ALICIA D. WILLIAMS

I know, I know I'm a full grown woman, but I was as nervous as a little girl on the first day of school. It was, after all, my first interview--and with Ari Shapiro!!! Yes, the Ari Shapiro! You'll have to Google him for his impressive resume--he was a White House correspondent. Wait, does that mean I'm literally seven degrees from knowing President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama? Can you see why I was so nervous? Seriously, you should hear me trying to grasp for t

Colorism is when we discriminate against people with darker skin tones, AND it happens within the same race. It is such a sensitive subject that it's almost taboo to discuss it. Spike Lee addressed the issue in his movie School Daze, pitting the #teamlightskin "Wanna-be's" against the #teamdarkskin "Jigaboo's". But somehow, the conversation was swept back into the closet. While writing GENESIS, my fear of being attacked for airing our "dirty laundry" was real. But honestly, I

This article from Blativity by Alexa Lisitza was sent to me...and I'm gonna drop it right here and let it marinate. https://blavity.com/sjebvksagv?_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=tz&utm_source=zulu&fbclid=IwAR2nRGBZnTfQPr7C-UW7qcCPX0p5y0PKvO34FoM69Q_XDQdDtRP8vrcHblo #GenesisBeginsAgain #Blativity #AlexaLisitza #colorism #aliciadwilliams #authoraliciadwilliams #darkgirls #lightgirls #darkskin #lightskin #internalizedracism #mglit #middlegradefiction #amreading