Exam 6: Colorism and Skin-Color Stratification

According to Joni Hersch (2008) what is the pay disparity between the lightest-skinned immigrants and the darkest-skinned immigrants, even accounting for gender, education, English-language skills, visa type, and occupation?

To explain how sexism and racism interact to create a scale of women from lightest to darkest, where the lightest get the most resources and the darkest get the least, Margaret Hunter (2005) created the concept of:

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

Skin-whitening products are prevalent in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the United States. This is evidence of:

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

Neha Dixit shares her story about being dark complexioned in India in the 1990s. What did an old woman who walked up to her say she had to do to have a fair-skinned child?

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?

The MuslimARC launched a hashtag that trended in London about skin tone and beauty. What was it called?

The _________social movement helped alleviate colorism among Black Americans.

Researchers have studied colorism among Latinos in America, which of the following is NOT a finding?

What do some researchers use to measure skin tone?

Siobhan Brooks (2010) uses the concept of _____ ________ to explain how skin color relates to beauty for women of color?

When a society in which Blacks, Asians, and Latinos have different social statuses according to their skin color, it is called:

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

Many African countries are marked by a hierarchy of skin tone, which of the following is true:

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?

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?

Darker-skinned African Americans are more likely to:

In Latin America, the Spaniards came up with a legal ranking in society based on skin color, which of the following was NOT among the categories?

What is the difference between racism and colorism?