An historical analysis of skin color discrimination in America
Subtitle: victimism among victim group populations
By: Ronald E. Hall
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781441955043; 9781441955050
Subjects: Race relations; Physical-appearance-based bias; History; Human skin color; Racism; Minorities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Colonization as the origin of Western discrimination; title: Racism : the original "ism" of American discrimination; title: African-Americans : the idealization of light skin; title: Asian-Americans : the historical implications of light skin; title: Latino-Americans : skin color and mixed-race people; title: Native Americans : manifestations of white influences; title: Biracial Americans : the advantages of white blood; title: Gay and lesbian Americans : oppression by the oppressed; title: Women : better white than male; title: Immigrants : the desire to be white; title: Conclusion : diversity in the future.