You know the word racism. How about colorism?
It's the term is generally used for the phenomenon of people discriminating on the basis of skin color variations within their own ethnic groups. And while colorism has diminished since the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., pigmentocracy (a socioeconomic hierarchy based on colorism) still exists, here and elsewhere.
As part of a continuing series produced by The Color Initiative , reporter Philip Martin says Skin Whitening Is Big Business in Asia.
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