What is Colorism

What is Colorism?

Colorism is a form of discrimination in which human beings are afforded different social treatment based on skin color. Colorism usually refers to when lighter skin tones are preferred and darker skin is considered less desirable or vice versa. The aftermath of lighter skin tones being more preferred than darker skin tones is that darker skin people to be aloof and can cause altercations between lighter skinned and darker skinned people. Colorism has been going on around the world for hundreds of years. Colorism started with whites enslaving African-Americans and making African-Americans think that long straight hair and lighter skin tones was more alluring than nappy hair and darker skin tones. Colorism is changing in the world and is making people feel alienated which is destroying social treatment because of skin color.