The Continual Significance of Skin Color: An Exploratory Study of Latinos in the Northeast

By Christina Gómez. 2000

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Colorism in the Classroom: How Skin Tone Stratifies African American and Latina/o Students (2016, unknown): “…today across many dimensions of social life, including employment opportunities (Chavez-Duenas, Adames, & Organista, 2014; Espino & Franz, 2002; Gomez, 2000; Hersch, 2006), educational experiences (Bodenhorn & Ruebeck, 2007; Keith & Herring, 1991; Murguia & Telles, 1996), housing (Alba, Logan,…”
Understanding the Link Between Discrimination, Mental Health Outcomes, and Life Chances Among Latinos (2006, background): “Gomez (2000) found that dark skin color among Latino men was associated with lower wages compared to light skin (mean difference 0.20, p .10).”
Skin Color and Self-Perceptions of Immigrant and U.S.-Born Latinas (2009, background): “Because of racial stratification, discrimination, and the value placed on light skin, Latinos with darker skin and more African and indigenous features are more likely to live in segregated communities, earn less money, attain less education, have lower occupational prestige, and marry lower status ”
Bicultural Social Development (2006, methodology): “, Gordon, 1964) argued that the offspring of mixed marriages suffered from identity and adjustment conflicts and that these children held a low self-image and lacked a strong social network. This is similar to Stonequist’s (1937) analysis of mixed racial people and his assertion that these people we”