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Abstract
Asians and Latinés are two racial groups found to be part of a growing gray space in the racial hierarchy and order of the US. When accounting for the widespread and influential role colorism has across the US and globe, little research has comparatively been done investigating the impact of skin tone bias on Asian Americans and Latinés in the US, being as the majority of research on colorism in the US has focused its effects on a Black-White binary. Results find that skin tone and clothing as a marker of social class status, are key identifiers for racial categorization from the dominant and most influential racial group of the US, White Americans. Implications of this study’s findings and the direction needed for future research are discussed.