Being Dark Has Denied Me Movie Roles – Mercy Johnson

5 days after mercy's interview with the Saturday beat,  I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that we "Black"  are Racist to our own self.  Like seriously what's wrong with  people.

 In the chat, she revealed that some movie producers did not give her slots in their production because of her dark complexion.

She said that when she started out in the Nigerian movie industry, most movie directors and producers always preferred to cast fair-skinned ladies at the expense of talented but dark-skinned ones.

“It is very true that when I was starting out in the movie industry, it was difficult to get roles because of my complexion. I faced that a lot and I tell people that my success is just grace. Somebody once told me that I am too dark but that is where the grace and favour of God comes in. Regardless of everything, most of the dark-skinned actresses that are my contemporaries made it,” she said.

Hmmmm!  Something is seriously wrong with  most people.  Since when did  complexion an additional advantage to skill and talent.  And the  same producers  will be the same people to complain that Nigerian Ladies like bleaching.