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♡ colorism refers to discrimination based on skin color. colorism disadvantages people with darker skin while privileging those with lighter skin. research has linked colorism to smaller incomes, lower marriage rates, longer prison terms, and fewer job prospects for darker-skinned people.
♡ experts say examples of colorism have the long-lasting effects of both mental and physical trauma. "the anti-blackness started with the idea of the blacker u are, the less human u are, so black people then become not fully human beings, so everyone's distancing themselves from that," said degruy.