{"product_id":"the-shades-of-black-folk-colorism-past-present-and-future-9781509565832","title":"The Shades of Black Folk: Colorism Past, Present, and Future","description":"Colorism - discrimination based on skin darkness within a racial group - has plagued Black Americans since their first arrival in this country. Although colorism has taken different forms over time, lighter-skinned Black people have always received advantages at the expense of their darker-skinned counterparts, and colorism is a problem that fosters ongoing social inequality to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shades of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e traces the development and evolution of colorism in the US from its origins in the late eighteenth century right up to the present. It chronicles the phenomenon's various manifestations, from nineteenth-century debates about the fate of children born to parents of different races, through the contentious arguments between famed Black activists Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois, to the modern legal battles where judges struggle to adjudicate color discrimination cases. Recognizing that this issue is made more complicated by rarely being discussed in conversations about race and racial discrimination, Reece calls on readers to grapple with the complexities of color-based inequality and offers policy suggestions to tackle it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shades of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on an underexamined but all-too-powerful axis of social inequality and will be necessary reading for students of race, racism, and stratification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert L. Reece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.55w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509565832","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45463162880137,"sku":"9781509565832","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9e59d7db-8202-4c86-9827-fe1002be2602.jpg?v=1774998646","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-shades-of-black-folk-colorism-past-present-and-future-9781509565832","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}