Question 1

What is the difference between racism and colorism?

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Question 2

Scholars who believe that colorism stems from the history of slavery and genocide in the Americas, fundamentally believe that preference for light skin is:

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Question 3

In examining Latino immigrants to the U.S., researchers found that darker-skinned Latinos earn, on average, $2,500 less per year than lighter-skinned Latinos. What was their argument as to why?

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Question 4

After the arrival of Africans in the U.S., states classified someone is Black based on different laws. What were some of the differences?

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Question 5

In India, in what way is the preference for light skin also connected to the caste system?

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Question 6

What do people in Latin America often strategically choose romantic partners who are lighter in skin tone than themselves?

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Question 7

In Tanzania, a team of scholars interviewed 42 women to ask them why they used skin-bleaching products even though they could cause severe skin damage, skin cancer, and brain disease. They gave six reasons, what were two of them?

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Question 8

What does studying skin tone matter in school suspension?

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Question 9

What does Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams, who plays Dr. Harper Avery, say about the benefits of being light-skinned and having European features?

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Question 10

What did researchers find in a study of the Queen Nigeria pageant and the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant?

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Question 11

In the opening story, bell hooks described young rituals for so many young, Black girls. What does she mean by "good hair" and what does she know now that she didn't know then?

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Question 12

How did colorism play out during the era of slavery?

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Question 13

By the end of the colonial period in Latin America, how many possible categories were memorialized in a series of casta paintings? Please name and describe at least two (2).

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Question 14

What did the actress, in a 2016 commercial from Thailand for skin-whitening pills called Snowz, say was the secret to her success?

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Question 15

What did Kaitlyn Greenidge share about "the toxic legacy of colorism?"

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Quiz 6: Colorism and Skin-Color Stratification