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Discrimination based on skin tone

Discrimination based on skin tone, also known as colorism, shadeism or pigmentocracy, is a form of prejudice and discrimination in which individuals of the same race receive benefits or disadvantages based on their skin tone. More specifically, colorism is the process of discrimination that marginalizes darker-skinned people over their lighter-skinned…

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over-policing in areas that are populated by minoritiesinstance ofimplying that the superior performance of facial recognition software on lighter skin tones covers a smaller variety of skin tones than the inferior coverage of the darker skin…0.80text
and in-group bias may all result in disproportionately high numbers of racial minorities among crime suspectsinstance ofimplying that the superior performance of facial recognition software on lighter skin tones covers a smaller variety of skin tones than the inferior coverage of the darker skin…0.80text
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