Color Coded: A Cultural Critique of the Role of Color in African Ameri

As a persist of people that have an extensive history of being enslaved and oppressed for some(prenominal) generations, African Americans have gained a myriad of twisted ideologies that have been passed humble for generations. One that is very intrinsic to general mindset of the club is the persuasion that light shinny African Americans are superior to their dark skinned counterparts. Furthermore, this ideology has also affected the standards of beauty within the race and has alter the self-image, aspirations, and overall psyche of the black woman. This paper will explain how the fore belief, that light skinned African Americans are a cut preceding(prenominal) dark skinned African Americans, is the product of countless generations worth of grimy history that has managed to continue into the 21st century. This subject is of particular to this researcher because of how it has managed to deep affect an entire race of people to the point that their view of themselves has been reorient by events experienced by their past generations. It is also of interest because it provides sharpness into why some black individuals have undergone certain negative or preferential treatment throughout their lives due to the coloring of their flesh. This topic is of big magnitude because it will allow many people of the race to cause that their self-images and ideologies are much distorted. The Role of Skin discolour and Features in the dreary Community by Angela Neal and Midge Wilson is a piece of work that not and explains how color and physical features play a role in sear America but also provides a historical account of how shades of skin became such an important factor. The article delves into previously uncharted grime by also analyzing how the Black woman is e... ...Works CitedBaruti, Mwalimu K. . The Slavers. Kebuka Remembering the affection passage through the eyes of our ancestors. Kearney Morris Publishing, 2005. 23-61. Print.Braude, Marjorie. Black Women and the Politics of Skin Color and Hair. Women, power and therapy issues for women papers presented at institutes held during annual meetings of the American Orthopsychiatric Assoc. in 1983 and 1984. unseasoned York u.a. Haworth Pr., 1988. 89-100. Print..Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. New York Plume Book, 1979. Print.Neal, Angela M. , and Midge L. Wilson. The role of skin color and features in the black community Implications for black women and therapy. Clinical Psychology Review 9.3 (1989) 323-333. Depaul. Web. 28 Mar. 2011.Parrish, C. (1944). The significance of color in the Negro community. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago