Skin tone stratification among Black Americans, 2001–2003

EP Monk Jr - Social Forces, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In the past few decades, a dedicated collection of scholars have examined the matter of skin
tone stratification within the black American population and found that complexion has …

Venus, Serena, and the inconspicuous consumption of blackness: A commentary on surveillance, race talk, and new racism (s)

DD Douglas - Journal of Black Studies, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
As the US population becomes more racially diverse and different groups move in to
previously White-dominated spaces, new techniques of exclusion and marginalization are …

The Race Project: Researching race in the social sciences researchers, measures, and scope of studies

JA Garcia - Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, 2017 - cambridge.org
While the concept and measurement of race has been a longstanding focus of social
science research, capturing its significance requires a broader notion than utilizing only …

When do people not protest unfairness?: The case of skin color discrimination

J Hochschild - Social Research: An International Quarterly, 2006 - muse.jhu.edu
Well-to-do, fair-skinned kids in the neighborhood weren't allowed to play with him and they
regularly taunted him about his color, Jones says....“That's been a dominant force in my life,” …

Real Fake Skin

A Reyes - Anthropological Quarterly, 2020 - JSTOR
Skin lightening is a global industry that claims to transform skin as a way to transform
persons. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and skincare advertisements in the Philippines …

At the borders of identity: identity construction and racial bloc voting

AS Harris - Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, 2020 - cambridge.org
Why are some voters less likely to align with their group when group-based voting is both
the norm and advantageous? I argue that the answer to this question can be found in the …