"If you're light you're alright" - Light skin color as social capital for women of color

Gender and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-193

  Hunter, Margaret L ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044533765     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243202016002003     Document Type: Review

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