Colourism.

News Articles

Matrimonial Website Shaadi.com Removes Skin Colour Filter After Criticism

TikTok’s darkened skin trend accused of ‘promoting colourism’

Research Papers

India’s Colour Complex: One Day’s Worth of Matrimonials

India and Colorism: The Finer Nuances

Videos

Diane Confronts Her Family – from the show Black-ish

The Five-Year-Old “Twins” that Cross Color Lines!

How the sun sees you

Iyanla Hosts a Candid Talk About Colorism With 6 Black Women

Music

Brown Skin Girl – Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, WizKid

Lived Experiences/Stories

Facing India’s Legacy of Colourism

Un-Fair And Not So Lovely: Capitalism And Colourism In India

Lupita Nyong’o: Colourism is the daughter of racism

Colourism and racism: The Indian variant of colourism doesn’t automatically gatecrash into “Black Lives Matter”

Melanin Rich Skin Appears Almost Flawless Under Ultraviolet Camera

Websites

Dark is Beautiful

Other Resources

Change.org – Remove the colour filter from Matrimonial Websites

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Gender, Safe Spaces, Spaces International, Listen, Learn, Engage, Inclusion, Diversity, Systemic Change

Gender

Gender – with a focus on women, ‘trying to do it all?’ Discussing views of gender roles and glass ceilings women face as they navigate through life.

Race, Safe Spaces, Spaces International, Listen, Learn, Engage, Inclusion, Diversity, Systemic Change

Race

“The aim is not to be blind to colour, But to SEE it, ACCEPT it, and CELEBRATE it!” Race has long since been something that has divided mankind and brought out the worst from us. Mistakes have been made, some reparations have been paid, some debts still remain. As we move forward let us each do OUR part!