The Fight Against Colorism in the Black Community
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Authors
Harris, Jeffrey
Issue Date
2017-03-24
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Black community , Colorism , Discrimination , Racism
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Abstract
Since centuries ago African Americans have experienced discrimination more times than any other minority group. In 1983, Alice Walker introduced the term colorism which is, prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. Literature suggest this stems back to slavery when slave masters awarded special privileges to African Americans of a lighter skin tone. This study examines the relationship between skin tones and the effects it has on the African American Culture.