Same family, different colors : confronting colorism in America's diverse families
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2016].
ISBN
9780807076781 (hardback), 0807076783 (hardback), 9780807071083, 0807071080
Physical Description
xi, 203 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
Boston : Beacon Press, [2016].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780807076781 (hardback), 0807076783 (hardback), 9780807071083, 0807071080
UPC
40026554449

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.
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Colorism is a topic people of color are reluctant to talk about, but Lori L. Tharps investigates this difficult subject with grace, humility and inclusiveness. Through historical context and frank personal stories, Same Family, Different Colors creates a powerful mediation on what so often goes unsaid even in the closest of families. With its fascinating multicultural focus, there's something here for everyone to learn about themselves, and others. --Publisher's description.
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"Colorism and color bias--the preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skin--is a pervasive and damaging but rarely openly discussed phenomenon. In this unprecedented book, Lori L. Tharps explores the issue in African American, Latino, Asian American, and mixed-race families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States. Tharps, the mother of three mixed-race children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skin-color difference is dealt with. Her journey takes her across the country and into the lives of dozens of diverse individuals, all of whom have grappled with skin-color politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldn't be in her best friend's wedding photos because her dark skin would "spoil" the pictures, to a light-skinned African American man who spent his entire childhood "trying to be Black," Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our self-esteem and shapes our lives and relationships. Along with intimate and revealing stories, Tharps adds a historical overview and a contemporary cultural critique to contextualize how various communities and individuals navigate skin-color politics. Groundbreaking and urgent, Same Family, Different Colors is a solution-seeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle "cousin to racism," in the author's words, will be exposed and confronted."--Jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tharps, L. L. (2016). Same family, different colors: confronting colorism in America's diverse families . Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tharps, Lori L.. 2016. Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families. Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tharps, Lori L.. Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families Beacon Press, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tharps, Lori L.. Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families Beacon Press, 2016.

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