The shades of black folk : colorism past, present, and future / Robert L. Reece.
| Author/creator | Reece, Robert L. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge ; Hoboken : Polity Press, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | vi, 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Colorism in the United States -- Genesis -- Reconstruction -- Plessy and the one-drop rule -- Making modern colorism -- Modern legal challenges -- Color, race, and what's next. |
| Abstract | "The Shades of Black Folk 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." -- Adapted from publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| ISBN | 9781509565832 |
| ISBN | 1509565825 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781509565825 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1509565833 (paperback) |
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