As we celebrate Women’s History Month in March, we must reflect on how colorism has influenced our concepts of beauty as it applies to women. Colorism, grounded in racism, is a discrimination based on ...

There’s a bevy of talented and gorgeous stars on the entertainment scene with rich, deep complexions and their carefree confidence is a joy to witness.

Prejudicial discrimination that favors lighter shades of skin. Colorism, more generally, is the social preference for lighter skin, often experienced among people from a similar ethnic group. Black ...

A young San Francisco artist's exhibit at the Museum of African Diaspora explores the issues surrounding beauty and skin color within the Black community, and it does so using a medium that was once ...

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 ...

Black women may struggle with beauty standards. Source: istockphoto Although most of us have a general understanding of racism, few consider the impact of skin color apart from race. Colorism is a ...

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 ...

Tichina Arnold is taking accountability for a recent podcast appearance. After appearing on Deon Cole’s “Funny Knowing You “ show in late 2025 to address the colorism comments made by Ari Lennox about ...

These preferences — while not intended to seem harmful — reinforce systematic colorism, which has detrimental psychological consequences. Yet, another fact that remains unobserved is that these biases ...

*Erika Alexander, best known as Maxine Shaw on Living Single, recently addressed colorism in 1990s sitcoms. She appeared on Van Lathan’s Higher Learning podcast, where she agreed with singer Ari ...

Music icon Beyoncé has once again ignited conversation about race and identity with her latest look. On Nov. 25, global superstar Beyoncé Knowles hosted the world premiere of her film “Renaissance: A ...

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