<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/talk-fleshes-out-skin-tone-discrimination.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>09/20/2007</pubDate><title>Talk Fleshes Out Skin-Tone Discrimination</title><excerpt>The social issues and implications surrounding the skin tone of Asians will be the focus of a talk by author and scholar Paul Spickard, Friday, Sept. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. The free, public lecture, “Is Lighter Better? Skin-Tone Discrimination Among Asian Americans,” will explain and interpret the issue and its implications for Asian American women.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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