Angella Gaines

April 3, 2016
Annotated Bibliography Revised
Margret Hunter (2016) Colorism in the Classroom: How Skin Tone Stratifies African American
and Latina/o Students, Theory Into Practice, 55:1,54-56.
Margret Hunter discusses attitudes and policies within classrooms due to
colorism. The authors gives strong yet questionable statements about the actions of teachers
toward certain students, she implied that lighter skinned students of color seem more attractive
to teachers because of racialized beauty. This meaning teachers tend to imply that students of a
lighter skin tone are more intelligent than those who are darker. Most of the information given in
this article is based on studies and test, but other parts are somewhat opinionated. This article hits
a specific topic that wasn't persistent during my research, classroom colorism, a strong topic and
I feel like it would add depth to my research paper.

Preer, Kendra.Interracial and Intraracial Contact, School-level Diversity, and Change in Identity
Status Among African Americans. Child Dev. 2010 Sept-Oct; 81 (5): 1431-1444.
This article was written by Kendra L. Preer, member of the National Association
of Student Airs Professional who also attended an HBCU. The discussion throughout the
selection revolved mainly around cross- race friendship and how they have effected self-esteem.
She explains that during adolescence, people tend to choose friends based on how they feel about
themselves and as we get older we base friendships on traits we lack. Opposites attract is how
she describes the modern day interracial relationship status.

Golden, Marita.It's Time for All Shades to Unite.October 12, 2012.

Marita Golden in an award winning author for both fiction and nonfiction works such as
Don't Play in the Sun: Woman's Journey through the Color Complex. Her writings are often
taught in well known HBCUs and workshops. This journal entry focuses on ways to fix
colorism and how to come together as a community to solve intraracial discrimination issues.
She concludes her research stating that colorism is the most unacknowledged and unaddressed

mental health crisis in communities around the world, although I understand this statement
entirely, I would have to disagree with colorism being a mental crisis. Many points in this entry
seem to be a little biased, but there are parts that can be backed by facts that will be useful to the
topic of my research paper.

Williams, Lena. The Many Shades of Bigotry. November 22, 1992. New York Times.
This article shows the difference in the way colorism is shown now versus a much earlier
time. During the 60s darker-skinned people were embraced for reflecting true heritage of race,
this particular quote shows the contrast of views on intraracial divisions within the black
community in the 60s and modern times. While doing more research, I found that African
Americans of a lighter skin tone are awarded with better privileges than those with more
melanin now days. Comparing and contrasting the different practices during different times gives
the reader a broader look into how intraracial divisions and colorism started.

Webb, Sarah. Colorism In Social Media: What Can We Do?.colorismhealing.com.August 12,

2013.
I was a little unsure about choosing this blog as a source because it wasn't listed under
scholarly sources, but once I read into it I noticed its relevance to my topic. Webb takes to social
media and finds information such as memes and tweets discussing the complexion competition
labeled #teamlightskin vs #dark skin. She states that people are self-segregating due to racist
conditioning, with her research backing up her facts, I feel that I could incorporate this into my
project.

After doing more research, I decided to add and omit a few sources. Sources above typed in blue
font are the ones I chose to omit and sources added below are added.
Davis, Angela. Angela Davis: Autobiography. N.p.: International Incorporated, 1989. Print.
Desmond-Harris, Jene. "Howard Students Sue AKA for Human Rights Violations." The Root.
Jenee Desmund-Harris, 05 Mar. 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2016
Burnette, Bob. "If You're Black, Get Back." (n.d.): n. pag. 25 May 2011. Web.
Pogo: Earth day. 1970. by Walter Crawford Kelly. Web. Mar.-Apr. 2016.