Getting Bullied isn't Colorism, Babes.

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[@PrinceKoffe]

Love the channel! You always look so glam and unafraid of being sexy! People stay individualizing systemic issues and its so annoying. DS people use anecdotes to personalize the data that shows colorism is effecting us sociopolitically and economically. I call this "the one time in band camp" gaslighting. Sooooo many people suddenly have traumatic core memories of "big ugly bald-headed" dark skin girls killing they souls with a ray gun only when a conversation about colorism comes up. They never see the irony of referring to these people by colorist tropes as telling of their gaslighting motivation. People also always mistake the results of the system and the actions of its victims for the system. A hypothetical dsbw beating up a ls woman because she is "jealous" (lowkey that narrative tells me you got colorism issues from jump) that she is ls skin wouldn't be colorism. You yourself just stated the reason: "jealousy." You were bulled out of "jealousy," not because their is a systemic privilege in being dark skin, and someone was directly mistreating you because you were light skin. That is bullying and a result of the system. If you help us remove the system, we wouldn't have these issues. There is your motivation, babes. Reverse colorism is as made up as reverse racism and reverse sexism. It's the all lives matter version of colorism.

[@mayowasworld]

lmaooo!!! this one time in band camp!!! im hollering. WHEW U SAID EVERYTHING!!!!

[@PrinceKoffe]

@Mayowa's World Thanks 😁. It's like I'm sorry you got beat up, sis, and it ain't right. But we literally never hear about these things until we discuss colorism. Why is this the time you want to share and not with a therapist somewhere?

[@laceykanda995]

So perfectly summed up! And funny as hell too with the band camp line 😅! The *reverse* comment is bang on🔥.

[@fae3821]

So well said! Especially the part about jealousy

[@senoracheapee1864]

If they were getting bullied so much, why is it only a topic when colorism is discussed? And it’s AMAZING that they ALL got their hair cut. 🙄

[@rayawalker1786]

She asked “do you believe in colorism” like it’s a religion or something 😭

[@Brownmahfun]

I know RIGHT, REDICULOUS!

[@serpentserpent9308]

Colourism (膚色歧視) is the business of the Black audience that suffer from an inferiority complex. It’s not the light-skinned person’s fault. The U.S. is a white country…let’s face. And thus all non-white subjects aspire white, period. Asians undergo blepharoplasty, date white men, and praise the aesthetic of hāfus (ハーフ) that are mixed specifically white. Hispanics elevate citizens that looks more peninsular/criollo or bare minimum castizo. So, dark-skinned Black girls and gays with money will spend their hard earned on lighter skinned acts that they wish/aspire to be like. It’s exactly the Kenneth and Mamie Clark “doll test” but with adults. Dark-skinned music goers cling to lighter skinned celebs that the idolize because they live vicariously through them. Colourism is not something you ask the artist or the industry, it’s something you confront towards the audience. Just look at Beyoncé vs Michelle, Lil' Kim vs Foxy Brown, etc. Blacks have to come to terms with their self hate before asking such questions. I’ve seen Black-American mothers that would show favouritism to their children with less kinky hair, lighter skin, or coloured eyes. Meanwhile their children with more African aesthetics/phenotypes are shunned and/or treated like Cinderella. Then you have Black men jocking Caribbean, Brazilian and Ethiopian/Somali girls that possess more mixed aesthetics. Such an environment is no wonder light-Skinned performers/actresses thrive over darker ones. The Black-American community is defeated. So best keep on mixing until y’all look Dominican or Brazilian and less West African.

[@chickofmusic001]

It is plain ignorance. If they don’t struggle with a certain issue, they don’t acknowledge it.

[@Brownmahfun]

@@chickofmusic001 DEADASS!

[@myopinion6748]

I no longer believe in colorism I believe in coloring and Crayola

[@UdochiOkeke]

There is no reverse of systems. This ain't Uno!!!!

[@mayowasworld]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 they need to grab 4

[@dajiyahmcae1880]

Skikikikikikikik 🤭

[@peacenllamas]

Lmaoo imma say this next time someone says reverse anything 😭

[@eboni1346]

Wish I saw this comment earlier. Thought the same thing. They think this is a game

[@maishaprice2982]

Omg this women is irritating the hell outta me. She’s going off topic. She asked her a question and reared off and tried to make herself the victim. Smh she knows it’s real. She knows it’s real. They need someone like you on the panel to stand up to her. Smh

[@mayowasworld]

lol I think we probably would end up fighting

[@xiamariansupreme72]

It goes to show that YT women and lightskin BW are the same; both trying to be victims, both trying to 1-up BLK people and darkskin BW.

[@maishaprice2982]

@@mayowasworld girl same lol 😂.

[@Singer_and_Songwriter]

@@mayowasworld 😂😂

[@belovedone94]

Mostly everyone knows about this, it’s not rocket science but of course some will just be a complete airhead in denial about it.

[@destinyx1636]

How does “I used to get bullied” compare to a systemic issue????

[@anissa2361]

It doesn't, lol.

[@mayowasworld]

Exactly

[@TheNetReactor]

It needs to be addressed though. There are too many stories of light skinned girls being bullied by dark skinned girls.

[@PrinceKoffe]

@@TheNetReactor And way too many DS women and people who have been bullied by LS women and people. Bonus points for the use of colorist tropes.

