kjwxox

Sorry for not updating in forever y’all... Nursing school has been getting the best of me. I’m currently working on updates for Jack and will be posting them soon!

ifrrah200

Are you gonna update soon miss you and I keep rereading come back
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kjwxox

Alright so this is the last time I'm going to address the issue of colorism as it pertains to my works: 
          
          Kayla is supposed to be a representation of myself. She is of a lighter complexion, like myself. She has curly hair, like myself. She is a first-generation American of East African descent, like myself. She majored in biochemistry, like myself. She goes to Hopkins, like myself. She had an abusive boyfriend, like myself. Hell I even gave her the same first name as me. She wouldn't exist as a character if it wasn't for my own life experiences so I refuse to apologize for the fact that I casted her in my own image ESPECIALLY when I  have made a purposeful effort to include so many black characters (OF ALL SKIN TONES) in my works, even to the point of over-representing their actual prevalence in the medical field - sacrificing some of the books' realism (which I try very hard to maintain) for the sake of black excellence. I am an adamant supporter of black representation in literature and, believe me, I understand the importance of writing black characters in a way that shows that blacks can be and are in fact intelligent, ambitious, and successful. 
          
          So, like I said, this is the last time that I'm going to spend time putting energy into this argument. Kayla is light skinned because I'm light skinned and even though a lot of the content in these books is fiction, some of it is stuff from my real life. And if you look beyond just the protagonist you'll see that there not only dark skinned black men and women but also Latinos, Asians & LGBT represented... all intelligent and all successful.

mentosred99

@ kjwxox  you shouldn't apologize, if these people want a dark skinned character, why they don't write their own book? And I don't see the problem with light skin girls, I'm dark skin myself. But when there are a light skin girl they always complain:" oh my god why there are always a light skin". I don't see nothing wrong with a black character with light skin, I don't see why people are always complaining. They always say they want  more dark skin girl, but they don't do nothing about it. Like make a dam book yourself  with a dark complexion person.
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Bethel_Nandap

@kjwxox you Rock
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