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colorism

discrimination based on skin colour
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colorism

Summary

colorism is a classification scheme[1]. colorism has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • colorism's instance of is recorded as classification scheme[3].
  • colorism is a type of discrimination[4].
  • colorism's facet of is recorded as racism[5].
  • colorism's different from is recorded as racism[6].
  • colorism's different from is recorded as color science[7].
  • colorism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[8].

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Definition and Type

colorism's instance of is recorded as classification scheme[3]. colorism is a type of discrimination[4].

Why It Matters

colorism has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] colorism is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Chalmd · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → racism
    Subclass of → discrimination
    Instance of → —
    Different from → racism, color science
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 201be14c-d37f-4156-bd92-f74261f9db32"
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