THE FUTURE OF COLORISM SCIENCE: INTERDISCIPLINARITY, FAMILIES, AND INTERVENTION

ABSTRACTIn this Introduction to the Special Issue entitled “New Directions for Research on Colorism Across the Lifespan for Research in Human Development,” we offer suggestions for extending colorism science to several areas. In particular, we recommend that researchers continue to advance interdisciplinary and multimethod studies, as this has contributed important knowledge about colorism to date. Moving forward, we suggest that researchers investigate colorism within families and in developmental periods, such as infancy and childhood that have received relatively limited attention compared to adulthood. We also encourage efforts to developing programs and policies that eradicate colorism. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was partially supported by The Regents of the University of California, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program [Grant T31IP1855]. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1921526. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.