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Article: Ebony and ivory: relationship between African American young women's skin color and ratings of self and peers.(RESEARCH)(humanistic counselling)(includes statistical tables)
- Article from:
- Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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Many individuals face discrimination because of their skin color; however, skin color of African American young adults has not been studied in detail. This study examines relationships between skin color and perceptions among African American college women. The study yielded a positive correlation between personal values and self-rated skin color and a perception of peers with medium-brown skin as less desirable than their counterparts with either lighter or darker skin.
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Skin color, the shade of skin with which an individual has been genetically endowed, has proved to be one of the most sensitive facets of life faced by many African Americans ...