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Tag: Skin Color

White House / Pete Souza

A Truth, Crudely Put

By Eugene Robinson —

Forgive me if I am neither shocked nor outraged at Harry Reid’s comments about Barack Obama’s skin. What I would find stunning is evidence that his assessment was anything but accurate.

Posted on Jan 12, 2010 READ MORE | 72 COMMENTS

A black man named Desi, along with a white woman named Wanda, has quite comically figured out that new Hewlett-Packard computers touting “face recognition” software are embarrassingly inadequate in detecting black faces.

Posted on Dec 24, 2009 READ MORE | 10 COMMENTS

original: booster.co.il / alteration by Peter Scheer

Lighter Skin Pays Off for Immigrants in U.S.

A new study of thousands of immigrants found that those with lighter skin earned more money than immigrants of similar background whose skin was darker. “On average, being one shade lighter has about the same effect as having an additional year of education,” the study’s author said.