Is lighter better?
Subtitle: skin-tone discrimination among Asian Americans
By: Joanne L. Rondilla and Paul Spickard.
Contributors: Spickard, Paul R., 1950-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780742554931; 9780742554948
Subjects: Asian Americans -- Race identity; Asian Americans -- Attitudes; Race discrimination -- United States; Racism -- United States; Human skin color -- United States -- Psychological aspects; Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United States; Asian Americans -- Social conditions; United States -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142) and index.
Table of contents: title: Colorism in Asian America; title: The darker and lighter sister : telling our stories; title: The survey; title: Making a better me? Pure. White. Flawless; title: The unkindest cut : cosmetic surgery.