colourism

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This attention to one's shade of black skin pervades black society in a phenomenon called "colourism."

Thestar.com - Home Page Petura Burrows 2011
The study found evidence that "colourism" was effecting the health of Canadians, for better and worse - a finding similar to research in the United States.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Erin Anderssen 2011
Even the government is not exempt from colourism discussions.

Thestar.com - Home Page Petura Burrows 2011
Blacks may deny illustrations of colourism in their movies, but research notes an undeniable disparity.

Thestar.com - Home Page Petura Burrows 2011
While slavery is no longer practised, colourism persists.

Thestar.com - Home Page Petura Burrows 2011
The Color Purple, by African-American author Alice Walker, emerged as an illustration of colourism among other issues.

Thestar.com - Home Page Petura Burrows 2011
But slavery also created rifts among blacks and became the birthplace of colourism.

Thestar.com - Home Page Petura Burrows 2011
In the 1980s, colourism reached mass audiences in works by black authors and filmmakers.

Thestar.com - Home Page Petura Burrows 2011
Siditty has tweeted us to say 'It is racist and objectionable, it pushes a belief that lighter equals better and embraces the concept of colourism'

BBC World Have Your Say 2009
Gauguin etc. opened up a vast range of new colourism unimaginable to academic painters.

Kottu 2008