Melanin-challenged
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Melanin-challenged is an adjective meaning (humorous) white; having white skin or being racially categorized as white.
Meaning
(humorous) white; having white skin or being racially categorized as white.
Example Sentences
Chicken Little is “cranially underenhanced,” Snow White “melanin-challenged,” and the three bears, an anthropomorphic nuclear family.
KENT: Yeah, Flip's girl is a little melanin challenged. CHERYL: Melanin challenged? KENT: She's, of the other persuasion . . . TAYLOR: Not in the tribe, huh?
His rise to this coveted position was swift and had left some of his melanin challenged co-workers feeling cheated by what they were sure was the result of an affirmative action program.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whiteskinned, white, caucasian, blackskinned, lightskinned, leucodermic.
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