Colorism

Introduction Colorism and racism are very similar, but have one major difference. Racism is discrimination based off of one’s race, regardless of their complexion, while colorism is based off the actual skin tone, as opposed to racial or ethnic identity. Colorism is more likely, than not to benefit those of lighter skin tone (Hunter, 2007). Colorism may be presented in two forms: interracial colorism and intraracial colorism. Intraracial colorism is discrimination based off an individual’s skin…

Through researching colorism and creating a survey the researcher’s goal was to find out if people felt that the education of colorism is important. They also wanted to learn more about people’s experiences with colorism and if they recognize any privilege or disadvantage in different skin tones. Furthermore, the researcher wanted to know how we could, as a community put an end to colorism. In the researcher's survey, the last questions they asked was each person’s sex and race to have some…

COLORISM IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY Colorism is discrimination or prejudice based on the social meanings attached to skin color. Colorism is different from racism, but does aid in white supremacy. Colorism occurs within different ethnicities and around the world. Colorism is a term coined in 1982 by Alice Walker. Within the African American community skin color hierarchy has caused division. Some would call it a light skin vs. dark skin battle. Although this skin color discrimination…

Colorism affects the African American community psychologically, financially, and educationally. Phycological issues that occur from colorism stems from the media and what is considered “beautiful”. Colorism can be seen on a day to day basis in the media with simple things such as magazines using Photoshop, and filters to lighten the skin tone of darker…

Colorism in music has been more apparent nowadays in many different forms. Whether it’s an artist’s skin tone resulting in certain sales, or the controversy based off of one’s appearance, it is very real and it personally doesn’t bother me.
 Let’s talk about what I mean when I say “colorism in music” as I give clear examples to what they are and represent. Colorism in music can also be viewed as cultural appropriation. I say this because of my main example, whites taking what blacks have already…

friend eyed her short sleeve dress and commented how her skin looked even lighter than usual, that she looked even prettier without the tan. Layla rolled her eyes but comments about her skin tone were very common. Within the Somali community, the colorism was a real issue. Layla continued to tell more examples and one of them stuck with me. During high school when her classmates were doing a project on Race. They talked about all the oppression they faced, all agreeing and nodding…

Introduction In order to understand colorism you must know what it means and whom it affects. Colorism is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals with dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. When researching colorism and discrimination and how it affects African Americans there has to be a division between their perception and the reality of the situation. In some situations many people mix the understanding of the two together there is also making…

Black Happiness: Colorism and Body Image K-pop and Korean Society Have you ever looked in the mirror and found things you are not happy about within your appearance? Now imagine you are a celebrity in South Korea and every one of your imperfections are pointed out by the public. Often times the pressure to fit the standard ‘westernized ' look becomes too much and idols cave and undergo the knife to look youthful and western with milky skin, double eyelids, and a sharp jawline. However, Korea…

but the hate that has been talked about the least is Colorism. Colorism is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals with dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. This mode of discrimination predominantly impacts people of color. “These forms of white domination, rewarded those who emulated whiteness culturally, ideologically, economically and even aesthetically”(Hunter 2005). The Cross-Cultural colorism between Latin America and the United States was…

ostracize us based on our differences. When these differences cause communities to fight within themselves, such as in the case of colorism, it causes a great divide that tears these communities apart. The documentary film “Dark Girls” examined the internalized impact of these discriminatory acts on variant ethnic communities. The film looked at the history of colorism, and how European colonization has greatly affected the social stratification of ethnicity and color. Psychologist Dr. Tifase…