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 ...

Born in Brazil, Professor Rogerio Pinto has dedicated his life to breaking the social constructs of colorism and other "-isms ...

GloRilla isn’t the only one to use colorism in her lyrics. In his hit song with Lil Dicky (“Freaky Friday”), Chris Brown ...

Bottom shelf. Undesired. Defeminized. Those are some of the stereotypes that Jubilee Likayi says dark-skinned black women see of themselves in popular culture -- and the ones she is working to break.

And though he is often irritating, Dr. Umar John is on to something when he discusses the preference that Black men have for fair skinned women. He is right when he says, “dark skinned women are not ...

(The Root) — The latest installment of CNN’s docuseries Black in America asked the question “Who Is Black in America?” and examined the issue of colorism: bias based not just on race but also on ...

The impact of skin color in the lives of Latinos across the United States is huge. The impact of skin color in the lives of Latinos across the United States is huge. It impacts the ability to move ...

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Twenty-five years after Girlfriends made its television debut, Persia White tells PEOPLE which episode was her favorite and why; The series aired in September 2000 and ran for eig ...

Periodically, the Latinx Files will feature a guest writer. This week, we’ve asked De Los contributing columnist Alex Zaragoza to fill in. If you have not subscribed to our weekly newsletter, you can ...

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson’s friend, Michael McManus, shared his thoughts on the WNBA playoffs on Friday.