OPINION: When it comes to solving problems like colorism, our collective healing would go a lot further if we honored the specificity of each other’s experiences I was sitting at a lunch table in 10th ...

When looking to create a more equitable workplace, it is imperative to interrogate the different ways that our systems and structures contribute to marginalization. One important aspect of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. Janice Gassam Asare: Could you share for the Forbes readers a ...

Jodie Turner-Smith opened up about how raising her biracial daughter has given her space to heal from experiences with colorism. Being a dark-skinned woman, her reality in the world will be notably ...

Being Black in America is a struggle in itself. To be a dark-skinned woman in America is a beast that only kin-skinned folks can relate to. I’d be lying to you if I said I wasn’t treated differently ...

*Erica Mena was not invited to participate in an MTV special on racism and colorism. The network is streaming the “Love & Hip Hop: Racism, Colorism, and the Uncomfortable Truth” roundtable, and it ...

*British actress Jodie Turner-Smith recently opened up about how raising her biracial daughter is helping to heal her own lifelong feelings about colorism. The dark-skinned beauty tells the May 2023 ...

“Where do these beauty standards come from? Who perpetuates them? What if we wanted to dismantle them? Is it possible? Where do we even begin to talk about them?” – Nina Davuluri, activist, Miss ...

Saweetie, the talented rapper and cultural icon, is known not just for her music but also for her strong sense of self and humor. Recently, she found herself in the crosshairs of social media trolls ...

Erica Mena was not asked to participate in Love & Hip Hop’s special on racism and colorism — only weeks after being fired over accusations of racism — but her rep said she would have participated, ...

I was sitting at a lunch table in 10th grade when an amber-skinned boy told me that I was the darkest girl he would go for. I remember being annoyed by his assessment that I had barely made the cut ...

Nina Davuluri, activist, actress, entrepreneur and the first South Asian to win Miss America (21014). In 2020, In 2020, Nina was invited by the CEO of L'oreal to become a member of the L'oreal ...