Pigmentocracy

Pigmentocracy

A pigmentocracy is a group-based social hierarchy based largely on human skin color, spanning across ethnic, religious, gender, and socio-economic groups.

Many societies, especially those that were colonized by European powers, have been characterized by some degree of pigmentocracy. For instance, the British Empire imported labourers (from British India) to the British colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. These Indian labourers were free, had more rights and had better societal functions and status than the darker-skinned Africans (who were mostly slaves), but less than the lighter-skinned European colonizers. Pigmentation is a factor in the social stratification of many countries today.

Further reading

* "Nomenclature in a pigmentocracy--a scientist's dilemma.," Bourne DE.
* "From bi-racial to tri-racial: Towards a new system of racial stratification in the USA"; Eduardo Bonilla-Silva; "Ethnic and Racial Studies", November 2004, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 931-950(20)

See also

* Melanin
* Xenophobia
* Evil albino
* White Man's Burden
* White privilege
* Racism
* Indian caste system
* White supremacy
* Black supremacy
* Culture of Mexico
* Colorism


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