Colorism Is A Problem In India. But Who Cares? : Colorism under Colonial Rule
Colonial rule left Indians with the ideology of "white is powerful." This idea has survived to this day.
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Deeply Rooted Racism: Colorism in Other Countries
May 25, 2020. The day of George Floyd’s murder. We speak of George Floyd’s murder as if police brutality is the only thing that killed him...
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Colorism in the Eyes of a Black Girl
One thing that has become more prevalent within the media affecting the black entertainment business, the social environment in the African American community and the mindset of a black person starting at a very young age is colorism.
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Colorism Is A Problem In India. But Who Cares? : Colorism in Ancient India
Let me first start with defining what colourism is and how it is different from racism. Colorism is defined as prejudiced attitudes and/or...
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Black Women Should Stop Going on Reality Dating TV Shows
I always knew that I was the type of person who was not really into reality TV shows, except when it comes to the Real Housewives franchise...
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Unfair & Lovely
Am I Caramel? Mocha? Espresso? I have no idea which Starbucks drink I am, nor do many makeup consultants. I’ve been a makeup lover since I...
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A Brown Frown
I love going back to my hometown to meet my extended family, be it a wedding or a birthday since it brings back a lot of childhood memories...
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The Hidden "-Ism"
As a product of my mom and dad (an American citizen of Indian descent), issues regarding skin color were something I, and many people like me, grew up with.
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Things I Put Up with when I was 13 That I will no Longer Tolerate
Being told fair is better: For so long being light-skinned has been regarded as better than being dark-skinned and that is not okay. I...
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Colorism: It's Not Limited to One Community
Colorism: a way to pit the same group of people against each other
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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?
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Colorism Within the Black Community
Does your complexion say privileged or problematic?
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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...
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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...
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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...
