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Minority page with a United States focus. I considered this article last semester but ultimately chose another article because I was not sure how I would like to contribute to it. I am interested in revisiting it and creating a new article specifically for a United States focus. The existing parent article “Model minority” has very little coverage on other nations – though it does specify that the concept of the model minority is most frequently used in the United States – and is currently described as C-class. Despite this, I think it would be beneficial to have a separate article for the United States, as the United States section in this article is extremely long and could be reorganized for greater clarity. I also would like to include more discussion of how the concept of model minorities impacts race dynamics holistically – how perceptions of other races are viewed in this context.
343:. The existing article focuses primarily on the various chemical treatments and biochemical mechanisms that achieve skin whitening. There are two sections titled “History” and “Society and culture” that are substantially shorter. I would like to expand these subsections by exploring the history of skin whitening as a practice around the world and I would also like to discuss current practices and the prevalence of skin whitening techniques in various nations. In addition to this, I would like to add two new subsections to discuss motivations for skin whitening and health implications. Skin whitening is a fairly prominent practice in various cultures, but the motivations do differ and I hope that I can present this variety to avoid issues and concerns of bias. Some of the sources I plan to use are listed in the above section!
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I am interested in working on the page titled Skin whitening. The existing article is heavily focused on the scientific aspect of it, meaning techniques used to achieve it or the biochemical mechanisms behind it. I would like to expand the social and cultural discussion of skin whitening in this
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Manzano, Sara Furr, and Devita Bishundat. “A Critical Review of the Model Minority Myth in Selected Literature on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education.” Review of Educational Research 86, no. 2 (2016):
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Pengpid, and Caryl James. “The Globalization of Whitening: Prevalence of Skin Lighteners (or Bleachers) Use and Its Social Correlates among University Students in 26 Countries.” International Journal of Dermatology 55, no. 2 (2015): 165–72.
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Whaley, Arthur L., and La Tonya Noel. “Academic
Achievement and Behavioral Health among Asian American and African American Adolescents: Testing the Model Minority and Inferior Minority Assumptions.” Social Psychology of Education 16, no. 1 (2012): 23–43.
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Jacobs, Meagan, Susan Levine, Kate Abney, and Lester Davids. “Fifty Shades of
African Lightness: a Bio-Psychosocial Review of the Global Phenomenon of Skin Lightening Practices.” Journal of Public Health in Africa 7, no. 2 (2016).
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Craddock. “Skin Color, Cultural Capital, and Beauty Products: An Investigation of the Use of Skin Fairness Products in Mumbai, India.” Frontiers in Public Health 5 (2018).
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Nagasawa, and Tieming Lin. “Asian Americans as a Model Minority: Self-Perceptions and Perceptions by Other Racial Groups.” Sociological Perspectives 41, no. 1 (1998): 95–118.
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Davids, Lester M., Jennifer Van Wyk, Nonhlanhla P. Khumalo, and Nina G. Jablonski. “The
Phenomenon of Skin Lightening: Is It Right to Be Light?” South African Journal of Science Volume 112, no. Number 11/12 (2016).
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Morrison G. Wong. “The Extraordinary Educational Attainment of Asian-Americans: A Search for Historical Evidence and Explanations.” Social Forces 65, no. 1 (1986): 1.
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Minority and the Inferior Minority Myths: Understanding Stereotypes and Their Implications for Student Learning.” About Campus 13, no. 3 (2008): 2–8.
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Suzuki, Bob H. “Education and the Socialization of Asian Americans: A Revisionist Analysis of the ‘Model Minority’ Thesis.” Amerasia Journal 4, no. 2 (1977): 23–51.
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Dixon, Angela R., and Edward E. Telles. “Skin Color and Colorism: Global Research, Concepts, and Measurement.” Annual Review of Sociology 43, no. 1 (2017): 405–24.
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Hall, Ronald E. “The Globalization of Light Skin Colorism: From Critical Race to Critical Skin Theory.” American Behavioral Scientist 62, no. 14 (2018): 2133–45.
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Pierre, Jemima. “Structure, Project, Process: Anthropology, Colonialism, and Race in Africa.” Journal of Anthropological Sciences 96 (2018): 213–19.
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Porter, Judith R., and Robert E. Washington. “Minority Identity and Self-Esteem.” Annual Review of Sociology 19, no. 1 (1993): 139–61.
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Blay, Yaba. “Skin Bleaching and Global White Supremacy: By Way of Introduction.” Journal of Pan African Studies 4, no. 4 (2011).
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