A study of Black Americans is among the first to show how the internalization of negative messages about dark skin tones ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When rapper and producer André 3000 performed at Lollapalooza back in 2014, he wore a black jumpsuit embossed with seven bold ...

Have you ever had a judgy thought about your skin tone or someone else’s? Or saw a movie that seemed to shine more of a spotlight on actors with lighter skin? Colorism is skin-tone discrimination that ...

Colorism is a word that might not get as much attention as racism, but its impact runs deep, especially within Latino communities. It's the unspoken reality that lighter skin often grants privilege, ...

Racism is often debated, discussed and analyzed in politics, the classroom and the workplace. But as a scholar of the politics of skin color, I see colorism as a form of prejudice that’s poorly ...

Nina Davuluri, activist, actress, entrepreneur and the first South Asian to win Miss America (21014). In 2020, In 2020, Nina was invited by the CEO of L'oreal to become a member of the L'oreal ...

*The late Natalie Cole opened up about her family’s colorism issues in her book, “Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography by Natalie Cole.” In the book, the music icon recalls moments when anti-Black ...

The global skin-lightening industry generates billions of dollars annually by exploiting insecurities rooted in centuries of colonial conditioning, creating a toxic legacy of skin bleaching that ...

“The rose resonated with me in more way than I can describe. It was different in its rosebush. I was different in my family. And people around me didn't hesitate to remind me. My complexion didn't ...

A lot of people had something to say about the reality show veteran’s take. Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood alumnae Masika Kalysha found herself in the Twitter hot seat after sharing her thoughts on ...