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Using the criteria in the prospectus template, complete a self-evaluation of the work you completed on the required section(s) for this module. Provide a brief rationale for your score on the section(s). What additional work do you need to complete for each of the criteria for this section to merit a score of 2, Item Meets Expectations? (This is just a six point discussion question).

Dissertation Prospectus < title=""> Submitted by < date=""> Introduction Colourism is a constant issue for US ethnic minorities. Colourism has been a procedure where the bifurcation based on skin tone can be done between the minorities regarding their pay scale, marriage, and lodging (Gasman & Abiola, 2015). Women who are black have always stood up through the social boundaries and partial treatment, which is based on the skin tone of their body. Colourism has been subservient of the preconception that the skin tone can become the reason for evaluation and communication with the Black women. Many of the women amongst the blacks reviewed many incidents of their lives when they were judged and mistreated by their families, friends, and many people in their surroundings on the basis of their skin colour, this was a racial and prejudice separation which can be called as Colorism (Medvedeva, Frisby & Moore, 2017). Colourism can occur through various foundations of races that are influenced by colourism; though, the danger was especially for black women who have to experience this differentiation because of the United State's history of slavery (Milan-Tyner, 2018). Even though many studies are being conducted to have a better understanding of the different aspects of colourism, every black woman has her own story, commenting that they have the knowledge about the messages of colourism and have experienced all the words as unfavorable. As an example, Dark Girls and Light Girls, a documentary film showing that black women of different skin tones going through various tortures and segregation from society in the form of hurtful messages from relatives, friends, men and even other black women and surroundings (FERNANDES, 2015). Colourism has led to partial treatment within the same gender based upon their skin colours. Colourism has an impact on women in innumerable ways, one being the physical insecurities of the dark-skinned women in issues like marriages. Professional lives of women were also affected due to colourism, mainly for the reason that women with fair complexion are more attractive for their employers, which dark complexioned women will not. Students have a mindset already that their professional aspirations will be hindered due to their gender, race, and class (Milan-Tyner, 2018). Background of the Study Colourism induces susceptibility during the consideration of a female with other females of the fair complexion of being ill-treated (Branigan, Wildeman, Freese & Kiefe, 2017). Colourism affects women in several ways, including the likelihood of substantial uncertainty among dim cleaned women in zones, such as relational unions (Hall & Crutchfield, 2018). The purpose of lives for the women is influenced through colourism as the inclination of bosses is towards women with lighter skin, and also they are appealing to the men for the marriages (Milan-Tyner, 2018). The effects of colourism on the movement of Indian women's professions can be dispensed with by arranging customized colour learning to ease the negative observations sustained by social institutions, media and social convictions and qualities in the external network. The primary issue with colourism is that it provides a particular or special treatment depending on the skin tone of the people. Thus it could be said that colourism provides a punishment or humiliation to those who have dark skin (Mathews & Johnson, 2014). Colourism has a significant impact on the confidence, marriage proposals, and personalities of people. Colourism is thus playing a significant role in influencing the sexual orientation, class, and race of different people (Reece, 2018). The Gap. Various studies have identified the influence of colourism on the cultural beliefs and social institutions suggesting the women face the challenges (Sims & Hirudayaraj, 2015) and on the likelihood of arrest of different race, class and skin tone (Branigan, Wildeman, Freese & Kiefe, 2017). A synthesis of the studies, however, defines a more in-depth knowledge of which colour elements affect Black women's daily life. The future research identifies a strong need of more studies looking at the impact of colourism on the career progressions of the Black women and also the impact of colourism on the leadership position of black women in the organizations. Evolution of problem. The development of the problem started when due to colourism the particular treatment or partial behaviour is provided to the people with white skin and that behaviour changes with the shades of skin. This is likely a punishment or humiliation for people who are dark skinned. Colourism influences personality, marriage proposals, confidence, and workspace. Colourism is thus playing a significant role in influencing the sexual orientation, class, and race of different people (Reece, 2018). The academic problem is the lack of studies on the topic of discrimination with the black women on the higher levels in the organization due to the colourism issue. Theoretical Foundations/Conceptual Framework and Review of the Literature/Themes Theoretical Foundations for this study include Critical Theory of Colorism and Schlossberg Transitions Theory. Critical theory of Colorism examines the culture and society based on categories of power, race, and law. This theory explains that racism is involved in the roots of American culture; this theory analyses the examination of existing power structures, which are based on the colour of people or white privileged. This theory is thus connecting to this study as this is about black women who are not getting privileges in the workplace due to their skin colour (Burton, Bonilla-Silva, Ray, Buckelew & Hordge Freeman, 2010). Schlossberg Transitions Theory defines any event that results in changing routines, roles hypotheses, and relationships. The 4 S model of this theory helps the person understand whether he or she can cope with change that is influenced by various transitions. This research study will explore how black women experience