Why Black-ish devoted an episode to colorism

The Hollywood Reporter

"Colorism is best defined as varsity racism — an advanced form of prejudice where people are discriminated against based on their skin tone," says executive producer Peter Saji, who wrote Tuesday's episode. "Simply put: It's the bigoted notion that lightskin is good and darkskin is bad. It's also typically done among people of the same group, which possibly explains why it's such a taboo topic. You see, even though black people didn't create colorism, the fact that we already endure so much oppression makes it almost shameful to admit we can contribute to our own suffering. And hopefully that's enough context to talk about the episode."