Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
COLORISM AND AFRICAN AMERICANS (HD)
Term session
0
Term
2017C
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC601401
Meeting times
W 0630PM-0830PM
Meeting location
EDUCATION BUILDING 300
Instructors
ABIOLA, UFUOMA
Description
This course critically examines colorism as it relates to African Americans and the evolving meanings conected to this phenomenon. Colorism is the discrimination based on gradations of skin color and is related to and distinct from racism. Colorism typically privileges lighter-skinned individuals and penalizes darker-skinned individuals within and across racial and ethnic groups. Four broad themes will guide this course; 1) the history and development of colorism; 2) the psychology and politics of colorism; 3) gender and colorism; and 4) colorism and the media.
Course number only
601
Use local description
No