'Light Skin vs. Dark Skin' party highlights black on black bias
OPINION - Colorism remains a taboo topic that is generally swept under the rug...
'Light Skin vs. Dark Skin' party sparks outrage
CLUTCH - Club promotors in Columbus, Ohio were inspired by twitter hashtags "#teamlightskin" and "#teamdarkskin" and decided to create a party themed around skin tone...
Lil' Wayne's love of light-skinned women leads to black-lash
OPINION - He's never been hailed as a bastion of moral righteousness, so should we really be surprised he that he's not culturally sensitive and informed?...
University of Vermont study examines biracial identity
Racial "passing" still takes place today, University of Vermont sociologist Nikki Khanna reports in a new study, but in different ways...
'1-drop rule' appears to persist for biracial individuals
The centuries-old "one-drop rule" assigning minority status to mixed-race individuals appears to live on in our modern-day perception and categorization of people like Barack Obama, Tiger Woods, and Halle Berry...
Why did Victoria's Secret brand black models 'wild things'?
OPINION - Somewhat mysteriously, all of the ethnic models got to walk the runway in the wild things segment, replete with "tribal" body paint...
'Hobbit' film light skinned-only casting leaves black mark
OPINION - Let the role be one of a hero or heroine, or, in this case, a hobbit, and it becomes very difficult to place actors of color in these roles...
Consumer Reports: Kinect motion-senser not 'racist'
NEW YORK (AP) - GameSpot, a popular video game website, said earlier it found through testing Kinect that its facial recognition camera system did not work properly for some players...
Skin lightening is serious business in India
OPINION - Given our knowledge of racism in this country, we understand that this market exists in India precisely because of racism...
Vaseline promotes skin lightening through Facebook app
theGRIO REPORT - The app was developed to promote Vaseline's line of skin lightening creams for men by cashing in on India's notorious preference for lighter skin tones...
