instagram photos.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\t? RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_AFRICANS_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@_AFRICANS_<\/a>: Cameroon || <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dopelike_mimi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@dopelike_mimi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KP2V4H23iJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/KP2V4H23iJ<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t&mdash; Yac House P (@PhillyTheBoss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyTheBoss\/status\/848215608223301633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 1, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Twitter user lybonv2 deemed it a good idea to respond by shaming Mbah&#39;s darker skin.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kendall-Jenner-Fan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kendall Jenner Fan\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26529\" height=\"278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kendall-Jenner-Fan.png\" width=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kendall-Jenner-Fan.png 786w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kendall-Jenner-Fan-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kendall-Jenner-Fan-768x272.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">However, she got the last laugh. &quot;No thanks, I wouldn&#39;t trade my skin color for the world!&quot; she tweeted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mimi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mimi\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26530\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mimi.png\" width=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mimi.png 774w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mimi-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mimi-768x595.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mbah&#39;s tweet quickly flamed her opponent, but she told BuzzFeed News she&#39;s unsurprised by his initial response.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BR63Bcthc08\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Mimi?? (@dopelike_mimi)<\/a> on <time datetime=\"2017-03-22T00:06:41+00:00\" style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\">Mar 21, 2017 at 5:06pm PDT<\/time>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It&#39;s happened to me before and I think almost every dark skin girl can say the same too,&quot; she said. &quot;I&#39;m glad my tweet went viral because now I feel like I have a platform which I want to use to talk about things like that and give advice to other dark-skin women who are going through similar situations and probably blaming themselves for it.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Unfortunately, darker-skinned women are often subjected to hateful remarks about their complexions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">It&#39;s one of the tangible results of colorism, a system defined by sociologist Margaret Hunter as &quot;a process that privileges light-skinned people of color over dark.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Taunting is one facet of colorism, but it also impacts the life outcomes of darker-skinned people of color. As Hunter highlighted, colorism impacts everything from income and education to housing and incarceration rates.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSPDDSAhgWw\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I took endless pics ?&amp; Ima post em all<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\n\t\t\tA post shared by Mimi?? (@dopelike_mimi) on <time datetime=\"2017-03-29T20:16:37+00:00\" style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\">Mar 29, 2017 at 1:16pm PDT<\/time>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">By publicly chiding a troll, Mbah hopes that she made a statement about the harmfulness of colorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I actually wanted people to see that colorism is still real,&quot; she told BuzzFeed News.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.revelist.com\/viral\/mimi-mbah-clap-back-darker\/7414\/unfortunately-darkerskinned-women-are-often-subjected-to-hateful-remarks-about-their-complexions\/5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/19-year-old-model-fed-shamed-darker-skin.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 19-year-old model is fed up with being shamed for her darker skin This 19-year-old model is fed up with being shamed for her darker skin:- Mimi Mbah, a 19-year-old college student in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is fed up with trolls attempting to disparage her skin complexion. 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