The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color

Hour 1:           Why does skin color influence our social interactions and how have skin color-based valuations changed over the course of human history? We’ll explore the issue this hour with Nina G. Jablonski, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University and author of the new book “Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color” (University of California Press, 2012).