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.