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Racial Hypergamy

the action of marrying, dating or forming a sexual relationship with a person who is lighter than you or has more non- black ancestry in their background because you view their proximity to whiteness as a form of social status.
"there goes one of those divestors practicing racial hypergamy again"
"dating out can be a form of racial hypergamy if you're not careful."
by Exoticals United December 27, 2022
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