Colorism is an ongoing issue the world continues to suffer from. Colorism does not only come from outsiders and random people walking down the street. Colorism usually starts at home. Family members compare their skin tones, and are either jealous of their family members' skin color or they are feeling fortunate they have the skin tone that they do. Based on children's parents beliefs about skin color, and what they hear about skin tones at home is embedded in their brains. Parent's beliefs and what parents say has a large affect on their children's beliefs and words.
Colorism affects many people in the world; males and females. Many people believe that women suffer more from colorism than men because it is more common for females to become "obsessive" over their appearances. This is extremely false. Men, like women, may be self conscious about their bodies and about their skin colors. Even though many dark skinned women tend to bleach their skin more than men, especially in the media, men do bleach their skin as well! Many men, as well as women, believe that President Obama is president because he is light skinned. In this article, Light Supremacy: Colorism and the Black Man, it is said that the darker skinned a person is, the more likely they are to be judged compared to a lighter skinned person, they are likely to have less education, and likely to have a low economical and social status. It is also stated in this article that the world is changing and colorism is becoming slightly less of an issue because many famous people are dark skinned and there are many workers with high positions in the world with dark skin. Hopefully this judging and colorism problem will slowly and progressively end.
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