Double Dutching in My Own Skin A Soulful Narrative on Colorism

This represents an important contribution to understanding the intersectionality of intra-racial gender norming and skin tone interpersonal appraisals as ingredients for adverse black-on-black interaction. The author's auto-ethnographic contribution thoroughly delivered the nature of a Black Woman's war within. It is extremely rare to advance discussions of colorism beyond the "halo-effect" to discover intrasexual social conflict. Kudos to the author for the courage to delve into the painful reality of intra-racial and gendered skin tone victimization. -Dr. Steven R. Cureton, Professor and Chair of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Sociology Department