The Routledge International Handbook of Colorism: (Routledge International Handbooks)

This timely and unique edited book explores the concept of colorism, which is discrimination based on the color of a person’s skin. It takes a global approach that draws on authentic voices from varied contexts and is dedicated to exploring and enriching the diverse intellectual discourse on colorism. The book explores colorism across the globe and studies how it has been woven into the cultural fabric of communities of color. With 22 chapters organised geographically into parts representing six continents, it looks at various facets of colorism, offering international insights beyond a Western perspective. The handbook examines policy-making in the sphere of colorism internationally and across countries, and provides thoughtful insights on colorism discrimination in different contexts. Chapters are written by leading experts from different disciplinary backgrounds who present cutting-edge research on the topic of colorism in different country contexts, contributing to a global dialogue on colorism. The Routledge International Handbook of Colorism comprehensively highlights colorism and skin color bias which blurs the national and international boundaries. It will be fascinating reading for students and academics in psychology, social work, education, criminal justice and other social sciences. It will also be of interest to those working in areas relating to marginalization, human rights, diversity and inclusion.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Australia 1. Considerations on Colorism and Colonialism: Murdoch Media, Colorism and The White Australia Policy 2. Colonialism Shapes the Skin Tone Hierarchy in Australia 3. Colourism, authenticity and belonging in Australia Part 2: North America 4. Colorism in the Workplace 5. The Many Shades of Colorism in the U.S.: The Diverse Cultural Origins of Attitudes Toward Dark and Tanned Skin 6. “What Color Are You?” A Critical Autoethographical about Race and Color 7. Coconut Colorism in Latinx-American Denigration of Dark Skin: Introduction to Hall’s Q Sort Mathematical Equation 8. Filipinx American Colorism: Narratives from the Bay Area Skin Stories (BASS) Project Part 3: Europe 9. The Colorism Campaign of Mizrahi Feminists 10. Complicating the Idea of Light-Skin Privilege in the UK Part 4: Africa 11. An Afrocentric Analysis of Colorism: Looking at Beauty and Attractiveness Through African Eyes 12. A Consequence of Colonialism: Colorism in Kenya and South Africa 13. Colorism and Albinism in the New Millennium Africa: A Fireside Chat Part 5: Asia 14. The Color of Beauty in Asia 15. Colorism in Chinese English Language Learning Schools: Whiteness, Advertising, and the Internet 16. Colorism in Nepal 17. Colorism and Pakistan 18. Colorism in East and Southeast Asia Part 6: South America 19. Sangre Negra: Narratives and Reflections on Colorism and Heritage From a Black/Afro-Dominican-Haitian Latina 20. Wider Palette of Colorism: Adding Complexity And Breadth to Conceptualization and Measurement 21. Incomplete, Half-Breed, and Cholo: Racialization and Mestizaje among Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Peruvians 22. Latinx Colorism

About the Author :
Dr. Ronald E. Hall is Professor at the School of Social Work, Michigan State University, United States. His research focuses on mental health, intra-racial racism, bleaching syndrome and colorism litigation. Dr. Neha Mishra is activist, author, academic and lawyer in India. Her research focuses on intersectionality of colorism, human rights, law and post colonial studies.

Review :
"The Routledge International Handbook of Colorism is the most significant pioneering work on colorism to be published. Comprised of voices, stories, historical perspectives, research, and lived experiences of diverse international writers representing the six continents, the handbook thoroughly examines colorism and all its complexity." Donnamaria Culbreth, Colorism Project, Inc. "The Routledge International Handbook on Colorism is a very thoughtful and timely piece of scholarship that is theoretically and methodically robust. Ronald E. Hall, the Father of Colorism has produced a landmark academic work organising the field and pulling together for the first time all the top colorism scholars both nationally and internationally. Hall should be applauded for producing and taking on such difficult and complex subject matter so successfully. I highly recommend the Routledge International Handbook of Colorism, it should be required reading for those who genuinely want to understand one of the society’s most challenging and complex issues of our times- Colorism and the politics of color." Dr Richard Majors, Honorary Professor, Senior Consulting Counselling Psychologist and creator of Black Male Studies.