OPINION: When it comes to solving problems like colorism, our collective healing would go a lot further if we honored the specificity of each other’s experiences I was sitting at a lunch table in 10th ...

From derogatory nicknames to backhanded compliments, colorism continues to shape how Black women are seen, treated, and ...

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 ...

Actress Keke Palmer has made it clear that she is not interested in being compared to fellow actress Zendaya. A heated debate about ‘colorism’ found its way on social media after the Nope star’s ...

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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 ...

Lori L. Tharps is an associate professor of journalism at Temple University and the author of Same Family, Different Colors Skin color matters because we are a visual species and we respond to one ...

Jonnae Thompson has felt for a long time that her dark brown skin and natural hair have made finding work in Hollywood especially hard. “It’s like this negative connotation,” said the 37-year-old ...

In the penultimate episode of Lovecraft Country, Tic, Montrose, and Letitia “Leti” Lewis go back to the night of the Tulsa Race Massacre to retrieve the Book of Names from Tic’s family before it’s ...

Samantha Ram was just a kid the first time she felt ashamed of the color of her skin. Ram, 24, whose family is Guyanese of South Indian descent, says she grew up hearing her dark complexion brought up ...

I was sitting at a lunch table in 10th grade when an amber-skinned boy told me that I was the darkest girl he would go for. I remember being annoyed by his assessment that I had barely made the cut ...