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

As a race of people that energise an extensive history of being enslaved and oppressed for several generations, African Americans turn in gained a myriad of twisted ideologies that have been passed down for generations. One that is very(prenominal) intrinsic to general mindset of the community is the belief that light scramble African Americans are superior to their dark clamber counterparts. Furthermore, this ideology has excessively affected the standards of beauty within the race and has altered the self-image, aspirations, and overall forefront of the black woman. This paper leave behind explain how the base belief, that light clamber African Americans are a cut above dark skinned African Americans, is the product of countless generations worth of gloomy history that has managed to stick around into the 21st century. This subject is of particular to this researcher because of how it has managed to deeply affect an inbuilt race of people to the point that their view of th emselves has been skewed by events undergo by their past generations. It is also of interest because it provides insight into why well-nigh black individuals have undergone certain negative or preferential intercession finishedout their lives due to the color of their flesh. This topic is of great magnitude because it will allow many people of the race to realize that their self-images and ideologies are more distorted. The Role of Skin Color and Features in the Black Community by Angela Neal and Midge Wilson is a piece of work that not only explains how color and sensible features play a affair in Black America only when also provides a historical account of how shades of skin became such(prenominal) an important factor. The article delves into previously uncharted territory by also analyzing how the Black woman is e... ...Works CitedBaruti, Mwalimu K. . The Slavers. Kebuka Remembering the middle 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. New 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 total darkness community. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago