Your Neighborhood Sociologist Explains Colorism

Actress Thandie Newton is apologizing to her darker-skinned actresses for the colorism that she says contributed to her success in Hollywood. “I’m sorry that I’m the one chosen,” said the actress, who has a Zimbabwean mother and English father. “My mamma looks like you,” she said to her darker-skinned peers as she burrows her head in her hand and weeps.…