[@loveyb9090]

@@TheNetReactor we all been bullied though so what's your point? And the bullying was much worse. Being called too light vs African booty scratcher or burnt doesn't compare. Being told only light girls can get in a club or viewed as civilized /non aggressive is an issue. You don't see police or WP fearing lighter women or men either.

[@divinefreedom143]

It baffles me how the BC understands racism and how it affects us but their mind draws a blank with colorism. I wish people who don't have the range to have these conversations stay out of them. There are many layers and nuances to colorism and Megan does not have the range.

[@mayowasworld]

exactly, and instead of realizing you dont have the range and not engaging, she decides to b antagonistic. it always blew me how we understand racism crystal clear but when convos about colorism comes up everyone starts acting so confused.

[@divinefreedom143]

@@mayowasworld Yes! It blows my mind. Btw, you look amazing!

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Lmao, Fam! On a related note: I get dragged into conversations with people who have no earthly idea what the hell they're talking about all the time. From my hotep "free thinker" family members, to my Joe Rogan listening, far-right adjacent coworkers who regurgitate all kinds of asinine nonsense completely devoid of reality... It's just all so frustrating. I could easily just nod my head and be like, "whatever", but some of the stuff that comes out of people's mouths I just have a hard time letting slide.

[@100Stratusfiedx]

And it’s so crazy because the black community aren’t the only people who have to deal with colorism. The swear it’s something made up like other cultures don’t deal with it also

[@xiamariansupreme72]

They're so simple minded to struggle grasping that racism and colorism are insanely identical, only separated by 1 being race motivated and the other being complexion motivated. Other than that, they're 1 in the same, yet BLK people act like they're so vastly different. If we can understand that there's no such thing as BLK people oppressing YT people, why can't we understand that there's no such thing as darkskin BLK people oppressing lightskin BLK people, especially women? We live in a YT dominant society and after YTness comes lightskin, aka, the closest to YTness among minority groups. Mehgan is dense and too wrapped up in her own colorism benefits by being lighter.

[@K.D-Gaia]

Colorism isn't most definitely only going on in America. It's everywhere

[@Hannah-y2z]

Asia is bad. My fried is dark skinned Chinese and she would get stopped and people would tell her mum that her daughter is ugly and ask why is she so dark

[@chaeryeong991]

exactly. in african countries its a trend to bleach your skin to become “lightskin” but all it does is give you grey skin and cancer 😭

[@lreneewell9154]

Yea. It's not just in the black/African diaspora either. I've heard some Korean beauty standards are worse than what we have here in America

[@sinwithanejay]

Crazy cause I’m a darkskin girl who got my hair cut by a lightskin girl as a kid 😭😭😭

[@mayowasworld]

NOW THATS WILD!!!!

[@mayowasworld]

Also I’m sorry that happened!

[@nonchalantnell]

Bruh it was ALWAYS light skin girls and dark skin boys bullying me. Rarely was it girls who looked like me. They don’t want to talk about that though 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@princesschanel469]

honestly as a dark skinned girl I never really hung out w black people💀 they never really liked me bc I guess I didn’t fit the mold of what a black girl should be. They spent more time bullying me, and I mean of all shades. I guess I can’t hold it against them though

[@princesschanel469]

@@nonchalantnell you ever heard of the blue vein society? Last time I checked light skinned people created that “special” club not us. But yet we’re always called the divisive ones

[@tropicalstormxox9444]

The standing ovation I gave when you said ‘tragic mulatto trope’ . This is even true in the UK. Thandie Newton being an example lol

[@mayowasworld]

YUP!!! she's the template lol

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

She has a video on that lol

[@colouredgal]

It’s spelled Thandiwe Newton

[@tropicalstormxox9444]

@@colouredgal even she calls herself thandie u fool

[@Maki-00]

@@colouredgal She has also gone by just “Thandie” as well. What’s the big deal? 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@charmaineespeut4627]

Megan is from Bad Girls club. I remember her displaying colorism to her fellow dark skin bad girl's club cast mate, Erica, by calling her ghetto ( the only dark skin woman in the show). She only befriended Erica when she realized she couldn't beat her.

[@mayowasworld]

Wow I never saw the show, my friend is looking for the clip to show me

[@yolanda007]

Megan look like she’s been bleaching to because I don’t remember her being that light

[@liteflightify]

@@yolanda007 she definitely was not that light. I truly think the “you not even black” sh*t was made up. These reality show folks will say anything for clout.

[@choleymoley]

How about this: the fact that you can turn to the “darky bullying” trope and sell it as a defense in every convo iiiiiisss proof that colorism exists. She’s using her anecdotal experience to shut down a systemic issue and the result of this convo will show how the system works. I’m sure her comments can prove it.

[@mayowasworld]

Yup you’re so right!!!! It’s an antidote they kno usually makes people shut up about it

[@DOLCEKAYEXOTICAL]

Black on black violence motivated by skin tone discrimination is a systemic issue. Light skin privilege only exists OUTSIDE the Black community. Discrimination against dark skin tone exists both in and out side the Black community. Discrimination against light skin people only exists inside the Black community Meaning Black people do not uplift lighter skinned Black people in any systematic way. Lighter skin people may have additional advantages however in obtaining resources that are not being offered by Black people.

