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Title: Documentary, studies renew debate about skin color's impact
Post by: leslie on January 08, 2007, 10:47:07 PM
Documentary, studies renew debate about skin color's impact

By L.A. Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Race is still the elephant in society's sitting room.
Race consciousness is ubiquitous, yet so deep-seated as to seem almost invisible.

Many people, minorities included, don't realize the assumptions they make based on race. A subset of racism is colorism -- discrimination based on skin tone.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06360/748295-51.stm