To My Dearest Kanye,

You're a talented musician who's earned every single award you've ever won.

But at the same time you've also earned every single criticism thrown your way, as well.

Always sprouting off some controversial madness spanning from harmlessly laughable to straight up problematic.

There are so many words I'd use to describe you, Kanye.

Slick isn't one of them.

Your most recent problematic outburst, in the form of a rather disturbing casting call that you released over twitter, made me want to rinse my eyes out with hydrochloric acid.

How exactly are you going to prove that each model is "multiracial"?

Is every model required to bring a print out of their Ancestry.com results beforehand?

Should a brief exploration into their family history be mandatory before they're booked?

But the question that is really burning in my mind is whether or not all multiracial women are included in your casting call?

What if a woman was half Jamaican and half Iranian? Half Serbian and half Portuguese? Half Japanese and half Moldovan? Does it even matter?

Probably wouldn't as long as the woman's skin was lighter than shade 27 on this chart.

Because to you, Mr. West, being "multiracial" doesn't mean coming from parents of two different races.

To you, and most of the world, being "multiracial" means looking like this.

Yup, being light, bright, and three shades from being white with loose curls and a tiny nose.

Being just ethnic enough but not too ethnic.

Not that the girl above isn't gorgeous. She is.

But guess what? So is this girl.

But guess which one would get cast in your video?

Using the word "multiracial" was a thinly veiled attempt of making yourself look like less of a jackass.

And for somebody who's usually so unabashed with their jackassery, I'm a little disappointed.

You should've taken a page out of the casting geniuses from "Straight Outta Compton" and just be straight up about your own prejudices.

They were upfront with their colorism; blatantly saying that they think dark-skinned girls are the bottom of the barrel.

Notice how any woman can be an "A List girls" but the "D girls" are specifically dark skinned black women.

As if being ugly is something that is specifically reserved for black women.

They displayed with pride their denouncement of darker skinned women.

This colorism permeates our society, dating back all the way to the times of slavery.

A quick history lesson, Mr. West.

House slaves were considered to be less "barbaric" than the field slaves due to their lighter complexions, often times receiving comparatively better treatment. Often times lighter skinned black women were seen as more sexually desirable and more likely to be sexually assaulted at the hands of their owners.

This division between skin tones has manifested itself into new forms that we can see today.

Skin whitening products being to suck out melanin out of women's skin, usually damaging it in the process.

Natural kinky hair and afro-centric hairstyles being deemed as "not being workplace appropriate", requiring chemical filled relaxers to achieve that more desirable straight haired look.

Having light skinned actresses play the role of dark skinned women instead of just hiring a dark skinned actress.

Yeah, Zoe, that paint job is fooling no one.

As a light skinned black woman, I must understand that I'm attacking this point from a place of privilege and will never fully gain the same experience of someone darker than me.

This is a problem that people need to work together on to fix.

Which means calling out schmucks like you who attempt to further reaffirm these discriminatory beauty standards on women of color.