AV Round Table: Colorism

In America, it happened with slavery - the lighter the skin of a black person, the "better" the job on the plantation. Blacks with dark skin worked the fields. Blacks with lighter skin worked in the house. House slaves vs. field slaves. The stigma continues within the African American community today, although many are loathe to talk about it. The name of it is "colorism" - prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. Colorism is in the news today with the birth of Prince Harry and Megan Markle's mixed race son. This is a global issue and we about it with pundits Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Carol Pretlow, Allison Moore and William Brown.