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African American Spirituality, Marital Satisfaction, And Internalized Racial Oppression, Tiara Monique Mcintosh
African American Spirituality, Marital Satisfaction, And Internalized Racial Oppression, Tiara Monique Mcintosh
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Internalized racism was the topic of the current study. The emphasis of this study was on how African Americans deal with cultural racism and how it impacts their daily lives. One example of early internalized racism is Black teenage girls' dissatisfaction with their skin tones (Pyke, 2010). Internalized racial prejudice manifests itself in the adoption of American ideals of beauty, the devaluation of one's community, and the adoption of unhealthy habits (Campon & Carter, 2015). African Americans are a mixed group of people of many different backgrounds. The historical and contemporary links that link African countries American couples include marital …