How to Use colorism in a Sentence

colorism

noun

• Young Fly that his comments were anti-Black, adding that there should be no colorism on the stage.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• No Way Home star hasn’t released a response, but has addressed the issue of colorism in the past.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 25 July 2022
• If progress in the form of Harris is happening, why bring this issue of colorism up now?
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Among them, he was asked what role colorism and race play in the reggaeton industry.
  — Shaadi Devereaux, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• This may be one of the clearest examples of how colorism plays out in Hollywood.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 July 2022
• Because colorism is about more than hurtful taunts on the playground or school hallway.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
• The pendulum hasn't swung so far as to eradicate, say, colorism.
  — Sierra Leone Starks, Allure, 22 Mar. 2023
• There’s no colorism, where the light-skinned Black characters are pitted against the dark-skinned Black characters.
  — Junae Benne, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021
• More than 40 parents and kids clustered in the garden to hear the story of a little Black girl who grappled with self-esteem and colorism.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
• To Moreno, the outcry about colorism isn't important or timely.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 17 June 2021
• When asked about the lack of Afro Latinx people in the film, Chu said that colorism was an important conversation to have.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 14 June 2021
• Some of the major themes of the movie focus on the challenges of grief, colorism and an issue that afflicts many families: addiction.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2022
• In ‘One Love’ Rita and Bob discuss their experience of colorism – both of them were bullied because of the color of their skin.
  — Debra Edwards, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
• Chu also faced accusations of colorism for his 2018 film, Crazy Rich Asians.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 13 June 2021
• In his Time interview, he was asked whether elements of race and colorism played a role in who succeeds in reggaeton.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
• The prospect of bringing a story about colorism, the Harlem Renaissance, and a Black middle-class family to screen excited her.
  — Joseph Bien-Kahn, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2021
• The lyrics have sparked outrage over colorism, which is discrimination based on the color of someone's skin, and forced filmmakers to change the lyrics for a second time.
  — Aditi Sangal, CNN, 15 Sep. 2020
• To further complicate these images, colorism , in the form of bias against dark-skinned African Americans, could have increased the likelihood that Megan could be shot by the police.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
• In The Heights failed to ignite audiences in a way studio Warner Bros. had hoped, with accusations of colorism leveled at the studio.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• The senior also became more aware of colorism in the Filipino community.
  — Erik Gleibermann, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2020
• The film also touches on questions of colorism, religion and language.
  — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
• There’s a larger conversation to be had here about colorism and how The Bachelor’s casting is affected by that.
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021
• Davis also pointed out another glaring issue that poses challenges to growth in the space: colorism.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 21 Apr. 2022
• Although colorism has made big headlines in beauty and social justice spheres, the fear of hyperpigmentation has not been met with the same fervor.
  — Gloria Lucas, Allure, 10 Nov. 2022
• Wang wanted to explore class and colorism, so another of the novel’s white characters, Hilary Starr, became dark-skinned and Southeast Asian.
  — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
• The project is deeply personal to Perry, touching on colorism rooted in his own experiences.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 24 Sep. 2022
• This colorism is insidious and has led to the popularity of skin-whitening creams and the biased assumption that lighter-skinned people are smarter.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
• That doesn't mean colorism has been completely nonexistent.
  — Jada Jackson, Allure, 16 Mar. 2022
• Since its debut, the series has drawn criticism from Indian and U.S. media for sidestepping issues of colorism, dowry, sexism, body shaming, and, yes, caste.
  — Yashica Dutt, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2020
• In Kenya, there are tensions around colorism, class and different ethnicities.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024