Following news of a recent casting decision for Disney’s forthcoming live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch, fans have taken to social media to discuss colorism and erasure in Hollywood. Agudong, a ...

When Jennifer Aguirre's little sister was born, her paternal Afro-Latinx grandmother exclaimed, "!Mira, salio blanquita!" Those words, which translate to "Look, she came out white!" have stayed with ...

Last week, Thandiwe Newton tearfully apologized to dark-skinned actresses for taking their roles during an interview with the Associated Press. "I've wanted so desperately to apologize every day to ...

The three women of “Red Table Talk,” tackled colorism within the Black community on the latest episode of the Facebook Watch show. Jada, Willow and Adrienne Banfield Norris (aka Gammy) discussed ...

Or, perhaps a better question is: How does this film make you feel? I’m going to be honest: When I saw this film, Marian Edusei’s Dark Skinned Girls, on Dazed, I felt a mixture of horror, wonder, ...

Stanford Business School graduate student Chika Okoro came across casting calls for the female actresses for Straight Outta Compton and saw they were ranked into four categories. The most desirable ...

With the 2020 murder of George Floyd igniting a racial reckoning in our country and the Black Lives Matter movement becoming more mainstream, the subsequent marches and protests have “mobilized ...