If the Rochelle Humes/Leigh-Anne/Candice controversy teaches us anything, it’s that black people MUST support, follow and empower each other.

And that includes Rochelle and Leigh-Anne. But bi-racial women by virtue of their proximity to whiteness and racial ambiguity are given more opportunities and receive more support from the white community than women who look like Candice.

From l-r Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Candice Braithwaite, Rochelle Humes

Although they still suffer racism, stats show their ‘light skin privilege’ means they have a different experience to darker-skinned black people. When ALL black stories are shunted through a bi-racial lens, what happens to accuracy? White people may not understand this but we do, and we must always remember to make sure ALL members of the black community are getting opportunities in all avenues and that ‘bi-racialness’ isn’t being used a buffer to diminish and muddy the waters.