Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

Colorism (Skin Tone Bias, Shadeism)

Colorism is a form of discrimination in which people are treated differently based on the shade of their skin tone, typically favoring lighter skin over darker skin within and across racial groups. In…

• social justice
• discrimination
• AI ethics
• image description

NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media)

A research and development facility at WGBH (Boston public media) that develops accessible media technologies and guidelines. NCAM created widely-adopted guidelines for describing STEM images (charts,…

• organizations
• image description
• standards