lafaggot:

is it just me or does every white author ever describing a person of color use food metaphors:

“creamy chocolate skin”

“smooth caramel complexion”

“her legs were the color of cinnamon”

like wtf you’re trying so hard to not be racist that you sound like a fucking cannibal

XD lmao!

I never get offended by stuff like this. I call myself chocolate sometimes and my friends caramel, white chocolate, marshmallows etc. it’s all good. It’s cause we’re all just so magically delicious! lol

xtremecaffeine:

H&M Makes Model Look Really, Really, Really Tan

locsgirl:

stopwhitewashing:

Folks: we officially live in a world whereBeyoncé’s skin gets lightened for ads andIsabeli Fontana’s gets darkened. H&M is under fire from public health and cancer groups for hiring model Isabeli Fontana for its latest swimwear campaign and making her look really tan — tan in a way that many people can’t achieve via healthy means. A photo of Fontana from the last time she modeled for H&M is included for comparison. We don’t know if this is bronzer, fake tanner, Photoshop, or some unholy combination of all of the above — hopefully it’s not a tanning bed or the sun, eek — but Fontana doesn’t normally look like Tan Mom. Note to H&M: if you like the way your swimsuit colors “pop” against darker skin tones, these days they have models who naturally have those skin tones. At nearly all of the major agencies! Maybe hire them? [DM]

Kamanitree: WTF? You seriously couldn’t just hire a model of color?

So…..in other words, the features of non-white people are only thought to look good on white people.  Got it. =/

*hardcore side eye*