The Psychological Effects of Skin Color on African Americans' Self-Esteem

Davis, Katheryn B.; Daniels, M. Harry; See, Letha A.

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“…Incidence of high blood pressure has been shown to be higher among darker‐skinned black Americans (Harburg, et al ; Sweet et al ). Darker‐skinned individuals are also more likely to experience discrimination (Klonoff & Landrine ) and to have low self‐esteem or self‐efficacy (Davis et al ; Thompson & Keith ).…”

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“…In light of the disparity in incarceration across racial groups, one might wonder whether such disparities also exist within racial groups along the lines of skin color. A growing body of research finds differences by skin color in many settings where race matters; the darkness of a person's skin has been shown to affect economic success, mental health, physical health, and even promotes political success, as this quotation from Harry Reid posits (Harburg et al ; Keith & Herring ; Davis et al ; Johnson et al ; Allen et al ; Hill ; Klonoff & Landrine ; Goldsmith et al 2007; Weaver ). If criminal justice reflects the same biases found in the rest of society, skin color should also affect how a person fares at various stages of the justice process.…”

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Skin Color and the Criminal Justice System: Beyond Black‐White Disparities in Sentencing

Burch¹

2015

J Empirical Legal Studies

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This article analyzes sentencing outcomes for black and white men in Georgia. The analysis uses sentencing data collected by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). Among first-time offenders, both the race-only models and race and skin color models estimate that, on average, blacks receive sentences that are 4.25 percent higher than those of whites even after controlling for legally-relevant factors such as the type of crime. However, the skin color model also shows us that this figure hides important intraracial differences in sentence length: while medium-and dark-skinned blacks receive sentences that are about 4.8 percent higher than those of whites, lighterskinned blacks receive sentences that are not statistically significantly different from those of whites. After controlling for socioeconomic status in the race-only and race and skin color models the remaining difference between whites and dark-and mediumskinned blacks increases slightly, to 5.5 percent. These findings are discussed with respect to the implications for public policy and for racial hierarchy in the United States.He was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama-a " light-skinned" African American " with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one," as he said privately.-Senator Harry Reid, as quoted in Game Change

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Skin Color and the Criminal Justice System: Beyond Black‐White Disparities in Sentencing

Burch¹

2015

J Empirical Legal Studies

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“…for dark-skinned people, leading scholars to call for its discussion (Davis et al, 1998;Howard, 2018). Since skin tone bias is experienced world-wide (Hunter, 2005), online forums may provide a desirable space for addressing colorism's impact.…”

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“…One candidate issue for online deliberation is colorism. Considered the prejudicial treatment of light-skinned over dark-skinned people (Adams et al, 2016; Dixon & Telles, 2017), colorism is associated with economic disadvantages and health problems for dark-skinned people, leading scholars to call for its discussion (Davis et al, 1998; Howard, 2018). Since skin tone bias is experienced world-wide (Hunter, 2005), online forums may provide a desirable space for addressing colorism's impact.…”

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Argumentation and Incivility in Online Forums: The Case of Discussing Colorism

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Martins

2021

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

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Conversation argument theory is used to analyze seven online discussions of colorism, a form of skin tone prejudice. Discussants’ comments (N = 587) expressed ad hominem acts (17%), reasoning activities (59%) and delimitors (e.g., addressed objections, 37%). Unlike general forums confrontation-initiated forums had more ad hominem acts. Posts with compared to posts without ad hominem acts had fewer reasoning activities and delimitors. General colorism forums were the most civil and developed, findings that have implications for designing online forums.

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“…Early replications revealed that Caucasian children identified with their skin tone more often than African-American children (Goodman, 1952), whereas African-American children were more inclined to reject their own group's colouration and endorse greater preferences for lighter skin tones (Clark & Clark, 1947;Greenwald & Oppenheim, 1968;Lewis & Biber, 1951;Morland, 1962Morland, , 1966. This partiality towards Caucasian skin colouring and features has been linked to preferential treatment for White individuals and detrimental effects such as stigma and prejudice for minority persons throughout the United States' history (Davis, Daniels, & See, 1998). African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans also show no implicit preferences for their racial and/or ethnic in-group relative to Caucasians (e.g.…”

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Skin-tone preferences and self-representation in Hispanic children

Kaufman

Wiese

2012

Early Child Development and Care

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Skin-tone preferences and colourism within Hispanic children have been largely unexamined in the psychological literature. The objectives of the current study were to investigate Hispanic children's skin-tone preferences and the effect of assessor race and ethnicity on those preferences. To carry out the study, Clark and Clark's colouring task was revised and administered to a sample of 52 Hispanic children aged five to seven years. The sample was divided into three conditions, varying by assessor background (Caucasian, Hispanic and African-American). A pronounced preference for lighter skin tones was found among children in the sample, although this preference was moderated by the race and ethnicity of the assessors administering the task. Hispanic children appear to be susceptible to a pro-light skin bias and influence from assessor skin colour as young as five.

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The Psychological Effects of Skin Color on African Americans' Self-Esteem

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

Skin Color and the Criminal Justice System: Beyond Black‐White Disparities in Sentencing

Skin Color and the Criminal Justice System: Beyond Black‐White Disparities in Sentencing

Argumentation and Incivility in Online Forums: The Case of Discussing Colorism

Skin-tone preferences and self-representation in Hispanic children

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