In Bangladesh, colourism subtly yet firmly grips society, particularly affecting young girls with darker complexions who often endure colour-based discrimination. Flourishing within a patriarchal ...

Actor Lupita Nyong'o describes colourism as “the daughter of racism” in “a world that rewards lighter skin over darker skin”. This form of prejudice sees people more penalised the darker their skin is ...

The Black Lives Matter movement, and the renewed focus on equality and social justice for black people that has come with it, has brought increasing attention to the issue of colourism. This form of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a person of colour with light skin rises to prominence, or becomes the first to occupy a particular position, it’s often ...

Skin bleaching and lightening products are widely sold in Tonga, which is part of a region with a long history of colourism.

Racism around the globe is well documented, but many people don’t realise that it can occur not just when one race discriminates against another, but within a single racial group. Colourism – what the ...

Bermuda has been hit by another storm. And like many before it, this one has left quite a mark on the country’s landscape. Was it Hurricane Fay? No. Hurricane Gonzolo? Nope. This one was named ...

We hear about it a lot, but no one actually talks about it. It’s an uncomfortable subject, especially in a world where we hear protests of Black Lives Matter and calls for the unification of black ...

While his presentation was shy, he soon became outspoken on our very first date. He spent time talking about himself and then landed on my desirability. Without mincing words, he said, "you are ...

Colourism in Kerala is like a bad smell in a stagnant loft, a stink so long dissolved in our breath, that we no longer recognize it as a kind of pollution. Babies barely born encounter it the moment ...