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Women are sharing #UnfairAndLovely selfies to protest discrimination against darker skin tones

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The #UnfairAndLovely trend is protesting shadism. (Picture: Instagram/pricillamark)

Sometimes selfies can be a very powerful thing.

This week a global movement is taking over Instagram – for a good reason. Started by three students from the University of Texas, the #UnfairAndLovely trend is a celebration of darker skin, and a protest against the prevalent shadism in the South Asian community.

Its creators were inspired by a project by Pax Jones, a 21-year-old black student also at the University of Texas.

Pax took some stunning photos of her South Asian friends, Mirusha and Yanusha Yogarajah.

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Those photos started a movement.

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