It's Time To Call Out All The Light-Skin Bias On Instagram – HuffPost

Earlier this year, when news broke that the AI-generated robot rapper FN Meka “signed” with Capitol Records Music Group, social media all but lost it. With all the exceptional living and breathing talent in the U.S., it made no sense that a major record label would give a sims-like character an opportunity that human artists would die for. A short glance at any content featuring the character was enough to know the move was, once again, about the profitability of Black culture backed by harmful stereotypes about my community. In the days following the hype — which ended with FN Meka being dropped after a day of social media backlash — TK Saccoh, founder of The Darkest Hue, an Instagram account designed to create community and call out colorism, used her social page to start a crucial conversation: “Are Black people just virtual beings?” she asked her followers. Through the examples of FN Meka and other famous avatars such as Shudu, Saccoh argues that the perpetuation of light-skin bias is evolving in an insidious way.FN Meka, an artificial intelligence created rapper.Capitol RecordsRight away, FN Meka’s virtual presence was a trigger for me. It brought up feelings similar to when a
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