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The Colorism Project

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About Us

history

Dr. Donnamaria Culbreth founded The Intraracial Colorism Project in 2009, began developing the project components and created a web presence. The project's name was later changed to The Colorism Project and formed as a non-profit corporation. 


Project Components


Journal of Colorism Studies

A peer reviewed open access scholarly journal and official publication of the Colorism Project.


The Dynamics of Colorism Talk Radio show  

Launched in 2012, the Dynamics of Colorism Talk Radio later evolved to become Complexity Talk Radio, Inc. 


Diversity and Colorism Survey


TACO (talking about colorism out in the open)


The Colorism Blog




More about the project

mission

vision

purpose

The mission of The Colorism Project is to educate all members of society about the detrimental effects of colorism.

purpose

vision

purpose

The purpose of The Colorism Project is to study, discuss, and report interracial and intraracial colorism. We propose to develop strategies to educate, enlighten and  address the psychological, emotional, physical and social traumas of colorism and the impact on well-being.  


The Colorism Project, through donations, sponsorship and other funding, will investigate colorism using several project components.

vision

vision

vision

The vision of The Colorism Project, Inc. is to educate the world of the existence and detrimental effects of colorism and to be instrumental in educating all members of society of the importance of embracing the diversity of all people and unity of people of color.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

 The specific goals of the project are:

  • Identify victims of colorism among people of color by geographic location.
  • Collect new data that may be used for additional studies on colorism.
  • Determine if colorism is a systemic problem among people of color by racial group.
  • Identify the types of colorism acts that occur at a high rate. Identify the category areas that include high rates of occurrences of colorism discrimination.
  • Educate members of society of the existence of colorism.
  • Encourage community organizations, churches, educational institutions, employers and others to provide education and training about colorism.
  • Develop measures to propose, recommend, identify, and/or implement strategies, ideas, programs, education initiatives and the like that will help minimize and eventually eradicate occurrences of colorism among people of color.
  • Coordinate efforts of independent researchers, subject matter experts and other members of the community to work on joint projects.
  • Develop a comprehensive documentary on  colorism among people of color.
  • Develop and publish the Journal of Colorism Studies.
  • Produce theatrical performances to help members of the community understand the detrimental effects of colorism among people of color.
  • Bring together community members from various disciplines, occupations, education levels, racial groups and ages, together to work towards developing methods to address colorism among people of color.
  • Host community events and encourage community members to discuss  colorism at community functions.
  • Develop webinars on various  colorism topics.
  • Develop a volume of essays on colorism for publication. 

Research Team

Dr. Donnamaria Culbreth


Dr. Julie Jung


Dr. Shannan Moore


Mrs. Ada E. Severino




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