ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Shadism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Shadism is a noun meaning Prejudice on the basis of skin pigmentation.

Meaning

Prejudice on the basis of skin pigmentation.

Example Sentences

A safe place, to the girls, meant a place where they were able to develop a discussion on unspoken issues such as shadism, body shape, relationships, and being a Black girl without feeling the need to justify themselves.
Shadism (Staples 2008), a legacy of slavery, is a form of skin tone bias that identifies groups and individuals on the basis of their degree of pigmentation. It is an evaluation of people that minutely registers traits such as skin color, hair, and […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shadeism, ethnicism, ethnomasochism, accentism, faceism, clannism.

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