--- title: Jessica Alba, Sasheer Zamata Talk Beauty, Diversity Allure description: Find out what Jessica Alba, Sasheer Zamata and Constance Wu said about diversity in the April issue of Allure. canonical: https://time.com/4708938/allure-discrimination-diversity-beauty/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-22T19:41:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:14.582Z og:title: 41 Women of Color Discuss Discrimination and Diversity in Allure's April Issue og:description: From Jessica Alba to the Women’s March’s Tamika Mallory og:url: https://time.com/4708938/allure-discrimination-diversity-beauty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47133cc0e7ca0f14/6988bf7686f68e73c36e3f19/allure-april-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=856&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 856 og:image:height: 482 og:image:alt: allure-april-2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 41 Women of Color Discuss Discrimination and Diversity in Allure's April Issue twitter:description: From Jessica Alba to the Women’s March’s Tamika Mallory twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47133cc0e7ca0f14/6988bf7686f68e73c36e3f19/allure-april-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=856&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 41 Women of Color Discuss Discrimination and Diversity in _Allure_'s April Issue > Sponsored content. 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The magazine tapped 41 women of color, including Fresh Off the Boat star [Constance Wu](http://time.com/4433113/constance-wu-matt-damon-great-wall/), Women’s March on Washington national co-chair [Tamika Mallory](http://motto.time.com/4695030/international-womens-day-womens-march-strike/) and _Top Chef_ executive producer and host [Padma Lakshmi](http://motto.time.com/4530275/padma-lakshmi-cooking-family-memories/), to “tell us the story of their lives through their skin — and skin tone.” Many of the women featured said that they were affected by discrimination and a lack of diversity in films, television and other forms of media. _Saturday Night Live’s_ Sasheer Zamata [told](http://www.allure.com/story/sasheer-zamata-talks-diversity-in-hollywood) _Allure_ that she was frequently told growing up that it was less desirable to have darker skin, and that thinking was reinforced when she noticed that most of the black actors on television had lighter skin. “Sometimes when casting directors are looking for a black woman, they’re looking for whatever the closest option is to white — straight hair, Anglo features, light skin,” she said. “I am darker than a lot of women who are on TV, and my hair is natural. To a lot of people, it’s really important to see me on TV, and I’m so happy to be there and do that.” Jessica Alba [told the magazine](http://www.allure.com/story/jessica-alba-founder-of-honest-beauty-talks-diversity-in-hollywood?mbid%5Frelatedlink) that she’s seen the conversation about representation in Hollywood dramatically shift since she began acting 20 years ago, thanks to powerhouses like Jennifer Lopez, Shonda Rimes and Kerry Washington. And she wants to keep celebrating diversity by teaching the next generation that beauty isn’t defined by any specific set of standards. “What makes someone beautiful is the power of owning who they are and confidence, and being kind, and having compassion. Those types of themes are what I really try to nail into my girls’ heads, and reiterate over and over again,” Alba said. 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