It cannot be overstated that if racism didn’t exist, a discussion about varying skin hues would simply be a conversation ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OPINION: When it comes to solving problems like colorism, our collective healing would go a lot further if we honored the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Last night, someone tweeted that she really hoped that “black-ish” didn’t “both sides” the conversation in their highly anticipated colorism episode. But that is exactly what they did. And it was a ...

Every year, Hollywood inevitably comes under criticism for its lack of racial diversity. But another lesser-known yet still pervasive problem also resurfaces: the lack of diversity in skin tone. It ...

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 ...