Nicole Dennis-Benn on growing up with colourism in Jamaica

<p>Author of incredible novels ‘<a href="https://www.nicoledennisbenn.com/book.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here Comes the Su</a>n’ and ‘<a href="https://www.nicoledennisbenn.com/patsyNicole2.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patsy</a>’, Jamacian born writer Nicole Dennis Benn joins us this week to discuss colourism. A topic that she’s previously explored in both of her novels, Nicole reads an extract from an article she wrote on the colourism she was exposed to as a child.&nbsp;Having been witness to the glorification of skin bleaching in Jamaica, Nicole speaks on the long lasting impact of absorbing negative views about dark-skin, how writing has helped her heal and her hopes for dark-skinned black girls growing up today.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>