{"product_id":"same-family-different-colors-lori-l-tharps-9780807071083","title":"Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families","description":"\u003cb\u003eWeaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, \u003ci\u003eSame Family, Different Colors\u003c\/i\u003e explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColorism and color bias--the preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the color of their skin--is a pervasive and damaging but rarely openly discussed phenomenon. In this unprecedented book, Lori L. Tharps explores the issue in African American, Latino, Asian American, and mixed-race families and communities by weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis. The result is a compelling portrait of the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTharps, the mother of three mixed-race children with three distinct skin colors, uses her own family as a starting point to investigate how skin-color difference is dealt with. Her journey takes her across the country and into the lives of dozens of diverse individuals, all of whom have grappled with skin-color politics and speak candidly about experiences that sometimes scarred them. From a Latina woman who was told she couldn't be in her best friend's wedding photos because her dark skin would \"spoil\" the pictures, to a light-skinned African American man who spent his entire childhood \"trying to be Black,\" Tharps illuminates the complex and multifaceted ways that colorism affects our self-esteem and shapes our lives and relationships. Along with intimate and revealing stories, Tharps adds a historical overview and a contemporary cultural critique to contextualize how various communities and individuals navigate skin-color politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGroundbreaking and urgent, \u003ci\u003eSame Family, Different Colors\u003c\/i\u003e is a solution-seeking journey to the heart of identity politics, so that this more subtle \"cousin to racism,\" in the author's words, will be exposed and confronted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori L. Tharps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807071080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807071083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Lori L. Tharps","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992465408255,"sku":"9780807071083","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef4589a6-dcf6-4820-92ba-b7508e2fbad3.jpg?v=1683319096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/same-family-different-colors-lori-l-tharps-9780807071083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}