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2. Black movement in Brazil
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Johnson,Ollie (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 1995-07-29
- Published:
- Highland Park, MI
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Michigan Citizen
- Journal Title Details:
- 35 : A6
- Notes:
- Since I have been thinking about Blacks in Brazil for years, I do know that racial identity is important and perceived differently there. For example, people who consider themselves Black or African American in the U.S. would not automatically be considered Black or African Brazilian in Brazil. People who have brown or lighter skin complexions in Brazil are mulattos, morenos, or some other non Black color category. Approximately half of Brazil's 150 million people are classified as mulatto or Black. "Pe na cozinha" means "foot in the kitchen" and "mulatinho" means "little mulatto." "Foot in the kitchen" refers to someone normally seen as white acknowledging his African ancestry because the kitchen is the kitchen of slavery in which Blacks served whites in all aspects of life.
3. Skin bleaching in Jamaica: A colonial legacy
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Robinson,Petra Alaine (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Texas: Texas A&M University
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
- Notes:
- 319 p., Examines the psychological and socio-cultural factors that influence the practice of skin bleaching in the postcolonial society of Jamaica. Additionally, the study outlined the nation's efforts to combat the skin-bleaching phenomenon. The naturalistic paradigm of inquiry was used to frame the study and to collect and analyze data. The sample consisted of fifteen participants--twelve participants (six males and six females) with a history of skin bleaching; a retailer of skin lightening products; a local dermatologist who has written and published in local newspapers on the practice; and a representative from the Ministry of Health who was integrally involved in the national educational efforts to ban the practice. The overall findings show that there is a bias in Jamaica for light skin over dark skin and these values are taught in non-formal and informal ways from very early in life.
4. Stratification by Skin Color in Contemporary Mexico
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Villarreal,Andres (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- United States: American Sociological Association, Washington DC
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- American Sociological Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 75(5) : 652-678
- Notes:
- Journal Article, Uses data from a nationally representative panel survey of Mexican adults to examine the extent of skin color based social stratification in contemporary Mexico. Despite extreme ambiguity in skin color classification, the author finds considerable agreement among survey interviewers about who belongs to three skin color categories. The results also provide evidence of profound social stratification by skin color. Individuals with darker skin tone have significantly lower levels of educational attainment and occupational status, and they are more likely to live in poverty and less likely to be affluent, even after controlling for other individual characteristics.
5. The Effect of Racial Group Consciousness on the Political Participation of African Americans and Black Ethnics in Miami-Dade County, Florida
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Austin,Sharon D. Wright (Author), Middleton,Richard T. (Author), and Yon,Rachel (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2012
- Published:
- Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Political Research Quarterly
- Journal Title Details:
- 65(3) : 629-641
- Notes:
- Examines group consciousness among people of African descent in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and its possible impact on their political participation. Using an original survey of over one thousand respondents, the authors question whether African Americans and black ethnics (Africans, Afro-Caribbean Americans, Afro-Cuban Americans, and Haitians) possess a shared group consciousness and, if so, why. Second, does group consciousness or socioeconomic status most influence the political participation of our respondents? The authors find that these groups have a common consciousness because of their skin color, experiences with discrimination, common interests, similar ideological views, and leadership preferences.
6. Toward a Caribbean Psychology: An African-Centered Approach
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Sutherland,Marcia Elizabeth (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Black Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 42(8) : 1175-1194
- Notes:
- Although the Americas and Caribbean region are purported to comprise different ethnic groups, this article’s focus is on people of African descent, who represent the largest ethnic group in many countries. The emphasis on people of African descent is related to their family structure, ethnic identity, cultural, psychohistorical, and contemporary psychosocial realities. This article discusses the limitations of Western psychology for theory, research, and applied work on people of African descent in the Americas and Caribbean region.