![]() ![]() Nevertheless, Blacks’ perceptions of discrimination, belief that their fates are linked, or attachment to their race almost never vary by skin color. ![]() This phenomenon of “colorism” both occurs within the African American community and is expressed by outsiders, and most Blacks are aware of it. Hochschild Professor Harvard University Department of Government CGIS - 1737 Cambridge Street Cambridge MA 02138 Phone: 61 Fax: 61 Vesla Weaver Assistant Professor University of Virginia Woodrow Wilson Department of PoliticsĬharlottesville, VA 22904-4787 Phone: 43 Blacks in the United States have lower socioeconomic status, more punitive relationships with the criminal justice system, diminished prestige, and less likelihood of holding elective office compared with their lighter counterparts. Date Published:12/2007 Full Text The Skin Color Paradox and the American Racial Order Social Forces, December 2007 ![]()
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