However, the song has caught some backlash. Per usual, when a black person shares an opinion on their struggles, someone has something negative to say. This time, it's other black women chiming in. People are calling Bianca racist, saying "this dark-skin vs light-skin stuff has to stop", saying she's playing up a "who has it worse" sort of thing, and so on. Is this really fair though?
Here's the thing, colorism is real, and it's insane that people don't see it. Darker skinned people, and especially women, are constantly discriminated against. Whether you like to believe it or not, those with lighter skin are definitely treated better, and praised more than those who are not. Let's stop pretending that dark-skinned girls don't have it harder. At the end of the day, this song is good, and it teaches girls to love and embrace themselves, as they should. It's not about trying to knock the light-skinned girl, its about uplifting the brown skinned girl. If you listen to the song, you can clearly understand that. I get what people are saying, but I don't believe that Bianca deserves any of this backlash.
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