Lupita Nyong’o: ‘Society’s Preference For Lighter Skin Is Alive And Well’

Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o (“Us”) says that society is obsessed with light skin color to the exclusion of those with darker skin.

In a series of tweets published on Monday, Nyong’o shared a photo of herself at age 5, noting that her feelings as a child motivated her to write a children’s picture book centered on a dark-skinned girl that focuses on “colorism.”