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Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet
painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican
American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of
slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves
forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin tone continues to
plague people of color today. This is the first book to explore
this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon.
There is an African American saying, 'The darker the berry, the
sweeter the juice, ' which means the darker the skin color, the
sweeter the person. Despite this adage, the reality is that lighter
skin colour, or the lighter the berry, the more valued the person.
Such hierarchies of skin colour date back to the days of slavery
and colonization when people with dark skin were assumed to be
savages. This legacy of colour is still very much with us. In
startling interviews with African American and Mexican American
women, Margaret Hunter shows us that there is a persistent
advantage for lighter skinned women of colour in terms of
educational attainment, income, residential segregation, spousal
status, and mental health. In short, lighter skin tone is social
capital that can be transformed into economic and educational
capital. In this, the first scholarly account of this well-known,
yet rarely discussed, phenomenon, Hunter provides a historical
understanding of skin colour as well as a contemporary look at
issues today, including the recent phenomenon of cosmetic surgery
to 'correct' features such as thick lips or wide noses
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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