When it came time to choose a dissertation topic I always knew that I would be writing about colorism, a form of internalized oppression in which stereotypes, discrimination and privilege based on the hue of one’s skin occurs intraracially. Most of the time it’s the physical embodiment of the belief that Eurocentric features, such as fair skin, light eyes, and straight or wavy hair are more valuable and attractive than those within one’s own ethnicity. As a dark skinned African American women myself, I have definitely been negatively impacted by colorism. And so it seemed completely natural to want to explore this phenomenon from a psychological perspective.