Lightism

Animosity. Resentment, ostracization of black people of a lighter skin hue or mixed heritage. Usually involves the justification and normalization of verbal, physical or mental abuse of black people within said group. Gaslighting and discrediting the lived experiences of them is also lightism. Lightism can only be perpetrated interracially.

Coined By @ISHTAR on YouTube in 2022

“ Believing a woman is stuck up just because she’s light skin is lightism”

by THEEISHTARFILES January 18, 2023

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lightism

Discrimination against lighter-skinned people of the same ethnic or racial group

Lightism effects people who want to be considered part of the ethnic or racial group (usually marginalized ) that they were born into, however they are encouraged to assimilate to the dominate (usually white) racial identity because of a faire complexation in relation to the majority of others belonging to the same ethnic/racial background.

by BossyEmpryss TV January 18, 2023

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lightish red

The color pink, especially when worn by a man who doesn't want to admit he's actually wearing pink. Popularized by the machinima Red vs Blue, in which Pvt. Donut wears this color.

Donut: It's not pink, it's like a... a lightish red.
Grif: Guess what, they already have a color for lightish red. You know what it's called? Pink.
Donut: ...I hate you guys.

Grif: Donut, I understand the need to safeguard your masculinity, but realy man, it's a whole faster just to say pink.

by meta_antioch May 30, 2006

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