DEC 18 Courageous Conversations / topic “Colorism”

Diversity Action Team

October 28, 2017

Courageous Conversations

Topic: Explore “Colorism”

When: 5:30 – 7:00

Where: Merrill Community Center 1428 Wisconsin Ave. Beloit, WI

Colorism

Colorism is the principle that those with lighter, fairer skin are treated with a higher regard than those with darker skin, and it happens both between racial communities and within them.

https://www.bustle.com/articles/37427-5-truths-about-colorism-that-ive-learned-as-a-black-woman-in-nyc

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/books/review/same-family-different-colors-lori-l-tharps.html

https://www.elitedaily.com/life/culture/need-know-colorism-told-light-skinned-black-woman/1812348

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-colorism-2834952