colorism needs to be a different word that has the identity of the people it marginalizes in it. much like “racism” and “sexism”, it does little to say who’s disadvantaged by the -ism and makes it easy for bad faith actors to turn it any which way.
i didn’t know this sent but ya i was wondering why “colorism “ pissed me off and i‘ve flashbacks of lightskin women presenting the definition as “discrimination based on skin color” for SCHOOL PROJECTS AT A PWI. i constabtly brainstorm how to be more responsible w/ our language