“I would never change my skin color for anything in the world. If I were born again, I would still choose to be black.”
Kenyan model Olivia Sang says she desires to empower girls of all races.
Coming from a humble household, she now has a contract with a South African company and her face stamps the marketing campaign of a well-known clothes model.
But his deeds didn't come unimpeded.
On the opposite, Olivia claims to have been a victim of racism as a baby.
“When I was growing up, people mocked me for being too dark,” he says.
“I thought she was too sensitive, but actually that’s something that gets you and makes you think, ‘I’m not pretty.'”
As said by Olivia, colorism – discrimination by pores and skin colour – exists even throughout the black group itself.
“A darker-skinned girl is still seen in a different way. There is colorism and hopefully one day we can eradicate it, because all kinds of black people are beautiful.”