A study of Black Americans is among the first to show how the internalization of negative messages about dark skin tones ...

Jodie Turner-Smith opened up about how raising her biracial daughter has given her space to heal from experiences with colorism. Being a dark-skinned woman, her reality in the world will be notably ...

Experts and people of color weigh in on the long-term effects of colorism. "She's pretty for a dark-skin girl" is an unfortunate saying that many Black women have heard at some point in their lifetime ...

Have you ever had a judgy thought about your skin tone or someone else’s? Or saw a movie that seemed to shine more of a spotlight on actors with lighter skin? Colorism is skin-tone discrimination that ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Plenty of people are still talking about how the show "Black-ish" took on the issue of colorism in the African American community. The hit sitcom showed how skin color can separate ...

Beauty standards are disproportionately placed on women, but colorism often cuts deeper for dark-skinned women. These dynamics in dating subtly reinforce the idea that desirability depends on ...

Colorism is a word that might not get as much attention as racism, but its impact runs deep, especially within Latino communities. It's the unspoken reality that lighter skin often grants privilege, ...

Racism is often debated, discussed and analyzed in politics, the classroom and the workplace. But as a scholar of the politics of skin color, I see colorism as a form of prejudice that’s poorly ...

Colorism is definitely a feminist issue — and it's definitely a complex one, at that. The ways colorism affects women are numerous and varied, depending on what cultures or areas of the world you're ...

Every year, Hollywood inevitably comes under criticism for its lack of racial diversity. But another lesser-known yet still pervasive problem also resurfaces: the lack of diversity in skin tone. It ...