colorism
Is Hip-Hop Ready to Address Its Colorism Problem?
DaniLeigh's "Yellow Bone" is reigniting an age-old conversation about colorism in the music industry.
How The Black Lives Matter Movement is Impacting India’s Obsession With Light Skin
In a country where people spend more on skin-whitening creams than on tea, cosmetics companies are scrambling to move with the times.
Johnson & Johnson Pulled Whitening Creams off Shelves in Asia. But Can That Dent a Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry?
It remains to be seen whether one US-based company can make waves of change in the hyper-competitive market—not to mention in societies that have striven toward whiteness for centuries.
A Black Man’s Picture Was Used in an Indian Book to Portray 'Ugly'
This incident once again proves how casual anti-Black sentiment and colourism continue to exist in India.
Skin-Bleaching Products Are Unsafe and Racist
Skin-lightening cosmetics are in the spotlight once again after a California woman's hospitalization.
Hollywood Is Failing Miserably at Latinx Representation, Study Shows
A report by USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found a severe lack of Latinx characters and actors in film.
It's Time to Reckon with the Harmful Impact of Skin-Whitening Products
VICE's Taylor Hosking calls for less secrecy and denial around bleaching products.
Why Do People Drastically Change Their Skin Color?
The complicated psychology of why some people obsessively tan and why others use bleaching products to lighten their skin.
This Rapper Is On a Mission to Empower Filipino Women
In her debut album "Circa91," Ruby Ibarra addresses colorism and prejudice within the Filipino-American community and arms Pinoys with the knowledge to fight injustice.
Read the First Story from Kathleen Collins's Brilliant 'Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?'
The nearly lost collection of stories by the celebrated filmmaker Kathleen Collins is really, really good.
What It's Like to Be Discriminated Against by People of Your Own Race
We talked to people about battling light-skinned and dark-skinned stereotypes.
Quebec City Is the Best Place for Women. Also, Please Stop Thinking You Know How To “Save” Black Girls
Sarah Ratchford's latest round up of the week in gender politics tackles colourism, the best place to live in Canada if you're a woman, and the horrifying Game of Thrones rape scene everyone is debating.