[@gabbydavis]

When light skin women are bullied it's "jealousy" but what about all the dark skin women who were bullied? What's it called when they get bullied? Let's not act like only one skin tone can get bullied.

[@tenacioustrees.8737]

There's even a great children's book talking about the perspective of being a dark skinned girl in public school being bullied by her lighter-skinned friends. I highly recommend it, it's called The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake

[@naludragneel5371]

Thank you

[@anndeecosita3586]

My bullies weren’t all one complexion or even one race.

[@gabbydavis]

@@anndeecosita3586 same here. It never occurred to me that skin tone had anything to do with who could be bullied or a bully.

[@biegebythesea6775]

i guess we're not aware of it, that's why

[@vixensiren248]

Omggg thank you so much. Theres no such thing as reverse colorism😭you were bullied for privileges. Certain privileges come with cons🤷🏽‍♀️ if someone is benefiting from a privilege someone also has to be affected thats how that works.Also why is people at least recognizing you being bullied not enough for you???

[@dinkyboss]

Honestly I was bullied by dark skinned girls growing up and I still understand colorism. They resented me because of my perceived privilege and took their anger out on me. It was not an example of reverse colorism. I will still check dark skinned women who try me for no reason but I am under no delusion that colorism is not real just because dark skinned girls were assholes to me. It’s not that complicated. 😂

[@PrincessWhatsername]

@@dinkyboss ^^THIS RIGHT HERE!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jasminepayne1895]

@@dinkyboss Same!!!

[@TheNetReactor]

@@dinkyboss So who’s speaking up for the light skinned girls who are bullied by dark skinned girls?

[@AlexisMaria]

@@dinkyboss yep!! Same here and exactly! 💯

[@antoinettekminor]

I hate that she only asked that question to validate her herself and experiences and not to genuinely understand her GUEST!

[@eatingwithEsha]

It's like, sis if you just wanna talk about yourself why invite her 🙄 So annoying. She's being nice. I couldn't take this interview seriously.

[@mayowasworld]

right! she could have just had a solo show but she needed to dump to someone

[@Maki-00]

Why was colorism even a topic of conversation in the first place? Why not just talk about the music? She was just trying to start shit by bringing it up in the first place.

[@SupremeSofias]

First of all Meghan doesn’t even need to be the one to facilitate these deep conversations. Colorism isn’t a light topic and I wish she would’ve just stfu and stayed in her lane. Respectfully she doesn’t have the mental capability to unpack these type of conversation. I’m glad the lady she interviewed kept it nice and classy.

[@caylalikescats]

I literally don't understand how a grown adult with internet access can be so ignorant. It's so scary. and people will praise and look up to her because she has money and a "desirable" look that's the gag.

[@alisharo58]

How she was asking questions even sounded shallow af. She definitely doesn't have the depth.

[@anjeanettecoleman6027]

Her name is Monaleo

[@BamPowBoom11]

I legit said to myself “wtf asked Megahn?”

[@justinethomas5020]

Hater!

[@hunterhoward5045]

The amount of times I rolled my eyes at Meg 🙄

[@mayowasworld]

me tooo omg

[@PrinceKoffe]

Honey, my eyes have rolled off into Antarctica, they was spinning so hard lol.

[@laceykanda995]

@@PrinceKoffe 😂😂😂 did you get them back girl?

[@TrangaTanga]

@@PrinceKoffe exactly we wanna know, give us an update 🤣

[@belovedone94]

Airhead literally

[@akeria5882]

Megan wanted to absolve herself of her own colorist behavior. And she wanted a darker skinned woman to let her off the hook for her.

[@bronzedrage]

Lightskinned women most definitely deal with and may suffer from FEATUREISM and TEXTURISM but they are NOT effected by colorism.

[@camillemarie9952]

This!!!

[@belovedone94]

💯 agreed and im a light skinned bw that can acknowledge this. Folks act like darker complexion bw and in general haven’t experienced this for centuries 🙄 thus why they colonized the whole nation dam* near. If there were no race mixing we would all be of darker complexion and baby I wouldve loved it. ❤

[@Daijxo]

When you say suffer from do you mean benefit from? Because I see featurism and texturism as aspects of colourism. So if you see that light skin women don’t suffer from colourism, I’d be curious to know how they do suffer from those things.

[@bronzedrage]

@xinthamiddle No. I meant what I said: "Suffer FROM". There are plenty of lightskinned folks who present with typical, common (West) African phenotype, ie: broad nose, thick lips, kinky/coily 4c hair. And those women(mainly) don't have the privilege or even receive the same level of attention as lightskinned women who present with more European phenotypes, ie: straight or loose curl hair pattern, thin lips, straight thin nose, etc. I even notice on TV and in the movies that the lightskinned Black girls are being replaced by biracial women who could probably pass for white with a little manipulation. My mom, dad, sister, aunt and grandma are all very lightskinned and NOT one of them would benefit from featureism and/or textureism. Also, I am dark brown skinned and I have a long thin nose, thin lips, loose coiled(not curly per se) hair and narrow hips. These are not features associated with dark-skinned women. So though I do encounter COLORISM every blue moon, I do NOT suffer from FEATUREISM and TEXTURISM.

