Race Vs Color Discrimination Essay
What most people might not know is that there are two levels of racism and that is race and color. Colorism is a form of discrimination in which light skins have a higher privilege than dark skins, Even though they may be a part of the same race or ethnicity. According to a study done by Margaret Hunter, Light-skinned people earn more money, complete more years of schooling, live in better neighborhoods, and marry higher-status people than darker-skinned people of the same race or ethnicity. Most people in the world don’t even know that this is a problem that occurs unless it has happened to them personally. In all honestly, it is hard not to be influenced to prefer lighter skin people because in the United States white and light skinned
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Slave owners let them work in the house, sometimes read and also some other special advantages. One researcher named Ronald Hall stated that till this day many African-Americans and other people of color still have that slave mindset that lighter/whiter is better because of what they learned a long time ago. This mentality has been passed down for generations and generations and still plagues people of color today. Not only has it been a mindset that has been passed down but it is one that has been maintained thru today’s media. When you look at African-American stars like Beyoncé or Nicki Minaj you can notice that they have lighter skin tones and slimmer nose’s than they did at the beginning of their careers. Celebrities like this that kids look up to and it helps with the spread of colorism. Not only is colorism in the media but also in real life According to thing journal “The EEOC sued the owners of a Mexican restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, for color-based discrimination. A white manager at the restaurant claimed that the owners directed him to hire only light-skinned staff to work in the dining room. The EEOC won the case and the restaurant was forced to pay $100,000 in fines” This proves that people still have the mentality that was established centuries
Slave owners let them work in the house, sometimes read and also some other special advantages. One researcher named Ronald Hall stated that till this day many African-Americans and other people of color still have that slave mindset that lighter/whiter is better because of what they learned a long time ago. This mentality has been passed down for generations and generations and still plagues people of color today. Not only has it been a mindset that has been passed down but it is one that has been maintained thru today’s media. When you look at African-American stars like Beyoncé or Nicki Minaj you can notice that they have lighter skin tones and slimmer nose’s than they did at the beginning of their careers. Celebrities like this that kids look up to and it helps with the spread of colorism. Not only is colorism in the media but also in real life According to thing journal “The EEOC sued the owners of a Mexican restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, for color-based discrimination. A white manager at the restaurant claimed that the owners directed him to hire only light-skinned staff to work in the dining room. The EEOC won the case and the restaurant was forced to pay $100,000 in fines” This proves that people still have the mentality that was established centuries