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Colorism is a word that might not get as much attention as racism, but its impact runs deep, especially within Latino ...

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 ...

Academic study and lived experience converged last night at the Afro−Latino Roundtable Forum, where an assembly of over 50 students, faculty and visiting speakers participated in a dialogue about the ...

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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 ...

Skin lightening, also called whitening or bleaching, is a multibillion-dollar industry with products that can damage the skin and that, researchers say, promote a dangerous message about beauty and ...

The global skin-lightening industry generates billions of dollars annually by exploiting insecurities rooted in centuries of colonial conditioning, creating a toxic legacy of skin bleaching that ...

Actress Mo’Nique got candid with Shannon Sharpe in the Feb. 7 episode Club Shay Shay about how she didn’t receive the same support as Taraji P. Henson did when she called out Hollywood’s inequities ...