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  1. colorismnoun

    Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.

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  1. colorism

    Discrimination based on skin color, also known as colorism, or shadeism, is a form of prejudice and discrimination in which people who share similar ethnic traits and people who are perceived as belonging to a darker skinned race are treated differently based on the social implications that come with the cultural meanings that are attached to their darker skin color.Research has found extensive evidence of discrimination based on skin color in criminal justice, business, the economy, housing, health care, media, and politics in the United States and Europe. Lighter skin tones are seen as preferable in many countries in Africa, Asia and South America.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Colorism in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Colorism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Colorism in a Sentence

  1. Harnidh Kaur:

    If you compare it to her past covers, you look at them and she's definitely (been) bronzed into an Indian face, in a country where you're struggling with colorism and shade discrimination, to see that -- it's very insulting.

  2. Esther Valdes-Clayton:

    I just want everyone to understand that the racial tones, the classicism that was displayed as well as the colorism that was displayed was evident to every Latino from the West Coast to the East Coast.


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