(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 ...

It cannot be overstated that if racism didn’t exist, a discussion about varying skin hues would simply be a conversation ...

A single structured seminar dramatically improved students’ ability to recognize dermatologic conditions in darker skin tones, offering evidence that targeted education can help close diagnostic gaps ...