Excellent piece on how an ancient form of prejudice about skin colour is flourishing in the modern internet age. A reminder that Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok can feel markedly different to everyone who doesn’t have the skin colour that is (explicitly or implicitly) considered the norm.

From Weekly Filet #359, in August 2021.

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