Color Complex :: Dawn Richard Says It’s Hard Being Brown Skinned In the Industry

In an exclusive interview with Carlton Jordan, former Dirty Money/Danity Kane member Dawn Richard chats about her latest solo EP, Armor On (avail on Itunes). During their discussion, Dawn dispells the myth that brown girls cant be sex symbols, the challenges of being brown in the entertainment game, being comfortable in her own skin, why she stopped reading blogs and more.

Part 1

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Part 2

[youtube width=”590″ height=”415″]http://youtu.be/yaaF5dXrThU[/youtube]

Does Dawn have a point? With the additions of Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Rowland, etc., are brown and darker complexion girls rare in the industry?

[Carlton Jordan]