Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...result of Barack Obama's groundbreaking candidacy, American attitudes about skin color have been put under a microscope this year. Michigan State University Social Work Professor Ronald Hall had a jump-start on that debate; he has been studying the social consequences of skin color for more than 20 years. He is the editor of a new scholarly book, Racism in the 21st Century: An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color (Springer). TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs spoke with Hall about race and its impact on the current campaign...
TIME: How did you first get interested in the subject of skin color...
Ronald Hall: Before I got into academia, I worked in a mental health clinic. Ninety percent of the patients were African-American, because it was in Detroit. Sometimes we would get at their underlying problems. It seemed it would always have something to do with skin color, but they never would want to talk about that. That spurred me to start doing a lot of reading. And the reading informed me about something I already knew about, sort of at a subconscious level. It's an experience with skin color that most African-Americans are aware...
What does Obama's selection as the Democratic nominee mean in the context of skin color...
...college. She says she has noticed a change in the way international books are sold online. The country of origin is now advertised instead of hidden, the way it was a few years ago. The listing usually includes a description of the book - soft or hard cover, printed in color or black-and-white - which helps her decide the best deal. She says that international book buying is still pretty rare on campus and that most students look at her paperback textbooks with distrust. "Some of the covers of the books say NOT FOR SALE IN THE U.S., which...