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"The prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a darker skin tone, typically among people of the same racial group."

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Where did colorism originate?

How do people, specifically people of color, experience colorism? Where do they experience it?

Can colorism affect your daily life? Social life? Professional life?

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I experience colorism whether from my ethnic group or from others. When you experience colorism you are also more likely to encounter microaggressions too. I am of lighter complexion and compared to the darker population on the island, they are less welcomed, less likely to be approached, and considered less worthy. I have family members who are both of lighter and darker skin complexion so I find myself to be stuck in the middle when it comes to my own privilege. I am accepted in my own culture but outside of it, I am on the same bar as my counterparts from the Dominican Republic.

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Critical Race Theory and Kimberle Crenshaw's concept of Intersectionality has shaped my project and influenced activism and advocacy.

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The methodology that influenced my research is co-autoethnography. I asked two people to journal their experiences of colorism and how it has affected them socially, mentally, and professionally. I also journaled my experience and analyzed all three of ours to see how similar and different our journeys were.

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Kimberle Crenshaw coined this term in 1989, "to describe how systems of oppression overlap to create distinct experiences for people with multiple identity categories."

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In 1952, Trujillo would travel to Spain in order to manipulate Spaniards to migrate to the Dominican Republic.

He lightened his own skin using whitening makeup.

He insisted on whitening Dominicans to look more European.

Black Dominicans had no choice but to lighten their skin to have a decent life or embrace their natural appearance yet be ridiculed for the rest of their life.

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Ugly history: The 1937 Haitian Massacre - Edward Paulino

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Testimonial by Claudio J. Alejo

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Readings to Understand Colorism in Dominican Republic

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Readings to Understand Colorism in Dominican Republic

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Socialism and Democracy
"The Stigma of Blackness: Anti-Haitianism in the Dominican Republic"

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My original plan was to ask 2 people to journal and while searching for them, I decided to ask a 3rd person and interview them. My intention for the 3rd person was to ask them the same questions on the spot and see how they would answer in the moment.

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Marginalized people are more willing to educate themselves than educate others so that colorism decreases, especially in younger children.

Professionally, we are taught to act a different way in order to fit the status quo. Some experience code-switching. For years, we lacked self-confidence due to a lack of support from our peers and educators.

Many of the experienced micro-aggressions come from our families rather than outside people, still within the same racial group.