Color

Color-based bias is discrimination based on a person’s skin color; color can be, but is not necessarily, a characteristic of a person’s race. Conflicts involving actual or perceived color are often intertwined with race. CRS supports communities that experience tension and conflict related to actual or perceived color by:

• Strengthening police-community relations and assisting law enforcement agencies and community members with resolving color-based conflict
• Providing technical assistance, best practices, and training to local, state, and federal government agencies, commissions, and organizations on preventing and responding to allegations of color-based bias
• Facilitating dialogues with students, faculty, and staff of schools where color-based conflicts exist and developing mechanisms to prevent tension and violence

Case summaries may be found within CRS’s Annual Reports, located on the CRS Resource Center webpage.