Skin Color Bias: A New Perspective on an Old Social Problem
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(1998). Skin Color Bias: A New Perspective on an Old Social Problem. The Journal of Psychology: Vol. 132, No. 2, pp. 238-240.
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Among the many sinister collateral effects of the widespread belief in the superiority of whiteness has been the development and continued prominence of colorism in many countries and among many different peoples.
“Among the many sinister collateral effects of the widespread belief in the superiority of whiteness has been the development and continued prominence of colorism in many countries and among many different peoples.”
From Skin color and race (2021) · cites this paper as Hall, 1998
The belief that, within any nonwhite, non-European group a person with light colored skin is preferred to one with darker skin is common.
“The belief that, within any nonwhite, non‐European group a person with light colored skin is preferred to one with darker skin is common (Dixon & Telles, 2017; Hall, 1998; Hunter, 2007, 2013; Jablonski, 2012b; Norwood & Foreman, 2014; Russell et al., 1992).”
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- Authors
- Hall, R. E.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hall, Ronald E.
- ORCID
- Hall, Ronald E.
- Venue
- The Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1998-03
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 238-240
- ISSN
- 0022-3980 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-1019
- OpenAlex
- W2145241848
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Keywords
- skin color bias, racial bias, prejudice, social psychology of race, colorism
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