Which term describes a process that privileges lighter skin over darker skin in various domains?

• A. Attribution errors
• B. Colorism
• C. Cisgender
• D. Atehist

Answer: (B)

Colorism is the practice or belief that lighter skin is more desirable and affords more opportunities than darker skin, and this bias shows up in many areas such as beauty standards, hiring, housing, and media representation. It can occur within the same racial or ethnic group and often intersects with other forms of discrimination, giving lighter-skinned individuals advantages that darker-skinned individuals may not receive. The other terms refer to unrelated concepts: attribution errors are about misattributing causes of behavior, cisgender describes a gender identity aligned with one’s birth sex, and atheist means someone who does not believe in deities. None describe a system that privileges lighter skin across domains.