shadism

English

Etymology

shade +‎ -ism

Noun

shadism (uncountable)

1. Prejudice on the basis of skin pigmentation.
   • 2012, Ronald E. Hall, The Melanin Millennium: Skin Color as 21st Century International Discourse, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 158:

     Shadism (Staples 2008), a legacy of slavery, is a form of skin tone bias that identifies groups and individuals on the basis of their degree of pigmentation. It is an evaluation of people that minutely registers traits such as skin color, hair, and […]

   • 2017, Jennifer L. Martin, Ashley E. Nickels, Martina Sharp-Grier, Feminist Pedagogy, Practice, and Activism: Improving Lives for Girls and Women, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 237:

     A safe place, to the girls, meant a place where they were able to develop a discussion on unspoken issues such as shadism, body shape, relationships, and being a Black girl without feeling the need to justify themselves.

Further reading

• shadism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dashism