offensive a word used to describe something that is a colour between pink and pale brown, which is now considered offensive because it refers to the skin colour of White people and suggests that people with skin of other colours are less important
Colourism
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Prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group.
Colourism meaning & definition 1 of Colourism.
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the [prejudice] or [discrimination] against individuals of a darker skin tone, like racism except it is usually among people of the same racial/[ethnic] group.
Colourism meaning & definition 2 of Colourism.
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dislike and unfair treatment of the members of a particular racial group who have a darker skin colour than others:
Colourism meaning & definition 3 of Colourism.
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