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‘I feel dismissed’: People experiencing colorism say health system fails them

An illustration of a dark-skinned woman looking in a mirror
The term colorism — a form of prejudice and discrimination in which lighter skin is favored over darker skin — was popularized by author Alice Walker in her 1983 book “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose.” (Oona Tempest/KFF Health News/TNS)
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Clinicians from various ethnic groups have recently begun to draw a direct line between colorism and poor health.

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