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Being light-skinned can lead to 'reverse colorism' in many parts of the world

Written by Ronald Hall, Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University

An albino girl carries a member of her family in Zimbabwe.Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

Racism is often debated, discussed and analyzed in politics, the classroom and the workplace.

But as a scholar of the politics of skin color, I see colorism as a form of prejudice that’s poorly understood and gets very little attention.

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