[@NovaNetworkProductions]

@@Daijxo even if you are light skin you may still have a Big conventionally unappealing nose, you may have big “mammie” lips, or 4c hair, not the features that are often praised. So that’s how they still “suffer”

[@hrhsophiathefirst4060]

"It's not Santa". Yeah it is real and it is constant. It is mainly among black people I got it growing up in Caribbean with a lighter skinned half-sister. Loving the face I looked at every day took a long time and a change in locale. Plus understanding what my physical attractive traits were. Being 6ft tall and getting paid for the skin I wore was key. Now peeking at my 50th birthday in a few I am loving everything about my body, well not my knees but whatev, I am encouraged by people like you and the newer young girls that demand to be seen in their everyday lives.

[@dajiyahmcae1880]

💚💚💚

[@NovaNetworkProductions]

You’re amazing! An inspiration thank you!

[@NovaNetworkProductions]

Gorgeous by the way!

[@OhhhCandace]

Hair on point makeup flawless 💙

[@mayowasworld]

thank u love!

[@bunniemoon6893]

Mayowa always give us looks! ❤️

[@mikasjewels5772]

While watching the clip I was like babe thats bullying at best or being picked on NOT colorism . Thank you so much for this video. On another note, I would love if you could make a video about Akons recent nonsense.

[@mayowasworld]

Whew I might! That Akon convo was so ridiculous!

[@lolavox]

This eye makeup is soooo cute. Love the drama of it. Beautiful as always, girl. I love your energy, fashion and topics. The girlies are ready for the educational read. 💁🏿‍♀️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕

[@bakergeetee]

A. You look GORGEOUS (as always), Mayowa, I love your style so much(this lighting is terrific too) B. Early congratulations on making 50k!! C. Monaleo really brought a lot of maturity and levity to the discussion, and was far above the interviewer in range and depth(who was listening to respond, not to comprehend). As you said, there is no such thing as a reverse in systems.

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you love!

[@k4nd1incyb3rsp4c3]

What is going on with the man in this video? He's just sitting there agreeing with opposing opinions...

[@mayowasworld]

lol!! I was wondering that too!! he's trying to be "impartial" but he's literally siding with all the opposing views! lol he was annoying me.

[@JulianSteve]

Yeah, I was giving him the side-eye. Also, he’s light skin too, so he’s going to side with the opposing argument about colorism.

[@MayMay-el4wg]

@@JulianSteve …he is not light skin but brown skin and he’s American so he knows this is not a one sided issue.

[@JulianSteve]

@@MayMay-el4wg Idk, the lighting makes him look lighter in my opinion. Even Mayowa thought he was light skin too. Good to know😭

[@adaminflux]

@@JulianSteve That man isn’t light. His skin is the same tone as the woman wearing pink; she actually looks lighter I’m guessing because of makeup and lighting. And while they’re both lighter than Mayowa, they’re both darker than the blonde woman.

[@fae3821]

Hi!💜 I think most know the definition of colorism by now and people are being obtuse on purpose. Too many grown women have come at me for using the term properly. The " y'all bitter", "you must be dark-skinned", "you're a crybaby", and "oh shut up!" comments that come from other Black women is still mind boggling to me. I call those women mean girls because getting those responses is like watching that one lunch table of middle school bullies ridiculing and pranking the kids they find unattractive or weird. Really immature behavior. A lot of lighter skinned people(especially those who are biracial) claim to have been bullied, yet alot of them are the bullies as adults and constantly center themselves.

[@fae3821]

Someone like Queen Naija for example, she knew what she was doing when she complained that she was "bullied for being pretty and having good hair by ugly Black girls", and had the nerve to call Black women nappy headed and told someone to take a bleach bath! I think most of us know of a girl like that that people don't like, but it's not because she's pretty or light, it's because she thinks she's better than everyone- & this is coming from a light skin Black woman who was assumed to be stuck up in school until people got to know me and my weird friends and realized I'm just a nervous introvert.✌🏼

[@mayowasworld]

that part!! yes to everything you said!

[@kimberlywilsonvearnon3056]

This is a whole word!

[@Rio_Monique]

How can we have a conversation about colorism and dismiss bullying? Expect understanding and give none. Especially when we all black.

[@apRN1993]

THANK👏🏽 YOU👏🏽

[@rl.8011]

Agree, except for the last part. We ain’t all black. There’s a difference between black and mixed/biracial. There’s lightskin black people and lightskin biracial people

[@fazziland3932]

True.

[@Brownmahfun]

Girl you are soooooo right, I am SICK of hearing it too. LETS BE REAL WE WERE ALL BULLIED. As you go thru life for dark skin people it never stopped.

[@talisha5863]

“The blonde wasn’t trying to listen, she was looking for holes for an opportunity to talk about herself” - that part👏🏽

[@arj3733]

"I'm not gonna cut open my wounds for you to believe...I have bled" MAYOWA!!!!!!! GO OFF!!

[@crystalmackle5829]

Perfect example is The real house wife of Potomac. The light skinned women really be given the dark skinned women issues..Gizzelle be doing the most.

