Skin Whitening A Global Practice : NPR
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Wonder Women (Satya Magazine)
| January 2005 | ||
On the Cover: | Guest Editorial: Speciesist Feminism Their Bodies, Our Selves: Moving Beyond Sexism and Speciesism Reproductive Autonomy: Crossing the Species Border A Dame of Big Ideas The Prize is Right The Saving of Innocents Surviving Genocide: Women’s Role in Reconstructing Rwanda Beauty and the Beast: Activists Work for Safer Cosmetics A Blooming Iris The Accidental Politician: A Senator for Everyone Masked Reformers: The Guerrilla Girls Toward a More Passionate World More Than a Hot Plate Riding the Third Wave Trying to Walk Before We Can Crawl Hot Soup and Rockin’ Rolls Vegetarian Advocate: Wanted: A Gloria Steinem for the Vegetarian Movement Epilogue: Embracing Vertigo | |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Blanqueamiento - Cultural Colonialism, Internalized Racism, blanqueamiento, adelantar la familia
The concept of blanqueamiento refers to ethnic, cultural, and racial “whitening.” Blanqueamiento, an ideology as well as a social practice, is a major form of racism in the United States. It is a racist way of thinking that places value on white Anglo culture while implicitly devaluing nonwhite cultures. In turn, blanqueamiento works to recreate a social hierarchy based on race and to perpetuate white supremacy. Yet, because such racist beliefs are so pervasive in society and its institutions, they often remain invisible or are ignored.
Read more: Blanqueamiento - Cultural Colonialism, Internalized Racism, blanqueamiento, adelantar la familia http://www.jrank.org/cultures/pages/3652/Blanqueamiento.html#ixzz0f4317rtU
i'm not sure why the above link isn't working anymore so in the meantime i'm going to include this SOLID piece that speaks directly to this subject:
The concept of blanqueamiento refers to ethnic, cultural, and racial “whitening.” Blanqueamiento, an ideology as well as a social practice, is a major form of racism in the United States. It is a racist way of thinking that places value on white Anglo culture while implicitly devaluing nonwhite cultures. In turn, blanqueamiento works to recreate a social hierarchy based on race and to perpetuate white supremacy. Yet, because such racist beliefs are so pervasive in society and its institutions, they often remain invisible or are ignored.
Read more: Blanqueamiento - Cultural Colonialism, Internalized Racism, blanqueamiento, adelantar la familia http://www.jrank.org/cultures/pages/3652/Blanqueamiento.html#ixzz0f4317rtU
i'm not sure why the above link isn't working anymore so in the meantime i'm going to include this SOLID piece that speaks directly to this subject:
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