A lot of Americans want to lighten their skin. Skin lightening, also called whitening or bleaching, is a multibillion-dollar industry with products that can damage the skin and that, researchers say, ...

Why does your research matter and why do you study it? Hall: This research matters as the nation and indeed the world assume a more multiracial demographic. I study it to correct some of the errors ...

The effects of white privilege extend well beyond racial boundaries. A new study from Villanova University found that white job interviewers viewed lighter-skinned blacks and Latinos as more ...

Latinxs experience discrimination from other Latinxs at about the same rate as they do from non-Latinxs, according to the Pew Research Center. In a report published Monday, the nonpartisan think tank ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skin lightening agents are reportedly used in more than 20% of individuals with skin of color. Many individuals ...

Editor’s Note: Ronald E. Hall, Ph.D. is a professor at Michigan State University and the author of “The Melanin Millennium.” He has lectured on skin color both domestically and internationally, and ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term success of Latinos in the United States, according to a Pew Research Center finding that comes as the issue of colorism has become ...

Experts and people of color weigh in on the long-term effects of colorism. "She's pretty for a dark-skin girl" is an unfortunate saying that many Black women have heard at some point in their lifetime ...

How much of a role does skin tone play in the perception of a bi-racial candidate? New research says quite a bit. According to findings published Monday by the National Academy of Sciences, ...