melanated
Americanadjective
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containing or especially rich in melanin.
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of or relating to dark-skinned people, especially Black people.
Other Word Forms
- non-melanated adjective
Example Sentences
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An April 2024 piece on the website Screenshot Media reiterated the photos’ failure to accurately reflect “the beauty of melanated skin tones, with poor lighting that often results in lackluster portrayals.”
From Los Angeles Times
“I have been on this planet for several decades, and I have moved in some pretty radical circles, but personally, I cannot recall meeting a melanated architect in my whole life,” he told Rolling Stone in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2020, Unilever introduced Mele, a skin care line of gels, serums and sunscreen created for people of color and the biological makeup of their melanated skin.
From New York Times
“In the bigger sense, I’m excited about making history with such a melanated cast, a mostly Black creative team.”
From New York Times
Twice during the classic sports comedy “The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings,” about a fictional barnstorming Negro Leagues baseball team when the major leagues still refused Black men, Richard Pryor’s character tries to pass as another melanated ethnicity or race the majors might find more tolerable.
From Washington Post
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