Colorism

Sharon Bramlett-Solomon discusses colorism--"color prejudice that values and privileges light skin tone over dark skin tone"--in this Arizona Republic article. "Since U.S. slavery days, African-Americans with light or near-White complexions and Eurocentric features have been privileged over those with darler skin. Colorism can be traced to when slave masters had sex with female slaves and fathered light-skin children, who were allowed to occupy the master's house and were accorded preferential treatment."