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 ...
Do the math with me on skin color and complexion and how light you need to be to be loved ...
This piece was co-authored by Diane-Jo Bart-Plange, a doctoral candidate studying colorism, racism, and stereotyping at the University of Virginia in the Department of Psychology. In 2018, actress and ...
In a reflection on the recent flap about India.Arie’s alleged skin bleaching, Essence‘s Janelle Harris says that complexion craziness is tough on everyone but especially painful for darker black women ...
Bhavitha Mandava talks about about colorism in India, sharing her personal experiences and calling out the deep-rooted bias ...
It's time to stop blaming our problematic trend on colorism and effects of colonialism, own your nonsense. Pulse used this premise to examine since news broke that a certain former honorary member of ...
Wheatish / Rhea Goveas, Indian American -- Too dark / Miho Iwata, Japanese (Permanent U.S. Resident) -- Sang duc ho / Catherine Ma, Chinese American -- You're so white, you're so pretty / Sambath Meas ...