Colourism
latest news & developments
Visibility and inclusion matters
Well-known people with albinism are changing the way society sees those with this skin condition
The Portfolio: Ravi Naidoo on starting a conversation about colourism
In creating her photo series, ‘Brown on Brown: The Colourism Project’, Ravi Naidoo realised colourism affects how every Indian person thinks about themselves
Slice of life: Skin shapes the way I am
‘Why do I write? Being born as the light-skinned girl in a dark-skinned neighbourhood gives you an interesting perspective’
Slice of life: I escaped my dark skin box
‘I kept feeling like I was inadequate. Whenever anything bad happened to me, I would attribute it to my dark skin’
A class photo and an us that never was
"I should have said it out plainly on that lunch break: she’s actually fucking beautiful, you numbnuts."
Will colourism be SA’s red scare?
Reminiscent of the McCarthy witch-hunts, darker-hued people are seen as not ‘belonging’