Colourism Stories

She felt his warm palm on her wrist and at once she was facing him. Without warning, his lips engulfed hers, setting her on fire just like she did him. His lips were wa...

Tired of her family not seeing her, Cressida bails from a family gathering to drink away her pain. There she meets a European tourist who she immediately clicks with, li...

Mayra Ricardo is the hottest girl at Shawnee High School. She seems to have a charm that attracts all the boys to her except Jose, who she has been crushing on for a lon...

based on racism - Jace is an outsider. He has foster parents of the black culture, but he's white. Set in 1998, racism is a heavy topic that began 100 years ago, but wh...

𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 :)

A best friend can be anyone. They could be the person to help you when you're down, the person who's there to pick you up when you need support. They could be the person...

A story where a mother accepts one son and shuns the other. All because of one thing. One stupid, silly little thing. It shouldn't even matter.

The story of a girl who grows up in a classist and colourist society. In her society the rich light-skins see themselves as superior to the poor black-skins. What will h...

A story about how a girl finds purpose in life.

"She is a mystery, She is a beauty, Who fuels envy, She is love, She is a blessing from above, She is a Black Woman" ~Truth Nostalgia (A Black Woman)

Tisha, a 16-year-old omega, has always lived in a world of structure and discipline. As a scholarship student at an elite private academy, he's been surrounded by strict...

❝i see the pain they bare, where is the hope they long for does anybody out there care?❞

In the year 1788, a bi-racial Caribbean boy witnesses a scene that enlightens him to the true evil that was slavery, discrimination and colourism

We urge you to send your stories, to share your experiences of colourism/shadism and body shaming. Let's educate those who don't know that these forms of discrimination...

Stories from you to the world. Covers illustration by Stephanie Deangelis.

Basically why I decided to do this🧚🏿‍♀️

This is an attempt at a contemporary, UK based adaptation of Nina Simone's Four Women and a comment upon privilege and marginalisation. The story follows four British w...