Reverse Colorism Edit Meaning

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hatred or discrimination of light skinned blacks

Some blacks falsely claim most house slaves were light skin blacks this is reverse colorism.Phillis Wheatley was a dark skin house slave.

See redbone, blue vein, yellowbone, brown paper bag test

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reverse colorism -a hatred of light skin blacks

Some blacks in Washington,D.C.(black majority) did not want Sharon Pratt Dixon as a mayor because she is a light skin black and mayoral candidate Marion Berry tried to have his light skin wife darken her skin.These are incidents of reverse colorism.

See reverse colorism, redbone, yellowbone, blue vein society, brown paper bag test