Colorism isn’t just a social issue—it’s a workplace one. Research shows skin tone bias can shape women’s hiring, pay, and ...

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

A study of Black Americans is among the first to show how the internalization of negative messages about dark skin tones could be linked to harms to health. Researchers found that Black Americans who ...

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 ...

After a tweet calling out Black folks who avoid the summer sun went viral, a debate about loving one's complexion versus ...

Afro-Caribbean identity on the island of Puerto Rico is situated at the crossroads of continuity and change, where the realities of colorism and systemic inequities still exist alongside a cultural ...

I leave you with the hope that you can identify artists and people in your communities that have helped create spaces where you can feel seen, respected, and treated as a peer.

Through the character of Peggy Scott (played by Denée Benton), “The Gilded Age” explores Black life in Brooklyn, New York in the later decades of the 1800s, both in parallel and intertwined with their ...