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Color BlindIt’s just skin-deep

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Brothas, it’s about lighter skin…

www.labay.wordpress.comA Caribbean blog

complaint about color lightening

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Psychology TodayDoes skin color matter?

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White Men:

prostitute dark,

marry light ???

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Is skin color noticeable?

Does it matter?

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Does skin color matter in men?

An Indian ad…

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From

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Now, seriously… does skin color matter?

• Evelyn Nakano Glenn (2009) Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters, Stanford Univ. Press, 312p.

• MeAndMyDrum blog: “Why does Skin Color Matter?”

• SepiaMutiny blog: “Skin Color Matters”

• AllAcademic research: Jennifer Horchschild, Traci Burch, V.M Weaver, 2004-05: 15 “Intra-Racial Differences in Blacks’ Political Participation: Does Skin Color Matter?” “Decades of research have demonstrated that race helps to determine socioeconomic outcomes. Recently, sociologists have gone a step further to show that skin color, along with race, also affects socioeconomic outcomes; lighter blacks and Latinos have higher incomes and more education… lower incarceration…”

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Finally, skin color: sex and marriage

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Honestly…• What range of emotions did you experience…

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• What questions or comments do you have?

• Is this an effective exercise?

• What can we do with it?