[@mayowasworld]

Yup! I haven’t seen the show but I see clips and she seems so viscous and aggressive especially when they threw water on that dark skin girl. I think that show highlights how unchecked colorism can go especially from older women

[@AberrantAlien]

I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with this comment. Gizelle has never ever been aggressive to anyone in my opinion. She's shady, messy, and nosey which can be annoying, but she's never been threatening or menacing. I'd say Mia has been the only aggressive light skinned woman I've seen on the show thus far. I think a lot of people point out colorism only because the majority of the cast is light, but they have had issues with each other even before the dark skinned women came along. And these are thoughts coming from someone who definitely knows that colorism exists. I just feel like the producers are trying to CREATE a divide on the show to make money and for drama, but it's just not making sense because the dark skinned women are antagonistic and their personalities are nasty sometimes as well, so they definitely aren't given issues because of their skin. I know bullying, and that ain't it. I'm against real life instances of colorism, not made for TV nonsense. P.S. I would say Robyn is aggressive too, but she's literally a white woman, so that's a whole other conversation. Even though she's light/mixed, she's still more white.

[@lakendraedwards1953]

You disqualify our real experience. Like u know. This is the ignorance that hold us back. You don’t know how I feel. I just went through that and the gay guy told me it was because I was lighter skin. Some people do have that issue.

[@NovaNetworkProductions]

How is she disqualifying your experience?

[@missp00153]

She asked a question and then answered it and got defensive. Basically she had a conversation by her herself. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I'm confused why she asked and then answered her own question. Horrible interviewing skills.

[@mayowasworld]

Lmaooo she just wanted to talk

[@olorinKI]

"I'm not going to cut open my wounds for you to believe I'm bleeding..." Like YES! this is it! Unless I'm on trial I'm not going to the beyond for you to believe me and my words and my experiences. Cause at the end do they care about that... no.

[@MiraWallace7]

Im a darkskin woman and love your content. Everything you say about colorism is aboslutely true. I have experienced colorism ALL my life and in every aspect (dating, relationships, family, career life, etc). I have been given the side eye by many lightskin women especially if a man looks at me and not them. I am weary of light skin women. Have always been. Its easy for them to accuse a darker skin woman of treating them badly and everyone will believe them. I now keep my distance from lighter skin women at all costs. I have had situations where lightskin women made in known that they were better than me because of their skintone. My advice to you is to not let your guard down around them. Keep that distance. I keep constant images of dark skin women around me. And will always hype up a darker skin woman anyday. Im not one of those darker skin women who praise lightskin women because of their skintone. Since I do not do this they accuse me of hating on them. They will target you if you do not worship them like everyone else. Please be careful around them. They also dont like to see attaractive dark skin women. Releastically, you are an attractive woman. You are secure in who you are. Folks are use to seeing darkskin women not liking their skintone. But you are not doing any of that. Which makes them confuse about you. So they resort to calling you bitter and angry because you are dark. You are better off like I said previously keeping your distance from them.

[@cannabisnbrea]

This video was EVERYTHING I needed because funny enough my mom is light skin despite her genuinely being full black (as in, no white parents meaning) so you KNOW she insecure AF and loves to throw around her tragic mulatto “reverse colorism” past bullying shit too just like this woman and yo… my momma SOOOOOOOOO NEEDS to see this because this is too good and as usual, I’m so fucking proud of you!! 🥹😮‍💨😭 I’m so damn glad I found your content awhile back and have binged it all so I wait happily and patiently for your next video release each time and as usual, you truly NEVER disappoint 😍🤩 Your takes on colorism & texturism are truly unmatched + beyond so damn needed and just thank you FOREVER. ✊🏾🖤 I hardly EVER feel truly seen in communal content or discussions because of the clear colorism, texturism and internal anti-Blackness most still need to work thru but yo… your content makes me feel so seen and just thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, Mayowa!! 😭✊🏾🖤🥹

[@mayowasworld]

lol! this is honestly such a wonderful comment to receive thank you so much! I hope your mama aint got be too mad at the video! LOL

[@cannabisnbrea]

@@mayowasworld ​Tbh, I’m not sure she’s at a place to receive well AT ALL yet so I’m gonna save this for later in the year. Long story short, she has so much growing and interpersonal work to do that she often genuinely refuses to do so we often can’t speak on most things together. 😅 I think one day she might get there but I just don’t think it’ll be in 2023, sadly. 😮‍💨😌 Aww!! I am genuinely so happy I could bring you some joy, though! I just wanted you to feel seen and recognized for how much you really speak on the deep colorism and texturism within or geared towards the community! ✨ I think your content is VITAL to really unpacking both colorism and texturism, so just thank YOU for all you do!🥹✊🏾🖤

[@tmore7208]

Colorism is prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on their skin color./tone by same race people, not just towards darker skin, it goes both ways. The disdain and cruelty goes both ways, darker to lighter and lighter to darker.

[@queenbee3561]

But it mostly effects dark-skinned people because light-skin people are seen as “good”

[@risenshine888]

No. You can't redefine it and think you ate. That doesn't work outside of your bubble.

[@Aprioritynotanoption]

I’ve never heard a light skinned woman say they grew up hearing/ being told and still hear in adulthood “ you’re pretty for a light skin girl/women”.

[@asia_nzeako]

We get golf You’re prettty because you’re light skin How is that any better

[@Aprioritynotanoption]

@@asia_nzeako It’s not any better. That’s the problem the BC for some reason won’t let colorists/racist tropes go.

