Colourism: How skin-tone bias affects racial equality at work

What’s YOUR experience with skin colour ? We’ve all heard some variation of this but have we really wondered why we expect brides to look fair ? A dark complexion is one of the top reasons for being considered unworthy of marriage in Bangladesh. While the impact of such beauty standards are felt most heavily in more rural areas (unthinkable dowries, a lifetime of abuse, multiple marriages - all justified by the colour of the bride’s complexion), discrimination based on skin tone takes place in u

8.1: Stereotypes, Prejudice, Discrimination and Bias