“Rindha Sudhini, a junior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North Carolina, talks about her experiences growing up with discrimination based on colorism, the idea that shades of skin color are significant. She is interested in pursuing a career in law or international relations and has always been fascinated by…
It affects all humans, no matter if you’re Black, White, Asian or otherwise. It is a judgment that we make about people within our own race based on a system created so long ago we were not even thoughts. It is something ingrained in us, something that we do unconsciously. It is a cover-up that…
As relevant today as it was two years ago. “If you look like me, you’re used to colorism, says Stanford Graduate Business School student Chika Okoro. She calls the phenomenon known as colorism – discrimination against those with a darker skin tone — “both as sinister and as subtle as racism.” In a world where…