TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - African American Pioneers in Dermatology A1 - Dillard, Angela D. A1 - Quarles, Frederick N. A2 - Kelly, A. Paul A2 - Taylor, Susan C. A2 - Lim, Henry W. A2 - Serrano, Ana Maria Anido PY - 2016 T2 - Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e AB - In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke with hope of the day when people would be judged according to the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. In attacking the causes and consequences of discrimination, inequality, and injustice, it was certainly not King’s intent to play down the importance of the objective study of skin of color itself. While many theorists locate the roots of racial prejudice in the color of skin, the darker skin of color has also inspired numerous men and women to dedicate their lives to the study, treatment, and care of dermatologic conditions and diseases. Race may be only skin deep—and not, that is to say, a matter of genetics and blood—but this skin holds many characteristics, oddities, benefits, and mysteries peculiar unto itself. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161551538 ER -