Discrimination based on skin tone

discrimination based on skin colour

using chemical substances to lighten skin tone or provide an even skin complexion

thumb|upright=1.5|Photograph by Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee showing historical use of the term in the US in contrast with "white". Besides the big signs, the water cooler itself is labelled with a sign reading "colored". Colored (or coloured) is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow era to refer to an African American. In many places, it may be considered a slur.

Tanzanian et al Albianism

1988 film by Spike Lee

Japanese Culture

2019 film directed by Amar Kaushik

American abolitionist propaganda using white-looking slaves