BlackAmericaWeb.com interviews University of Georgia doctoral student Matthew Harrison, whose research shows that dark-skinned blacks fare less well than light-skinned blacks in interviews -- even when their résumés are better.
The Web site quotes a statement in which Harrison said, "Our results indicate that there appears to be a skin tone preference in regards to job selection. This finding is possibly due to the common belief that fair-skinned blacks probably have more similarities with whites than do dark-skinned blacks, which in turn makes whites feel more comfortable around them."
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