Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad tell Michelle Obama they were JEALOUS of each other’s beauty growing up, and connect it to the COLORISM and constant messages about SKIN TONE they heard as kids 😲👀
“We grew up with that foolishness, that colorism foolishness, because, you know, that brown paper bag foolishness. And I remember one time Phylicia loved chocolate milk, and we were drinking chocolate milk, and my uncle said to her, ‘Girl, you better drink all the WHITE MILK you can.’”