melanin-challenged

English

Adjective

melanin-challenged (not comparable)

  1. (humorous) white; having white skin or belonging to the white culture.
    • 2006, La'Kesha Price, Thru Thick And Thin:
      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.
    • 2008, Lydia R. Diamond, Stick Fly: A Play, page 20:
      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?
    • 2010, Geoff Hamilton, Brian Jones, Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction:
      Chicken Little is “cranially underenhanced,” Snow White “melanin-challenged,” and the three bears, an anthropomorphic nuclear family.
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