Teaching and learning color consciousness in Black families: Exploring family processes and women's experiences with colorism

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-604

  Wilder, JeffriAnne ^a   Cain, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; colorism; family

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953680191     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10390858     Document Type: Article

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