A Melbourne woman’s response to a message from a Tinder match is going viral, according to Bossip.
Takara, 22, is fair skinned with blue eyes, and she is proud of being a black woman. She says a man she matched with on Tinder messaged her after looking through her Instagram photos. He reportedly wrote that he did not want to be offensive, but asked if she had ever thought about bleaching her skin because she would look prettier if she were whiter.
Takara says she woke up to the message and was offended. She fired back with a sharp reply of her own and ended the conversation. She then shared screenshots on Facebook and wrote about the pressure people of color face to meet Eurocentric beauty standards.
In her post, Takara explained that she has heard remarks like these her whole life, including comments that she is pretty for a black girl and questions about what she is mixed with when she says she is black. She said those comments suggest black can not be beautiful on its own.
The post has been widely shared. We could not find a response from the man at the time of publication.
Source: Bossip
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