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.

I was sitting at a lunch table in 10th grade when an amber-skinned boy told me that I was the darkest girl he would go for. I remember being annoyed by his assessment that I had barely made the cut ...

The death of George Floyd last year has shone a spotlight on what it means to be Black, and especially, to be dark-skinned in America. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has our report from ...

'Black-ish' explores colorism in a truly "terrifying" episode, writer and executive producer Peter Saji writes for The Hollywood Reporter. By Peter Saji In black parlance, the word “company” loosely ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. · 51% of the women from marginalized racial and ethnic groups ...

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 ...

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 ...

Samantha Ram was just a kid the first time she felt ashamed of the color of her skin. Ram, 24, whose family is Guyanese of South Indian descent, says she grew up hearing her dark complexion brought up ...

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Jodie Turner-Smith opened up about how raising her biracial daughter has given her space to heal from experiences with colorism. Being a dark-skinned woman, her reality in the world will be notably ...