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more about #skincolor more comments → Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Good Lord, people. Are we really still in this much denial, as a country? Still? more » Magister: If I'm reading the abstract correctly, they showed two identical photographs to the test subjects, one of which had been manipulated and Obama support... more » Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: On the Essence cover with Michelle, Malia and Sasha his skin was definitely darkened. But it's a black magazine so that would probably be the reason why. more » sshacker: We seemed to be more upset that people are darkened so they appear "menacing" and "sinister" than the idea that a darker or darkened person is more "m... more » beercheck: Edit: Never mind.. more » shak_diesel: These perceptions aren't only insidious, but have real ramifications on people's (or rather African-American) lives, particularly when it comes to acc... more » ronniedobbs: I think Ben Smith's first point is the most salient: why did the study not account for the race of the participants? Controlling for "racial attitudes... more » shoroko: I don't doubt their conclusions, but it makes me tetchy that they used three different photos. I get that they had to, but I kind of wish they'd gotte... more » morninggloria: If this is true, then why doesn't Brother Ali sell more albums than Jay-Z? more » AtelierCeleste: Really? This is news? The politics of skin tone have been parsed to death both inside and outside the black community. I don't know if I speak for ot... more » HarpMadness: I would add, too, that the lightening or darkening of an image does not only reflect the feelings of the person(s) doing the alteration, but also thei... more » rodmanstreet: And we moderates are clearly just oblivious - I didn't realize those three pictures were an example, with a scale from lighter on the left to darker o... more » Penny: "But does this study prove anything we didn't learn during the OJ Simpson trial?" Like that the media are assholes? Nope. But, OJ is an asshole too... more » madeofawesome: And here I thought the POTUS had just gotten a tan. more » -
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Supporters Lighten Obama's Image; Detractors Darken It
The National Academy of Sciences published a study that FINDS a correlation between a person's political views and darker or lighter representations of Barack Obama. But does this study prove anything we didn't learn during the OJ Simpson trial? More »
