melanin-challenged

adjective

white; having white skin or being racially categorized as white.

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Meanings

adjectivemelanin-challenged (not comparable)
  1. humorousnot comparablewhite; having white skin or being racially categorized as white.

    Chicken Little is “cranially underenhanced,” Snow White “melanin-challenged,” and the three bears, an anthropomorphic nuclear family.

    2010, Geoff Hamilton, Brian Jones, Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction
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    His rise to this coveted position was swift and had left some of his melanin challenged co-workers feeling cheated by what they were sure was the result of an affirmative action program.

    2006, La'Kesha Price, Thru Thick And Thin

    KENT: Yeah, Flip's girl is a little melanin challenged. CHERYL: Melanin challenged? KENT: She's, of the other persuasion . . . TAYLOR: Not in the tribe, huh?

    2008, Lydia R. Diamond, Stick Fly: A Play, page 20
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Chicago

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