Concept information
Preferred term
colorism
Definition
- Colorism refers to a form of skin tone bias that generally favors light skin over dark skin. Commonly connected to race, colorism is based on a social hierarchy in which the level of acceptance of an individual is derived from the social meanings attributed to skin color. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Colorism]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JD11KZ0V-4
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