Greetings Sis Mimi. Welcome.

Your message has thrown some light onto this discussion and I hope you don't mind me using it as an example. I don't mean any disrespect to you or what you have written directly.

Hotep.

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Forgive me if I'm wrong - but I think Sis Mimi's response is exactly the result of the misleading title of the research that seshatasefekht was referring to.

Sis Mimi's is of course right in what she says about it being terrible that we black people still may judge eachother based on skin tone....

.....BUT.....

...this particular research was looking at how white people judge black people based on their skin tone.

Blacks have come in the firing line (again) when in fact the research is trying to say that we are the victim here of racism against us. What the article isn't very forthcoming with saying, but is implied by its absence, is that the participants of the study were all non-black. Read between the lines.

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"Everyone knows about the insidious effects of racism in American society. But when it comes to the workplace, African-Americans may face a more complex situation--the effects of their own skin tone. For the first time, a study indicates that dark-skinned African-Americans face a distinct disadvantage when applying for jobs, even if they have resumes superior to lighter-skinned black applicants."
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"The findings in this study are, tragically, not too surprising," said Harrison. "We found that a light-skinned black male can have only a bachelor's degree and typical work experience and still be preferred over a dark-skinned black male with an MBA and past managerial positions, simply because expectations of the light-skinned black male are much higher, and he doesn't appear as 'menacing' as the darker-skinned male applicant."
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"While there have been other studies of effects of colorism socially, this is the first study designed specifically to examine how it operates in hiring and in the workplace."
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"Our results indicate that there appears to be a skin tone preference in regards to job selection," said Harrison. "This finding is possibly due to the common belief that fair-skinned blacks probably have more similarities with whites than do dark-skinned blacks, which in turn makes whites feel more comfortable around them."
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On re-reading the article it is clear the writer is not bold enough to accuse non-blacks of blatent racism, and that may have been the result of censorship (or even self-censorship by the writer). It shows how misleading writers can be when they are not brave enough to tell it plainly as it is.

It seems the correct title should be:

"Skin tone more important than educational background for white American employers, according to new research from the University of Georgia"

According to the original source copies of the research are available by e-mail. Contact Matthew Harrison at 678/773-4662 or msharris@uga.edu.

Give thanks.

Ras Shawn Naphtali