Politics of ‘Othering’ in Image and Space:From Skin Color to Underneath the Skin

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this paper I focus on the politics of othering in image and space imbedded in Colorism. In the twenty-first century the problem of race matters, but the problem of color still matters in multi-cultural, sociopolitical, and economic areas because power of whiteness constantly produce and reproduce prejudice and discrimination on image and space by the politics of othering in Colorism and white nationalism. Even last a few decades the sociological approach to Colorism has been extended in various ways, it is said that the researches on this field of skin color and Colorism are in its infancy.
The problem of color and Colorism based on skin color tone has been deeply involved Slavery and Jim Crow segregation in the history of the United States. The One drop rule is one of the representative laws to alienate “others” by the politics of othering to maintain “pure whites” “underneath the skin” as a social control. The brown bag test in blue-Vein society of black community is also shown as color prejudice and discrimination manifested by the power of whiteness/white supremacy.
Analyzing and evaluating color ideology in Colorism as an exploitative system would help to reveal the power of the dominant culture and ideology as manifested in Colorism. Eliminating the color line in the “color cast” is to make on race different people of color in the global world.

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