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Colorism is defined as ""discriminatory treatment of individuals falling within the same 'racial' group on the basis of skin color."" That is, some people, particularly women, are treated better or worse on account of the color of their skin relative to other people who share their same racial category. Colorism affects Asian Americans from many different backgrounds and who live in all different parts of the United States. Is Lighter Better? discusses this often-overlooked topic. Rondilla and Spickard ask important questions like: what are the colorism issues that operate in Asian Amer

Chapter 6: Parental Racial Socialization: A Glimpse into the Racial Socialization Process as It Occurs in a Dual-Minority Multiracial FamilyPart III: Mixed Identity and Monoracial Belonging; Chapter 7: Being Mixed Race in the Makah Nation: Redeeming the Existence of African Native Americans; Chapter 8: "You're Not Black or Mexican Enough!": Policing Racial/Ethnic Authenticity among Blaxicans in the United States; Part IV: Asian Connections; Chapter 9: Bumbay in the Bay: The Struggle for Indipino Identity in San Francisco

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I COLORISM DEFINED -- 1 Wheatish -- 2 Too Dark -- 3 Sang Duc Ho -- 4 You're So White, You're So Pretty -- 5 You Have Such a Nice Tan! -- 6 Brown Arms -- 7 Hopes for My Daughter -- Part II PRIVILEGE -- 8 Blessed with Beautiful Skin -- 9 Shai Hei -- 10 Whiteness Is Slippery -- 11 Regular Inmates -- 12 Magnetic Repulsion -- Part III ASPIRATIONAL WHITENESS -- 13 Digital Whiteness -- 14 Mrs. Santos's Whitening Cream -- 15 Shade of Brown Noelle Marie Falcis, Filipina American, 27 -- Part IV ANTIBLACKNESS -- 16 Creation Stories -- 17 What It Means to Be Brown -- 18 The Perpetual Outsider -- Part V BELONGING AND IDENTITY -- 19 What Are You? -- 20 Born Filipina, Somewhere in Between -- 21 Invisible to My Own People -- 22 Nobody Deserves to Feel like a Foreigner in Her Own Culture -- 23 Tired -- Part VI SKIN— REDEFINED -- 24 The Very Best of You -- 25 Reprogramming -- 26 Cartographies of Myself -- 27 The Sun Is Calling My Name -- 28 Abominable Honhyeol -- 29 Dear Future Child -- 30 Teeth -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors -- Index