Color Matters - Skin Tone Bias and the Myth of a Postracial America

"In the United States, as in many parts of the world, people are discriminated against based on gradations of skin color. This type of skin tone bias, or colorism, is both related to and distinct from discrimination on the basis of race, with which it isoften conflated. Preferential treatment of lighter skin tones over darker occurs within racial and ethnic groups as well as between them. While America has made progress in issues of race over the past decades, discrimination on the basis of color continues to be a constant and often unremarked part of life. In Color Matters, Kimberly Jade Norwood has collected the most up-to-date research on this insidious form of discrimination, including perspectives from the disciplines of history, law, sociology, and psychology. Anchored with historical chapters that show how the influence and legacy of slavery have shaped the treatment of skin color in American society, the contributors to this volume bring to light the ways in which colorism affects us all--influencing what we wear, who we see on television, and even which child we might pick to adopt. Sure to be an eye-opening collection for anyone curious about how race and color continue to affect society, Color Matters provides students of race in America witha wide-ranging overview of a crucial topic"--

Product details

• Authors: Kimberly Jade Norwood
• Assisted by: Kimberly Jade Norwood (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415517751
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51775-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: New Directions in American History; New Directions in American His
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories