Race Gender and the Politics of Skin Tone

<p><em>Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone</em> 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.</p> 1. Colorstruck2. The Color of Slavery and Conquest3. Learning, Earning, and Marrying More4. Black and Brown Bodies Under the Knife5. The Beauty Queue: Advantages of Light Skin6. The Blacker the Berry: Ethnic Legitimacy and Skin Tone7. Color and the Changing Racial Landscape