{"product_id":"9781509565825","title":"The Shades of Black Folk Colorism Past, Present, and Future","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Shades of Black Folk\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eColorism Past, Present, and Future\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert L. Reece\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Demography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eColorism – discrimination based on skin darkness within a racial group – has plagued black Americans since their first arrival in the United States. Although colorism has taken different forms over time, lighter-skinned black people have always received advantages at the expense of their darker-skinned counterparts, and colorism is a problem that fosters ongoing social inequality to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shades of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e traces the development and evolution of colorism in the United States from its origins in the late eighteenth century right up to the present. It chronicles the phenomenon's various manifestations, from nineteenth-century debates about the fate of children born to parents of different races, through the contentious arguments between famed black activists Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois, to the modern legal battles in which judges struggle to adjudicate color discrimination cases. Recognizing that this issue is made more complicated by rarely being picked up in discussions about race and racial discrimination, Reece calls on readers to grapple with the complexities of color-based inequality and offers policy suggestions to tackle it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shades of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on an underexamined but all-too-powerful axis of social inequality and will be necessary reading for students of race, racism, and stratification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Reece\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 February 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509565825\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e168\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352029130892,"sku":"9781509565825","price":58.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509565825_1a94a3be-26f5-4329-9f28-2a11e3165485.jpg?v=1780281662","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509565825","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}