Same Family, Different Colors

Name: Same Family, Different Colors
Brand: Beacon Press
SKU: 3681572

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3745084Same Family, Different Colorshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/same-family-different-colors-9780807076798/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3678091/df7cca47-82a6-4328-b5ee-d69fbb69bae4.jpg?v=638385717489100000266369MXNBeacon PressInStock/Ebooks/Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Colorism and color biasthe preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skinis a pervasive and damaging but rarely openly discussed phenomenon. In this unprecedented book, Lori L. Tharps explores the issue in African American, Latino, Asian American, and mixed-race families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Tharps, the mother of three mixed-race children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skin-color difference is dealt with. Her journey takes her across the country and into the lives of dozens of diverse individuals, all of whom have grappled with skin-color politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldnt be in her best friends wedding photos because her dark skin would spoil the pictures, to a light-skinned African American man who spent his entire childhood trying to be Black, Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our self-esteem and shapes our lives and relationships. Along with intimate and revealing stories, Tharps adds a historical overview and a contemporary cultural critique to contextualize how various communities and individuals navigate skin-color politics.Groundbreaking and urgent, Same Family, Different Colors is a solution-seeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle cousin to racism, in the authors words, will be exposed and confronted....3681572Same Family, Different Colors266369https://www.gandhi.com.mx/same-family-different-colors-9780807076798/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3678091/df7cca47-82a6-4328-b5ee-d69fbb69bae4.jpg?v=638385717489100000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169780807076798_W3siaWQiOiIyNGMzNjU1MS02YTRlLTQzMzMtOGI4YS1jZWQ3YzY4Yzk4NGMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM2MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwMSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNTksImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780807076798_Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Colorism and color bias—the preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skin—is a pervasive and damaging but rarely openly discussed phenomenon. In this unprecedented book, Lori L. Tharps explores the issue in African American, Latino, Asian American, and mixed-race families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Tharps, the mother of three mixed-race children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skin-color difference is dealt with. Her journey takes her across the country and into the lives of dozens of diverse individuals, all of whom have grappled with skin-color politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldn’t be in her best friend’s wedding photos because her dark skin would “spoil” the pictures, to a light-skinned African American man who spent his entire childhood “trying to be Black,” Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our self-esteem and shapes our lives and relationships. Along with intimate and revealing stories, Tharps adds a historical overview and a contemporary cultural critique to contextualize how various communities and individuals navigate skin-color politics.Groundbreaking and urgent, Same Family, Different Colors is a solution-seeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle “cousin to racism,” in the author’s words, will be exposed and confronted.(*_*)9780807076798_Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Colorism and color biasthe preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skinis a pervasive and damaging but rarely openly discussed phenomenon. In this unprecedented book, Lori L. Tharps explores the issue in African American, Latino, Asian American, and mixed-race families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Tharps, the mother of three mixed-race children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skin-color difference is dealt with. Her journey takes her across the country and into the lives of dozens of diverse individuals, all of whom have grappled with skin-color politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldnt be in her best friends wedding photos because her dark skin would spoil the pictures, to a light-skinned African American man who spent his entire childhood trying to be Black, Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our self-esteem and shapes our lives and relationships. Along with intimate and revealing stories, Tharps adds a historical overview and a contemporary cultural critique to contextualize how various communities and individuals navigate skin-color politics.Groundbreaking and urgent, Same Family, Different Colors is a solution-seeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle cousin to racism, in the authors words, will be exposed and confronted....9780807076798_Beacon Presslibro_electonico_ef377938-d0d6-3c20-9da5-ca113ab42ef4_9780807076798;9780807076798_9780807076798Lori L.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-4da3ccdc-1167-40ad-97f6-b2b8748dc8a1.epub2016-10-04T00:00:00+00:00Beacon Press