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melanin-challenged en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (humorous, not-comparable) white; having white skin or being racially categorized as white.
    • 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:
    • 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:
    • 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: