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A Colorstruck World? –not for all, only for a particular group of people
by Sakiko Yasumi Who has been struck in this world? Moreover, why have they been struck? When we attempt to answer these questions, we might think of people struggling in certain situations; people...
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Skin Tone and Achievement in Education
by Sten Alvarsson There is a clear relationship between skin tone and levels of achievement in education. Lighter skin tones achieve higher levels of education and employment on both a personal and...
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How could social media transform racism?
by Miho Tanaka Could internet communications change the structure of race? The revolution of media has changed how people communicate and connect with the others, and forms of media have been...
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Skin tone and self-esteem: Impacts of colorism
by Keisuke Yamada In “A Colourstruck World: Skin Tone, Achievement and Self-Esteem Among African American Women”, Verna M. Keith examines the relationships between skin tone, social and economic...
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Skin tone and Self-esteem among African Americans
by Hiroyuki Matsuyama As Verna Keith says, skin tone is one of central features for determining one’s self image, and it happens a lot that your occupation or income are decided by looking at your skin...
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Limited by White
by Ellen Brookes In a world where the standards of beauty are held explicitly by people of fairer complexion, a damsel, with her ebony hues, would be seen as substandard, under par, or, to put it...
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Skin Lighteners and the African Illusion
by Allan Kastiro “White means pure. Not necessarily skin but in general, that’s how I look at it, it means pure.” This is a statement made by Nigerian and Cameroonian singer Dencia, who created a...
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The Links between Skin Tone and Self-Esteem
by Mikaella Hahn As I was reading Verna Keith’s “A Colorstruck World: Skin Tone, Achievement, and Self-Esteem among African American Women,” I started to wonder if myself as a Korean American being...
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