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Colorism in America – Shade & Out of Our Heads

Season 2

Are “Team Light Skin” and “Team Dark Skin” the new monikers of colorism in the U.S.?

Racial stereotyping has a long and insidious history in the U.S. While gains in civil rights have increased significantly, younger generations continue to perpetuate harmful labels, often subtle ones, that undermine people of color. Filmmakers take on the current monikers of colorism and challenge white norms that pervade our society.

AIR DATE 5/25/23

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OUR TIME is a series produced by youth in partnership with professional documentary filmmakers. Films in the series feature character-driven stories that address social issues ranging from racial inequity to identity politics and everything in-between – all through the eyes of young people. Working hand-in-hand with award-winning, nationally recognized filmmakers and television producers, these young students produce high-caliber, emotionally driven, first-person narratives that derive from their own lived experiences.

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Broadcast Dates

#201 - Teen Mental Health and Suicide in Black Families - DOM and I'LL BE THERE |
Friday, May 30 at 5:30am TPT LIFE
#201 - Teen Mental Health and Suicide in Black Families - DOM and I'LL BE THERE |
Friday, May 30 at 5:30am TPT LIFE
#202 - Immigrants and Refugees - LAS HIJAS (THE DAUGHTERS) and LEAVING AFRICA |
Friday, Jun 6 at 5:30am TPT LIFE
#202 - Immigrants and Refugees - LAS HIJAS (THE DAUGHTERS) and LEAVING AFRICA |
Friday, Jun 6 at 5:30am TPT LIFE
#203 - Blindness and Autism - BLIND SIGHTED & A LONELY HIGHWAY |
Friday, Jun 13 at 5:30am TPT LIFE

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