The two books featured in this episode illustrate the impact of colorism in society. First up is The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid. In conversation with Scott Simon, Hamid talks about his personal ...

"Light skin the right skin," But supposedly, my brothers, sisters, my kin, Are not judged by what's within. Is it a sin to have a tint ten times darker than yours? The melanin in my pores, dictated ...

Editor’s note: In today’s United States, is being black determined by the color of your skin, by your family, by what society says or by something else? Soledad O’Brien reports “Who Is Black in ...

When I got on the bus in 1955, would I sit in the front or the back of the bus? The color and tenderness of my bust, Whether my skin be charcoal or orange like rust. Pale, white skin, "Light skin the ...