[@DOLCEKAYEXOTICAL]

I’m darker than my mother. We encountered a Black serial rapist on our way to my school. The rapist chose to rape her even though I was 16 years old in a cheer uniform. Lighter skin tone is not advantage to Black women within the Black community.

[@LethalLemonLime]

Even though I agree with you, and get where you are coming from. I think when you said "they all have the same story" wasn't a good point. Imagine the reverse, if someone said that dark skinned black women all have the same story of experiencing colorism and that it must not be true since the light skinned folks are denying our stories. I think what is probably happening is that the light skinned child (probably completely unaware of their biases and whatnot) is antagonizing the darker skinned children. There's also probably more of the darker skinned black children than their is of the lighter skinned ones and so when they're accidentally constantly saying microaggressions and constantly talking about how they're better or prettier whether it's straightforward or implied, the darker skinned children and rightfully upset by it. The lighter skinned child, since they are a child, probably doesn't understand why what they're saying is wrong since they believe it's a fact of life.

[@happythredz]

the lighting looks very nice and your makeup colors are pretty

[@mayowasworld]

thank u love!

[@Drinkthedamncocoa]

Agree with this video except for the part that all light skin women having the same story about childhood bullying but none of perpetrators validating the stories means it’s a lie. That’s literally the same logic used to dismiss women’s and children’s abuse stories. Please let’s not leave sense

[@nothisispaaatrick_]

The lighting in the video looks so nice. Love the eye look too. Thank you for this topic.

[@ShawolsStartedIt]

Your lighting looks AMAZING, the sound quality is great, AND your editing with the video clips and your commentary is perfect!! All of your hard work is really paying off! Congrats on 50K subs, you earned it 💕

[@larrisaporee1301]

OMGness, you are GORG!!! I’m going to have to watch this at least twice: once to hear the commentary. Second: to marvel at this super fun and cute look. 💚💚💚💚

[@briolivia]

You can't discount any person's experience...especially if you want people to respect yours. Her asking this was weird. But there are enough -isms and oppression to go around for LSBW not to try to monopolize colorism and still be oppressed. We are indeed still Black and still women. Colorism is for darker complexions, but ANYONE CAN BE PREJUDICE. And everyone knows there are Black people..of all shades.. that are a highly prejudice, especially toward each other. No one openly admits to having been a bully out of insecurities that are imposed by a system. Let's not pretend those people don't exist. We can leave room for everyone. But i think this experience is more common in the South. I've seen all shades of BP bullied for skin tone and have experienced it myself for being smart & LS. I know DSBW that bullied because the hurt they experience from colorism...even as an adult. But also I know LS people that have been gaslit when they call it prejudice/jealousy (when that's what it is), because that's "cliché" and expected...LS people would rather call it colorism because the bullying does derive from that at the end of the day. Without colorism, there are very few reasons for BW to go against one another. BLACK WOMEN...We're 400 years outta that struggle and we really are winning as a GROUP OF WOMEN and have created our own lanes despite the systems that discriminate against us (all of us). We need to learn how to "stay on code" and not entertain something so superficial anymore..especially when we're the ones that set the tone for what's popping and what's not. Colorism is not poppin... Let's focus on character and move on please.

[@onetallgirl78]

I agree with all of this except the 400 years part because I don't understand what you mean. Additionally, I think your response might be focused on the US black american community.

[@Rebmetpes4]

Y'all are.a divided race in denial.and explaining to y'all any aspect of truth and common sense is beyond a waste of time!

[@Rebmetpes4]

Black people psychologically oppress light skin and mixed people through gaslighting them into believing that everything is colorism YET on the same token lie and gaslight them into believing they're black at the end of the day! 🤔. I don't get it but I do!

[@1_ATA]

All of this! Plus it felt like she was asking to incite. It seems like the interviewer’s being intimidated by the artist’s talent and beauty led her to try to redirect positive attention towards herself. Megan was hoping to receive antagonism and instead got Monaleo zen.

[@mayowasworld]

Lol!!! You’re right!!! There’s always discussion about jealousy that light skin people face but now that you’ve pointed out I think the host was jealous too!

[@FromtheeyesofShaun]

I felt that too , it's was like she was silently saying "u pretty brown and here... So how is that true? " .....

[@incognitonegress3453]

The lighting looks amazing, babes 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 😘 🙏🏽

[@mayowasworld]

thank you! ill continue to do this setup

[@incognitonegress3453]

@@mayowasworld a reply?!? Omg, now I'm stanning! 💕

[@leesuh87]

I love how she touched on being in between because I also can relate to that! With that being said I’ve experienced colorism as well. It’s like she asked a question and wasn’t ready for the response! Great video gorgeous!

[@3lfprinc3ss]

THEY EYE MAKEUP TODAY?!?!?!🤩🤩🤩killing it as usual mayowa❤️

[@mayowasworld]

Thank u boo!

[@sarahno7223]

I think the point you made in the last video about profiting from black women's outrage is sooooo true here. You could clearly see she didn't want an actual opinion when asking about colorism, she just wanted to share hers and her experience and recenter the conversation around her : she had an agenda.

[@lenaedyse9634]

It's all discrimination. If you don't like someone because of the color of their skin, you are discriminating against them. Period.

[@locdinwithzaza]

Exactly…

[@malcolminthemiddle8777]

Not dating someone isn't discrimination.

