1. Printing: This poster is 48” wide by 36” high. It’s designed to be printed on a large-format printer. Customizing the Content: The placeholders in this poster are formatted for you. Type in the placeholders to add text, or click an icon to add a table, chart, SmartArt graphic, picture or multimedia file. To add or remove bullet points from text, click the Bullets button on the Home tab. If you need more placeholders for titles, content or body text, make a copy of what you need and drag it into place. PowerPoint’s Smart Guides will help you align it with everything else. Want to use your own pictures instead of ours? No problem! Just click a picture, press the Delete key, then click the icon to add your picture. Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: Is Colorism Relevant? Ivory Brown & Cierra Parker| Leslie V. Collins, PhD. | Fisk University Project Overview Colorism is an intra-racial discrimination based on skin color (Thompson and Keith, 2001). Understanding its dynamics and consequences is important because it helps to understand how prejudice amongst African Americans can impact them individually and collectively. Specifically, we can discern whether and how intra-group discrimination such as colorism influences individual self-esteem in the African American community. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between colorism and self-esteem in young adults who identify as Black or African American. Using a correlational design we will compare participants scores from the Implicit Associations Test (IAT) and an self esteem survey to make determinations about the following: Research Questions and Hypothesis Question 1: Hypothesis 1: African American’s who are considered light skinned are preferred in terms of attractiveness. Question 2: Hypothesis 2: Dark skinned African Americans have lower self esteem> Independent Variable: Colorism Respondents’ Scores on the Implicit Associations Test (YOU MAY WANT TO DESCRIBE THIS TEST. WHAT DOES IT MEASURE AND HOW) Respondents’ Self report regarding their skin tone, hair texture (DESCRIBE THESE QUESTIONS) Dependent variable: Self-Esteem Respondents scores on a self- esteem questionnaire Procedure Participants will perform an Implicit Associations Test (IAT) on skin tone Step 1 Participants will participate in a Phenotype Preference and Self Esteem Survey Step 2Step 3 Targeted Participants  (HOW MANY ARE YOU HOPING TO GET) African AmericanS  GENDER Males and Females  VARIED phenotypes  AGES 18 and 25  UNDEREGRADUATES AT LOCAL UNIVERSITY Expected Results Conclusion Conclusion is pending due to research currently being conducted. Works Cited http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/192/flashcards/2891192/png/implici t_association_test1363111715331.pnghttp://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/192/flashcards/2891192/png/implici t_association_test1363111715331.png http://lanewarrior.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/skins.jpg http://api.ning.com/files/cJXr*vjqbbwsIC0NtwvL1BzrdDoE0xSnucCrLN*D*ZbhLK o7oBraMJz2lUoboDmqtEJ8UUj7VM7DnANwQ- 5KhllUWCa9MwLF/AreYouOkayWithBeingADarkSkinWomanDivaWhispers.jpghttp://api.ning.com/files/cJXr*vjqbbwsIC0NtwvL1BzrdDoE0xSnucCrLN*D*ZbhLK o7oBraMJz2lUoboDmqtEJ8UUj7VM7DnANwQ- 5KhllUWCa9MwLF/AreYouOkayWithBeingADarkSkinWomanDivaWhispers.jpg http://personality-testing.info/tests/RSE.php http://www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc/uploads/docs/Sorensen_Self- Esteem_Test.pdfhttp://www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc/uploads/docs/Sorensen_Self- Esteem_Test.pdf Based on the review of literature, hypothesis 1 is proven to be true. Hypothesis one states that majority of the sample population would prefer light skin, non kinky hair textured women and view them as more attractive. Based on the review of literature hypothesis 2 is proven to be true. Hypothesis two states that majority of the sample population that relates to having a darker skin tone would have low self esteem. Acknowledgements We would like to give a special thanks to our research supervisor Dr. Leslie V. Collins for her support in developing this study. We would also like to thank the Fisk University Psychology Department for extending the opportunity to us based upon simply the idea and not yet a project. Their belief in us allowed us to develop a great experiment and by the end of the semester we shall see great results.