Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jodie Turner-Smith opened up about how raising her biracial daughter has given her space to heal from experiences with colorism.

In an interview with Ebony to promote his new book, Racism: From the Eyes of A Child, Mathew Knowles revealed just how much colorism affected him and the Black community. In the interview, Knowles ...

When engaging in the nuanced discussions of colorism, we must strive to understand the root cause and origins of colorism and how it is still used as a tool to divide groups that already experience ...

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 ...

This story was originally published on npr.org. On the Monday after the release of In the Heights, its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda posted not a congratulatory note but an apology. Over the weekend, ...

Everyone seems to be talking about Tuesday night’s episode of Black-ish after a conversation about colorism nearly tore the Johnsons apart. Sparked by Diane’s school picture, the episode titled “Black ...

Growing up as a first-gen teen in Queens during the '90s, my Black Dominican immigrant mother would routinely say things to me like, "Tu saliste perfecta, saliste mas clara que yo, pero arreglate esa ...

Lance Hannon and Robert DeFina are professors in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Villanova University. The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on "race, ...