“Colorism, society's preference for lighter skin, is alive and well. It's not just a prejudice reserved for places with a largely white population,' Lupita Nyong'o wrote on Instagram.
The beautiful and multi-talented Lupita Nyong’o can now add published author to her long list of accomplishments with the impending release of her children’s book, Sulwe. The actress took to Instagram to get personal about hardships growing up as a dark skinned girl and how these struggles inspired her to write.
Sulwe, named after the protagonist, is about a little girl who “has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything,” the book’s summary reads.
“As a little girl reading, I had all of these windows into the lives of people who looked nothing like me, chances to look into their worlds, but I didn't have any mirrors. While windows help us develop empathy and an understanding of the wider world, mirrors help us develop our sense of self, and our understanding of our own world. They ground us in our body and our experiences,” she continued.
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