[@christianharvey2507]

@@malcolminthemiddle8777 Not dating someone because of the color of their skin is discrimination however

[@Jessica-og4iq]

@@christianharvey2507which is totally ok. You definitely have the upmost right to be discriminatory in who you allow access to your body and your genes.

[@CourtWitDaCash]

It took me a while to grasp and understand the definition of colorism, but to say that I’ve endured it would be denial. Discrimination is one thing, but lightskin people really don’t experience colorism.

[@CourtWitDaCash]

Kudos to Leo for having the courage to educate the lost on her own platform, and respectfully/ professionally at that.

[@runnerxc]

Love you Queen! Love your message! ❤

[@ninanano]

Love the lighting 💜💜

[@bugshavehearts]

We do NOT need a villain era this soon in the new year babes!!!!

[@mayowasworld]

LMAO!

[@Singer_and_Songwriter]

I beg to differ.. I'm so here for the villain era!😂😂

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

Oh yes we do! I think of that story of Mayowa slapping that woman who touched her hair! Bwahahahahaha! Gives me life!

[@michellepittman7886]

I appreciate this. Very educational and informative. There is a huge difference between bullying and systemic oppression and I don’t think enough ppl acknowledge that.

[@stefaniegueye693]

Love your commentary. Peace up from an old dark skin girl. Learning a lot about myself about how I move through the world. Never had the words. Still experiencing anti fill in the blank being and older dark skin grandmother still out here trying to navigate. It’s very difficult. Bringing tears to my eyes. You are brilliant. Thank you. 😢

[@empatheticreator]

your eye makeup brings out your eyes its so pretty!!

[@t.taylor1611]

Thank you for sharing

[@Infroblxckent]

I was indeed bullied by dark skin boys and girls all throughout my school years. I don’t know why maybe I was too shy and quiet but I’m not mixed but I’m caramel skinned but got picked on badly also about my hair and no I don’t have loose curls I have 2 black parents some dark skin black girls did terrorize me but at that age if I’m being honest one of the friends I met in elementary school that didn’t treat me like that was a white girl. I didn’t have white friendships once I was in middle ever again though but yes here in the south this did happen to me

[@sameenj6095]

What a great video! I learned a lot. You deserve so many more views giirl. 🥰

[@Seia894]

Your makeup looks amazing 🎉

[@Singer_and_Songwriter]

Amazing video as always!! 👏🏿👏🏿 Colorism, featurism and texturism are all very real and people really need to educate themselves! The stupidity and ignorance is sooo annoying at this point!! 🙄😡🚮

[@dajiyahmcae1880]

It’s outright intentional at this point!

[@eatingwithEsha]

I love the lighting..

[@leishathanthou9161]

Hi, eyeshadow looks amazinggg Also you literally just shot above 50k after this omg 😍

[@randoomly39484]

You look radiant 🤩

[@jasmainekennedy9365]

Love the lightingggg 😍😍😍😍

[@ninety1nethagawd]

love the heart hair ♥️

[@paigebutler5721]

Ur eye makeup is slaying it’s so ducking good omg how

[@desireathames2625]

Omg your look is so gorgeous. Loving this butterfly aesthetic

[@JordanRenaee]

The reason why it’s “harder” to be a light skin rapper is that light skin is associated with an easier life. It’s assumed that having lighter skin means you didn’t really experience the struggles rappers usually speak on. Megan is silly fr

[@cutiepiea3687]

No it’s because light skin men are seen as weak that’s why and feminine too. Light skin men face colourism daily but nobody talks about that 😂 black girls see them as weak we all want a dark skin king

[@aeamae]

There's a clip of Eartha Kitt laughing at an interviewer when asked if she wants to compromise in relationships to romantic male prospects, insert that laugh every time 🤣

[@mayowasworld]

LMAOOO YESS THATS THE VILLIAN LAUGH I NEED

[@brezzyFbaby1011]

Thank you for existing Mayowa🙏🏾

[@kweenofdasouf1632]

Congrats on your almost 50k I know you are going to hit it and beyond 🎉

[@whitneybrown4067]

This is Gonna b so Needed🔥🔥🔥👍n Happy Wednesday😀….

[@Fudgeey]

I think biracial and fair-skinned people have to develop their own terminologies for their lived experiences. Do bi-fair (biracial and/or fair-skinned) people go through shared negative experiences within Black spaces? Sure. Do those experiences need to be discussed and navigated to find the source of those common experiences? Sure, they need to have their own spaces to talk about and break down the why's of their experiences, whether large of small, traumatic or middling. What can't be combined into one conversation is the colorism experienced by dark skinned people, versus what bi-fair people experience because of their combined ethnicity and/or lack of melanin. I don't deny that they may have felt hurt when unambiguous Brown and Black people exclude them from social circles, interactions or gatherings, especially in childhood because children are never equipped to deal with that. But the trauma dark skinned children experience may very well be the catalyst for them lashing out at bi-fair people afterwards. It's a painful circle rooted in colorism for sure, but bi-fair people rarely carry that pain and those struggles into adulthood, while dark skinned people have carried that trauma always. Call it "Exclusion by Color", "Intracolorism", or what have you, but they have to put the right words to express their shared experiences that are separate from the experiences of dark skinned people.

