• 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.


  • 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.


  • 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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