4 Steps Colonialism Affects the each and every day physical lives of Filipino Americans

4 Steps Colonialism Affects the each and every day physical lives of Filipino Americans

Three people, all increasing in get older, look thoughtfully inside cam.

I love my brown facial skin. I enjoy how it glows in the summertime, how it will become further, most expressive.

But often, during those later part of the days of August, after an entire month of basking outdoors in the sun, I’ll capture myself inside the echo. I’ll be surprised from the type of myself that has had came out several make-up shades darker than normal, and I’ll out of the blue beginning hearing my parents’ voices nagging in my mind: “Ay, what makes you too dark colored?!”

Steer clear of sunlight. Don’t get outside the house such. These represent the parently reminders I’ve read from my personal father and mother all my entire life.Continue reading