| Intracommunity differences, such as colorism and class elitism, can be overcome. |
| The various stories thematize issues of colorism, marital betrayal, family strife, and poverty. |
| The subdued homoeroticism of Alfred Kolig's drawings and paintings is secondary to his exquisite draftsmanship and sensual colorism. |
| Paradise builds on West's critique, exploring colorism, elitism, and patriarchy as structures that compose the black bourgeois ideal. |
| Personal relationships fractured by colorism are emblematic of the distorted relations that prevail in societies governed by racialized ideologies. |
| Thus whiteness distances Lynda from colorism and racism but also from her family and culture. |
