Gender, race, and skin color

Posted by on September 11, 2008 
Filed Under Class discussion

In class yesterday, we took a short detour into a discussion about the intersection of gender, race, and skin color in the United States. One student in particular raised the issue of how skin color differences matter for African American men and women in the United States. Apparently others wanted to chime in: Two anonymous students have posted comments about skin color and gender in response to another blog post.

If you have something else to add, please join the discussion.

Update: A recent episode of the NPR program, News & Notes, featured an in-depth discussion of the links between skin color, race, and beauty: “Mixed Race, Pretty Face?”

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