Perceived Skin Tone Discrimination Across Contexts: African American Women’s Reports

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 147-159

  Uzogara, Ekeoma E ^a   Jackson, James S ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Colorism; Intra and intergroup discrimination; Self mastery; Skin tone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966430575     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-016-9172-y     Document Type: Article

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