The overt racism existent during the DuBoisian era superseded the urgency of colorism, which rendered colorism an unspeakable taboo in the Black community. The crux of colorism is an intra-racial byproduct of inter-racial racism. It characterized the implications of skin color for the social interactions between Duboisian era Black Americans. While it was well-known among Blacks, Whites were unaware of its existence. Exemplified by DuBois’ notion of the Talented Tenth of Black Americans who would rescue the race colorism was a pseudo version of White racism. It facilitated rigid class divisions among and between Black Americans. The subsequent idealization of light skin and the denigration of dark skin as pertains to colorism was rationalized by reference to the mulatto hypothesis. Said hypothesis suggested that light-skinned Black Americans were morally, physiologically and intellectually superior to the dark-skinned masses. Eugenicists devised the mulatto hypothesis as an explanation for the existence of exceptional Blacks. Evidence of the mulatto hypothesis persists in the post-DuBoisian era.

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都柏林人才华横溢的第十个：回顾和评估后都柏林时代的混血儿色彩主义

在杜波依斯时代存在的公开种族主义取代了色彩主义的紧迫性，这使色彩主义成为黑人社区中无法形容的禁忌。色彩主义的症结是种族间种族主义的种族内副产品。它表征了肤色对都柏林时代黑人美国人之间的社交互动的影响。尽管它在黑人中广为人知，但白人并未意识到它的存在。杜波依斯（DuBois）提出的拯救黑人种族主义色彩的“美国黑人有才能的十分之一”的概念就是白人种族主义的伪装。它促进了黑人美国人之间的严格的阶级分化。通过参考黑白混血假说，合理化了随后的浅色皮肤理想化和与色彩主义有关的深色皮肤的贬低。上述假设表明，肤色较浅的美国黑人在道德，生理和智力上均优于深色肤色的人。优生主义者设计了混血儿假设，以解释特殊黑人的存在。混血儿假说的证据在后杜波依斯时代仍然存在。