Episode 17: Why Are Colorist Songs Still Being Made In 2021?

On this week’s episode of “Yep, That Happened,” I discuss colorism, Danileigh’s new song, and the Inauguration.

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Links mentioned:

https://thegrio.com/2021/01/25/danileigh-controversy-colorism-in-music/

https://thegrio.com/2021/01/21/singer-danileigh-slammed-for-yellow-bone-song/

https://genius.com/a/danileigh-faces-backlash-after-previewing-song-yellow-bone-celebrating-light-skin-baddies

https://www.complex.com/music/2021/01/danileigh-backlash-yellow-bone-song-preview

https://thenetline.com/danileighs-ethnicity-parents/

https://queerconsciousness.com/white-supremacist-roots-of-yellow-bone/

https://paa2015.princeton.edu/papers/153085

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/one-drop-rule-5365/

https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/wcfia/files/2007_27_hochschild.pdf

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/monk/files/monk_-_the_color_of_punishment_-_ers.pdf

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4075&context=etd