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200 10$aBlue veins and kinky hair$b[electronic resource] $enaming and color consciousness in African America /$fObiagele Lake
210   $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2003
215   $a1 online resource (160 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [117]-134) and indexes.
327   $aContents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Renaming African People; 2. Mulattoes and Color Consciousness in the United States; 3. Hair and Color Consciousness in African America; 4. Hair and Skin Color in Africa and the African Diaspora; 5. The Dekinking of African Hair; Appendices; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
330   $aThe author explores how Africans in America internalized the negative images created of them by the European world, and how internalized racism has worked to fracture African American unity and thereby dilute inchoate efforts toward liberation. In the late 1960s, change began with the Black Is Beautiful slogan and new a consciousness, which went hand in hand with Black Power and pan-African movements. The author argues that for any people to succeed, they must first embrace their own identity, including physical characteristics. Naming, skin color, and hair have been topical issues in the Afri
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