Colorism in Africa

  

Dark skin, a concept which somehow finds meaning on a continent like Africa on which a largely Brown people live, is an artifact of the relative social and economic distancing from colonial centers of power. Colorism is a prejudicial manifestation within ethnicities, which discriminates against people, according to the tone or shade of their skin.

Colorism can be seen in a racial group to a member of their own race, or amongst those of different colors and races due to whiteness being a source of oppression in this country. It is inescapable because lighter complexions are still associated with beauty.