The above children’s rhyme communicates a racial hierarchy of “white” 2 over “black” within the United States. We can interpret this rhyme to mean that people of color with darker skin, such as African Americans, are the least accepted and integrated in society, while those with lighter skin, European Americans and Asian Americans, typically seen as honorary “whites”, are the most accepted and integrated. The rhyme also communicates a color hierarchy, often referred to as pigmentocracy or colorism within the African American community (Hooks 1992). This is the message Marita Golden (2005) conveys in her book Don’t Play in the Sun. One of the authors recalls a time in her childhood, when her mother also advised her against playing in the sun, as it would make her skin darker. This is significant, because she is biracial, born to a “white” father and Korean mother. Hence, according to the rhyme, she should be “alright” or at least “mellow” as an honorary “white” or model minority. Yet growing up in her small predominantly “white” town, she was never accepted as “white” nor seen as an