ArticleSociology of race and ethnicity (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2019
Light Privilege? Skin Tone Stratification in Health among African Americans.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intersectionality in quantitative health disparities research: A systematic review of challenges and limitations in empirical studies.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Pooled it
- Colorism and Sexual Health: A Rapid Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- Experiences of In-Group and Out-Group Skin Tone Discrimination and Their Associations with Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among African American Adults in the Jackson Heart Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The role of stress, perceived discrimination, and skin tone on cognitive performance in Puerto Rican adults.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2026Article
- Skin color stratification and sleep duration: Evidence from a nationally representative sample.Sleep health · 2026Article
- Skin tone - a marker of bias known as colorism - in relation to sleep health among African American women.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Mental Health across the Early Life Course at the Intersection of Race, Skin Tone, and School Racial Context.Social forces; a scientific medium of social study and interpretation · 2024Article
- Discrimination and social isolation among African Americans: The moderating role of skin tone.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2024Article
- Colorism attitudes and use of skin lightening agents in the United States.International journal of women's dermatology · 2023Article
- Uncovering the roots of skin bleaching: Colorism and its detrimental effects.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2023Article
- How Skin Tone Influences Relationships Between Discrimination, Psychological Distress, and Self-Rated Mental Health Among Older African Americans.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Shades of health: Skin color, ethnicity, and mental health among Black Americans.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Skin Tone and the Health Returns to Higher Status.Demography · 2022Article
- Color disparities in cognitive aging among Puerto Ricans on the archipelago.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Skin Tone and Perceived Discrimination: Health and Aging Beyond the Binary in NSHAP 2015.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Skin Tone, Discrimination, and Allostatic Load in Middle-Aged and Older Puerto Ricans.Psychosomatic medicine · 2021Article
- The dark side of skin lightening: An international collaboration and review of a public health issue affecting dermatology.International journal of women's dermatology · 2021Review
- A tale of two generations: Maternal skin color and adverse birth outcomes in Black/African American women.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Skin Tone Matters: Racial Microaggressions and Delayed Prenatal Care.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Variations in Maternal Factors and Preterm Birth Risk among Non-Hispanic Black, White, and Mixed-Race Black/White Women in the United States, 2017.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
Skin tone is a significant marker used by others to evaluate and rank the social position of minorities. While skin color represents a particularly salient dimension of race, its consequences for health remains unclear. This study uses four waves of panel data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study and random intercept multilevel models to address three research questions critical to understanding the skin color-health relationship among African American adults (N=1,680): what is the relationship between skin color and two global measures of health (cumulative biological risk and self-rated health)? To what extent are these relationships gendered? Do socioeconomic resources, stressors, and discrimination help explain the skin color-health relationship? Findings indicate that dark-skinned women have more physiological deterioration and self-report worse health than lighter-skinned women. These associations are not evident among men, and socioeconomic factors, stressors, and discrimination do not explain the light-dark disparity in physiological deterioration among women. Differences in self-ratings of health among women are partially explained by education and income. Results of this study highlight heterogeneity in determinants of health among African Americans, and provide a more nuanced understanding of health inequality by identifying particularly disadvantaged members of racial groups that are often assumed to have monolithic experiences.
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