Dark skin girls are unworthy of protection”

Black girls perceptions of colorism and its influence on psychological and sexual development

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ID12475704
AuthorsNatasha Crooks (0000-0003-0178-2844, University of Illinois Chicago), D R Gina Sissoko (0000-0002-9506-8715), Gina Sissoko (Yale University), Rabiatu Barrie (0000-0001-5893-6758), Diamond Coleman, D L Coleman (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Alyssa Debra (0000-0002-5823-1042, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Wuraola Sosina (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Latrice Yates (Illinois College), Kimberly Sanker-Panchal (Illinois College), Annette Okafor (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Rohan Jeremiah, Rohan D Jeremiah (0000-0003-3774-8816, University of Illinois Chicago)
Year2025
Volume32
Issue3
Pages639-652
Publication date2025-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1099-9809 • E-ISSN: 1939-0106
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/cdp0000771
PMID41114943
OpenAlexW4415350711
LanguageEN
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Current systems, such as families, schools, and media, should seek to address stereotyped messages and mistreatment that harm Black girls' development. Programming surrounding colorism, gendered racism, and discrimination may serve as an opportunity to begin dismantling systems rooted in Eurocentric preferences that encourage the oppression and mistreatment of Black girls based on skin tone. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)

Black female · Black male · Harm · Human Females · Oppression · Perception · Racism · Sexual abuse · Social perception · Color perception and design · Critical Race Theory in Education · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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