Rihanna Light Skin Discrimination

Rihanna says she was the victim of discrimination as a child growing up in Barbados because of her light skin.
“Having lighter skin wasn’t a problem in my household, but it was when I went to school -which really confused me at first,” the twenty year-old Grammy winner said in the August issue of In Style Magazine.
“The harassment continued to my very last day of elementary school.”


On July 17th 2008, vfmngj wrote:
why would you diss someone coz they got light skin? or any colour skin fo dat matter… hu cares how pale or black u r, its how talented u r sat counts.. shame on those people…
On August 19th 2008, matty wrote:
she has a gorgeous skin color. very sexy. in fact she is gorgeous in every way. screw the haters lol. rihanna rocks!!
On November 6th 2008, LIAR! wrote:
FUCKING LIAR!
In fact, in the Caribbean they parise you for being Lighter!
I know this first hand!
She’s a fucking exhibitionist. Is hse looking for pity?
On April 21st 2009, Kayla wrote:
dang!!, i’m not hating but WHY would ppl tease her at school for being’ light-skinned!!??, if i was bullied that much i’d try 2 make make myself DARKER not LIGHTER!!, I don’t believe that bull, she a good singer and a pretty girl but she need to get real with her fans…!!
On December 1st 2010, KEKE wrote:
I am so happy that Rhianna admitted this . A lot of light skinned black women get bullied by darker skinned black females because of their jealously and insecurity . I am much lighter than Rhianna so I can relate
On March 8th 2011, j wrote:
She has light eyes, but I thought Rihanna was brown-skinned not light-skinned. She looks brown to me.