The Brown Paper Bag Test Reinforced Skin Tone Bias

It was a discriminatory practice that excluded dark-skinned people

Yewande Ade
History Street

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The brown paper test reinforced skin tone bias; Source: Same Passage

TThe Brown paper test was a form of discrimination within the African American community and it remains one of the earliest incidents of colourism. It was a test that was used to exclude dark-skinned people from certain privileges and places after comparing their skin…

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