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Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism In America'S Diverse Families,Used
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Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skincolor politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Colorism and color biasthe preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skinis 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 mixedrace families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skincolor politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Tharps, the mother of three mixedrace children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skincolor 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 skincolor politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldnt be in her best friends wedding photos because her dark skin would spoil the pictures, to a lightskinned African American man who spent his entire childhood trying to be Black, Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our selfesteem 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 skincolor politics.Groundbreaking and urgent, Same Family, Different Colors is a solutionseeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle cousin to racism, in the authors words, will be exposed and confronted.
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