(Special to The Root) — Skin color is one of our most important biological traits. Its many shades evolved as humans moved far and wide into regions with different intensities of sunlight. Skin color ...

Is human nature hardwired to be attracted to light and be repelled by dark? Light, white, and mild colors are traditionally equated with positive attributes, while dark colors frequently are not. Such ...

Walk into any clothing store or scroll through social media, and you’ll notice a pattern: some people gravitate repeatedly toward the same colors. Black outfits. Muted greys. Washed-out neutrals.

Nina Jablonski was at the helm of researching skin color evolution in the 1990s. Since then, she's worked with other scholars such as Henry Louis Gates Jr. to give young students a chance to ...

The impact of skin color in the lives of Latinos across the United States is huge. The impact of skin color in the lives of Latinos across the United States is huge. It impacts the ability to move ...

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