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colorism
[ kuhl-uh-riz-uhm ]
noun
- differential treatment based on skin color, especially favoritism toward those with a lighter skin tone and mistreatment or exclusion of those with a darker skin tone, typically among those of the same racial group or ethnicity.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of colorism1
First recorded in 1960–65; color (in the sense “skin complexion”) + -ism ( def )
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