Colorism: Color Coded
Colorism, prejudice or discrimination against individuals with darker skin tones, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group...
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Is Racism the Latest Marketing Tool?
Are our favorite brands using people of color’s outrage as promotion tactics?
Colorism & My Role in It
Living as an afro-asian woman is complicated: as a black woman, I am light skinned, but as a south-east Asian woman, I am dark-skinned.
Not Your "Average" Black Girl
Dating in general is complicated. What’s more complicated is dating in college as a black woman. As a junior in college I have observed...
Let's Talk About Colorism
I’m going to talk from personal experience as an Arab American dealing with colorism within the Arab community and am also going to be...
Colorism Within the Black Community
Does your complexion say privileged or problematic?
My Black Experience: Colorism On Campus
No one person's Black experience is identical to another. As a collective, black folk undergo a spectrum of encounters within their life...
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The Black Effect: All Black Everything
“I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me. He had me feeling like Black was the thing to be…” -Tupac Shakur February is the start of my...
Blac Chyna and the Colorism Epidemic
This past week Blac Chyna, a prominent social media influencer, was scrutinized for her involvement in a Nigerian skin lightening scandal...
Barbie Girl In A White-Washed World
Remember the Barbie Doll phase? There was nutcracker Barbie, the dog-owner Barbie, the pop star Barbie, the princess Barbie, the beach...
Colorism and Kids
(Source: instagram.com) At one time, this post was dominating Instagram. Though it is not circulating as much as it was initially, the...
Preference or Colorism? When Your Preference Becomes An Issue
With the issue of colorism being brought back to light in recent years, it is important to understand what colorism is in order to make...
My Experience with Colorism as a Young Black Girl
As a young girl, colorism didn’t have a name to me. But even at 10 years old I started to realize how being darker skinned would affect me...
“Dark Girls” Documentary: The Effect of Colorism In the Black Community
I’m beautiful. My cocoa skin glistens in the sun. I’m radiant. My skin color has nothing to do with my beauty. I mean, her skin is lighter...
You're Pretty For A Darkskin Girl
You’re pretty for a dark skin girl “ If I got a dollar for every time someone told me that I’d be one rich *censored* The statement you’re...
Lul Mohamud: insights On How She Navigates Being a Black Muslim
"I’m always at risk for hearing or having to deal with Islamophobic or racist ideology."
Zendaya Is Calling Out Hollywood's Colorism Problem & This Conversation is Long Overdue
If you ever need to revise your personal moral code, you should aspire to be more like Zendaya.
Skin Whitening is a Global Problem
As a child in the Philippines, I was taught that lighter skin is synonymous with beauty- an idea deeply ingrained within the culture. “...
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Living My Truth as an Afro-Latina
A Her Campus writer lives her truth as an Afro-Latina.
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Lupita Nyong’o's Children's Book Will Take On Colorism
Not only is Lupita Nyong’o a talented, young actress, but she has become an author. Recently, she announced that she is going to be...