[@UhOhJacquinette]

Dead ass it’s just Cuz “biracial isn’t black” is frfrfrfr the tea. I’m currently doing some research about biracial contributions to erasure. In recent history… cuz The scale of women we use in society is laughable at the jump from whose “light skinned” (mostly biracial) to regular brown skinned women as “dark skinned” … so it had me thinking But in my research it seems that Biracial women (especially those with white or non blk moms) shouldn’t even be apart of the colorism conversation. Unless to filter out the lost ones and educate. ***full disclosure*** I am biracial with a blk mom so I am grounded in my shit, but it silly to think imma can’t stand behind a whole community of women being told that being bullied all day everyday for years as kids based on system (we also didn’t create) and then essentially deemed as vapid sex objects as adults just dismissed bc of the privilege. I see that lead women down this weird ass path. Like shorty in the video… but we DO NOT need to keep taking up space in conversations about colorism. Shit needs to be called the BIRACIAL EXPERIENCE… cuz it has a spectrum… like most things…

[@paigebutler5721]

U hit 50kk!!!!!!!!!!! Go u gal. Love u love this for the new year.

[@ThaDime]

Thissss video is everything ‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@writeherstory11]

“There is not a reverse of systems” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@tonisantanna]

You hit 50k boo!🎉

[@tatianaprettyy]

Sis your content is 💯💯

[@Ritareds]

“Sometimes it don’t rain the same, does it really have tooo “?🎶 ❤️

[@realpluslovely]

I love your makeup 😍😍😍😍

[@itsbabygirled]

Congratulations on 50k subscribers! Thank you for continuing to keep it real and centering the experiences of DSBW

[@nadia-xy3qj]

colorism isn't a debate, but I don't think anyone should be speaking on the experiences of anyone else except their own. It's easy to say someone didn't experience something when you're not them. I catch myself doing the same and remind myself that I do not know their life simply because of whatever experiences I've had that affect how I perceive them. There's an infinite amount of possibilities that exist within the human experience. I don't like the host of the interview, so I'm not speaking on her specifically but I feel that a lot of the discourse comes from people not knowing the actual definition of colorism and conflate it with prejudice in general. One's experience does not invalidate another's, it just doesn't belong in a conversation about something entirely different. (experience as a light skin or biracial person isn't invalid but it doesn't belong in a colorism conversation and i feel like that's the disconnect people have. they hear the word and don't know the definition.)

[@eeelizabethh95]

woah, this is very eye-opening!

[@divawithaattitude4121]

Everything You Said Was So True!!! TY

[@corinacharalambous3132]

Congrats on getting over 50.000 subscribers 🥳🥳🥳

[@olidoce2348]

Im thirrrd ❤️❤️❤️ Love ur channel sis. U look beautiful

[@mayowasworld]

thank u boo!

[@serenatsukino5252]

This eye look is amazing! I love it so much!

[@kizzywickham2074]

Love the make up as usual .

[@9roselove9]

Bullying can totally be because of colorism…. Light skin people can also face colorism. Why is that such a weird concept for dark skin people to accept? I’m biracial and have had multiple bad experiences with dark skinned people saying crude things to me about my skin color or just blatantly treating me different from everyone else. I’ve experienced being constantly othered in diverse environments… dark skin people can be colorist as well and they can say horrible racially and racist charged things. Being dark skin does not make anyone exempt from their actions and vice versa for other complexions. If that’s not colorism then we need another word to describe when a marginalized group bullies other people within the marginalized group based on the color of their skin bc it happens all the time. Darker skinned and Spanish girls have literally always been more aggressive towards me….Megan isn’t being rude she’s just speaking her truth.

[@joselingcastro8538]

She literally just said “it’s harder for dark skinned women to blow up in the scene than a light skinned woman” and she came back with “but I’ve been bullied by dark skinned girls”. Like wtf does that have anything to do with what the other girl just said??? Why is that her first retort???

[@KushQueen9]

Go and read the actual dictionary definition and then come back here, this is embarrassing.

[@dajiyahmcae1880]

YAY 50K!!! 🎊 🎉🥳

[@loveheals6184]

On a separate note, your hair is thriving!!! So clearly healthy, strong and lovely. Continued joy, love, progress, wellness, success to you in 2023 and beyond.

[@user-vc9mv8jw8d]

You're literally my favorite KZbinr now😍

[@mayowasworld]

Ayeeee thank you!!!

[@V.V2727]

I like your intro song … you make good YT videos 👏

[@aesanonymous8936]

I'm light skin biracial (W/B) and I'm over having to hand hold people through these conversations. I'ma still keep arguing with these buffoons regardless cause I know they are wrong and my petty ass cant contain myself, but OMG it's to the point if you don't even know what colorism is let alone not be against it you can't be in community with me. Most definitely cant date me any isms you partake in make you unfuckwithable. I want them to stay away from black people. Like I'm begging. I literally get light/white skin tears from others and I just wanna punch them in the forhead. The worst part is they won't admit to being a colorist, but yet fight tooth and nail to still be one. They "its my preference!!!" you to death. Love your channel, great video as always.

[@domii3067]

Congrats on 50K❤🎉

[@IamIV94]

You literally just named my two fav. songs by her 🔥

[@mikasjewels5772]

While watching the clip I was like babe thats bullying. Thank you so much for this video. On another note, I would love if you could make a video about Akons recent nonsense.