"PIgmentocracy" is a newish way to describe a social hierarchy determined by lightness or darkness of skin tone.  It's the force feeding bleaching creams and crazy-ass commercials that promise people will like you more without that yucky old melanin.  "Sh*t White Girls Say to Black Girls"'s Francesca Ramsey and WNYC's Arun Venugopal compare notes on how Southeast Asian and Black Americans—and they personally—see their own skin.

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