Title: The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color Among African Americans
Publisher: Harcourt
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0151191646
ISBN 13: 9780151191642
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 1.05 pounds

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Confronts color discrimination within the Black community, dealing honestly with issues of light- and dark-skinned people and how they relate to one another

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Drawing on interviews, history and sociology, the authors--a black woman, a white woman and a black man--ably survey the highly charged issue of discrimination among blacks on the basis of skin color. Their focal points range from miscegenation in colonial America to the historical role of the light-skinned elite in black churches and universities to trends in the hiring of black actors and models. The issues are complex: multiracial people debate whether they should consider themselves black or white, and a case of alleged "color harassment" has even reached the federal courts. Finally, as these authors persuasively argue, "Nearly everything the Blackstet cap woman (or man) does to her (or his) stet parens appearance is interpreted politically." Russell is a scriptwriter and poet; Wilson teaches psychology and women's studies at DePaul University in Chicago; Hall is a professor of social work at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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