Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in

Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families

Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.

Colorism and color biasâ€”the preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skinâ€”is a pervasive and damaging but rarely openly discussed phenomenon. In this unprecedented book, Lori L. Tharps explores the issue in African American, Latino, Asian American, and mixed-race families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.

Tharps, the mother of three mixed-race children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skin-color difference is dealt with. Her journey takes her across the country and into the lives of dozens of diverse individuals, all of whom have grappled with skin-color politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldnâ€™t be in her best friendâ€™s wedding photos because her dark skin would â€œspoilâ€ the pictures, to a light-skinned African American man who spent his entire childhood â€œtrying to be Black,â€ Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our self-esteem and shapes our lives and relationships. Along with intimate and revealing stories, Tharps adds a historical overview and a contemporary cultural critique to contextualize how various communities and individuals navigate skin-color politics.

Groundbreaking and urgent, Same Family, Different Colors is a solution-seeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle â€œcousin to racism,â€ in the authorâ€™s words, will be exposed and confronted.
Country USA
Brand Beacon Press
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0807076783_used
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-10-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780807076781

Country	USA
Brand	Beacon Press
Manufacturer	Beacon Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0807076783_used
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-10-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780807076781

Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families

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