Recent content by rrobinson

If hearing a word like "Colorism" is upsetting, please consider how upsetting it is for Mae-Berenice Meite to be called a "Primate", and told she doesn't belong in the sport because she's "too Black". If you go to the comments under her Youtube videos, the overwhelming majority are polite; but...

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I would prefer not to deviate too much from the original thread or stir debate as my intention was to offer insight as a Black person with an insight in skating. I can strongly attest Colorism is something many persons of African and South Asian descent deal with or have dealt with. It's been...

Each Black Skater's experience will be different based on their physical appearance/ethnicity/culture/socio-economic background and generation they entered the sport. Debi Thomas faced strong initial challenges as she was the very first Black skater. That subsided when her upper-middle class...

I am literally alive today because of Surya Bonaly. Growing up a very dark-skinned Black girl in the 1980's, she was the first girl I saw on television who looked like me. I was an also an outsider in my community and frequently bullied due to this. It was like everything she went through; I...