Understanding colourism among young people in the UK

肤色歧视，肤色偏见，其中浅色皮肤优于深色皮肤，影响有色人种的生活机会，包括他们的教育成就，工作前景和关系机会（Hunter 2002）。这种偏见发生在种族化群体内部和之间。虽然它的广泛影响已在美国的研究中记录在案，但它是种族主义的一个相对不足的方面，在英国的研究中基本上被忽视了。该计划将推动英国色彩主义研究的前沿，探索色彩主义对全国中学生的不同影响。具体而言，该研究将阐明年轻人理解，谈判和/或延续英国色彩主义的方式。采取交叉的方法，它将调查颜色识别的程度，以及它对不同肤色，种族，宗教和社会阶层的11-18岁青奥尔兹的性别影响。它还将调查它如何影响他们的自尊和心理健康。一个关键目标是为英国关于色彩主义的辩论提供信息，特别关注它如何影响在中学学习的年轻人。另一个目标是通过开发旨在打破肤色偏见的策略来减少对深色皮肤的耻辱感。有三个中心研究问题：英国的年轻人是如何体验肤色歧视的？其程度和影响在不同群体之间有何不同？色彩是如何理解和协商的？附属的研究问题是：孩子的年龄、性别、种族、肤色和社会阶层如何影响他们对色彩的体验？色彩主义对英国年轻人的自尊和心理健康有什么影响？年轻人和他们的同龄人如何帮助延续有色人种？家庭、教师和媒体对青少年对色彩的理解和体验有什么影响？混合方法的研究将涉及焦点小组和采访中学生在伦敦，布里斯托和曼彻斯特;焦点小组与工作人员;采访家长;和整个英国的年轻人的调查。焦点小组和访谈将寻求建立年轻人如何理解和谈判colourism和形式的偏见在不同的学校。这项研究将包括一个参与性的因素，即一个学生咨询小组将帮助制定研究和影响战略。家长将接受采访，让有关色彩的想法是如何几代人之间和家庭内部谈判的探索。定性研究将为一项调查的设计提供信息，该调查由一家专业研究机构在英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士对1000名11-18岁的中学生进行。调查结果将用于说明有色人种的普遍程度及其对不同种族、肤色、性别、社会阶层和性取向的年轻人的影响。影响该方案将提高对有色人种、有色人种如何长期存在及其对年轻人的影响的认识。它将支持英国色彩研究，促进国际合作，并为挑战色彩的努力提供信息和影响。它将导致展览，以提高对偏见的认识，在国王和场地在伦敦，曼彻斯特和布里斯托，展示学生的艺术作品对皮肤阴影旁边的相关摘录从学生的叙述。它还将产生旨在挑战色彩主义的学校资源，其中将包括与一家动画公司和一名色彩艺术家合作制作的动画，其中有年轻人的投入。它将导致建立一个国际网络来研究色彩，并促进建立一个以非洲为背景的色彩研究中心。2002.“如果你很轻，你是对的”。Gender & Society，16（2）：175-193.

Summary Colourism, skin shade prejudice in which light skin is privileged over darker skin shades, affects the life chances of people of colour, including their educational achievement, job prospects and relationship opportunities (Hunter 2002). The prejudice occurs within and between racialised groups. Although its widespread impacts have been documented in US studies, it is a relatively under-investigated facet of racism and one that has been largely overlooked in UK research. The proposed programme will push the frontiers of colourism research in the UK, exploring the differential impacts of colourism on secondary school students nationally.Specifically, the research will illuminate the ways in which young people understand, negotiate and/or perpetuate colourism in the UK. Taking an intersectional approach, it will investigate the extent to which colourism is recognised, and its gendered impact on 11-18 year olds of different skin shades, ethnicities, religions and social classes. It will also investigate how it affects their self-esteem and mental health. One key aim is to inform debates about colourism in the UK, with a particular focus on how it affects young people studying at secondary schools. Another aim is to reduce stigma about dark skin by developing strategies designed to disrupt skin shade prejudice.There are three central research questions: How do young people in the UK experience colourism? How does its extent and impact vary between groups? How is colourism understood and negotiated? The subsidiary research questions ask: How does a child's age, gender, ethnicity, skin shade and social class affect their experiences of colourism? What impact does colourism have on the self-esteem and mental wellbeing of young people in the UK? How do young people and their peers help to perpetuate colourism? What impact do families, teachers and the media have on young people's understandings and experiences of colourism?MethodsThe mixed-methods research will involve focus groups and interviews with secondary school students in London, Bristol and Manchester; focus groups with staff; interviews with parents; and a survey of young people throughout Great Britain. The focus groups and interviews will seek to establish how young people understand and negotiate colourism and the forms the prejudice takes within different schools. The research will include a participatory element in that a student advisory group will help shape the research and impact strategy. Parents will be interviewed to allow for an exploration of how ideas about colourism are negotiated between generations and within families. The qualitative research will inform the design of a survey of 1000 secondary school students, aged 11-18, in England, Scotland and Wales, conducted by a specialist research agency. The survey results will be used to provide an indication of the prevalence of colourism and its impact on young people of different ethnicities, skin shades, genders, social classes and sexualities.ImpactThe programme will raise awareness about colourism, how it is perpetuated and how it affects young people. It will support UK colourism research, facilitate international collaborations and inform and influence efforts to challenge colourism. It will lead to exhibitions to raise awareness about the prejudice at King's and venues in London, Manchester and Bristol that showcase students' artwork on skin shade alongside relevant extracts from student narratives. It will also lead to school resources designed to challenge colourism, which will include an animation produced in conjunction with an animation company and an artist of colour with input from young people. It will lead to the establishment of an international network to study colourism and facilitate the establishment of an agenda-setting colourism research centre.ReferencesHunter, Margaret. 2002. 'IF YOU'RE LIGHT YOU'RE ALRIGHT'. Gender & Society, 16(2): 175-193.