Generally, European colonizers imported their anti-dark skin biases (colourism) to their African colonies and they persist to this day among the black populations.
Yes, I heard a "market analyst" on the radio this morning talking about how the market is probably near the bottom now that COVID19 has been priced in, and it's time to start thinking about economic recovery. Meanwhile, a reasonable analysis of the medical situation in the US leads one to expect there's a lot more downside to be exposed. What will happen to the market when people who thought they had good health coverage are turned away from hospitals, not in Brooklyn but in Kansas City and Peoria? Some forecasts put us 2-4 weeks from that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1MDB_scandal