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How to cope with colorism within your own ethnic community

I am a dark-skinned Indian woman and lighter-skinned Indians treat me differently even within our own community and it hurts more than outside racism.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intraethnic discrimination based on skin tone creates particularly painful experiences of rejection from one's own cultural group.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.