@article{ref1,
title="The "bleaching syndrome": implications of light skin for Hispanic American assimilation",
journal="Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences",
year="1994",
author="Hall, Ronald E.",
volume="16",
number="3",
pages="307-314",
abstract="Light skin is an ideal in the United States because it is indicative of the dominant mainstream population. For Hispanic Americans whose skin reflects a range of colors, this causes distress. In their efforts to assimilate via a domination model, they are forced to internalize norms that conflict with that range. A result is the &quot;bleaching syndrome, &quot; manifested in the preference for light skin where applicable. The alternative causes them to su;ffer depression and other mental health disorders. Only by adhering to the internalization of nonns that idealize their population in toto can Hispanic Americans assimilate fully without incident.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0739-9863",
doi="10.1177/07399863940163008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07399863940163008"
}