The Colours of Colourism; A Deeply Rooted Global Concern
With the recent developments of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the world has witnessed a systematic commencement of raging voices against the issues of Colourism and Racism globally. As we know, Colourism finds its origins in slavery which led to an internalised continuum of colour-based bias against ‘Non-whites’ for over 300 years now. On the other hand, Racism is an uninterrupted history of systematic deprivation. In both literal and practical meanings, it is entirely different from what colourism means. The former leads to an overarching prejudice towards ‘outsiders’ whereas the latter...