colour and career progression through Schlossberg Transitions Theory (Schlossberg, Waters & Goodman, 1995). Review of the Literature/Themes · Women Empowerment: Empowering women by providing knowledge of the challenges of colourism and ways to deal with it. Colourism challenges can be caused due to the mindset of social institutions, culture, media and values (Sims & Hirudayaraj, 2016). · Changing roles of women: The changing roles of women in the workplace have resulted in the drastic increase in participation of women labour force (Sandberg, 2015). · Cultural influence on colourism: Impact of colourism on women in society is due to the power of culture. Colourism can be removed from community if cultural beliefs are changed within the mindset of people (Sims & Hirudayaraj, 2016). · Schlossberg's 4s: self-factors, situation, strategies for coping responses, and social support (Schlossberg, Waters & Goodman, 1995). Problem Statement It is not known that what are the difficulties or challenges that are faced by Black Women in their career due to the issue of Colorism. Various studies have been conducted to examine the impact of colourism on the daily lives of black women and found the racial discrimination in labour market (Fernandes, 2015) and effects of colourism on the actresses or the celebrities (Medvedeva, Frisby & Moore, 2017). The motivation behind this research is to find out the difficulties that are to be faced by Black women in the career progressions due to the impact of Colorism. The population that will be affected by the problem is the African American women who are living in America and working in different organizations (Thomas, 2018). The researchers have not conducted a study to understand the discrimination with the Black women on a significant position in the organizations holding a higher education degree due to the impact of colourism, and this calls for the future research in the area of discrimination with black women at higher levels in the organizations. Purpose of the Study This study will help in examining the perceptions of black women about their situations, strategies and support during the fight with colourism and its impact on their career growth using Schlossberg's Transition Theory. Research Questions and Hypotheses The researcher asked the following questions to address the analysis drawback adequately: RQ 1: What is the perception of graduate Black women on colourism and how it is impacting their career? Sub RQs: · What were the situations which provoked the transformation? · What strategies were used by black women to face the situations? · Who were the most solid supports for black women during the situations of Colorism? As this is a qualitative descriptive study, there is no hypothesis involved in this study. Advancing Scientific Knowledge and Significance of the Study This research study signifies the impact of colourism on the workplace behaviour towards working women with black skin tone. Also, this study means the requirement of HRD laws regarding women empowerment targeting women who are facing the impact of colourism in their professional growth (Sims & Hirudayaraj, 2015). This research study will also signify the requirement of the research or research on the American with dark skin rather than just focusing the survey of the minorities in America, which will provide a clear understanding of the impact of Colorism, as the minorities have a mindset that they are facing these colourism issues as they belong to minorities segment (Branigan, Wildeman, Freese & Kiefe, 2017). The significance of the study is not just to limit the impact of colourism on working place, the result of colourism is faced by black women in all the aspects of the society, be it any cultural, social or professional gathering. This leads to aggression amongst the black women regarding the colourism (Hall & Crutchfield, 2018). Rationale for Methodology The researcher has used Qualitative method of research for this report. Qualitative research is mainly an exploratory study. It is used to obtain knowledge of the reasons, views and motivations behind it. Qualitative method is useful for this report as the researcher has to find the perceptions of the participants (Black women) about their situations, strategies and support during the issue of Colorism, and the qualitative method helps in getting inside to know the perspective of the participant without wanting their full participation (Merriam & Tisdell, 2016). Nature of the Research Design for the Study The descriptive or Generic Qualitative Research Design is used in this report. The objective of qualitative descriptive research is a thorough summary of particular occurrences experienced by people or groups of people in everyday terms. This research design will be the best choice for this research as a researcher wants to know the perceptions of the participants related to the Ethnography which revolves around researching social classifications, social norms, opinions, behaviors, ethnic groups, procedures, etc. (Percy, Kostere & Kostere, 2015) and thus justify the research as the information gathered through interviews that will help in evaluating the rate of impact of colourism on black women according to their education and experience. Sample for this study will be the few black women from different departments, positions and educational backgrounds in a particular organization. Convenient sampling will be used, which means the data will be collected from the people who are easily approachable and from whom the information can

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Criteria
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	1. Dissertation topic is introduced along with why the study is needed. 
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	2. Provides a summary of results from the prior empirical research on the topic. 
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	3. Using results, societal needs, recommendations for further study, or needs identified in three to five research studies (primarily from the last three years), the learner identifies the stated need, called a gap. 
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	4. Section is written in a way that is well structured, has a logical flow, uses correct paragraph structure, uses correct sentence structure, uses correct punctuation, and uses correct APA format.
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	Reviewer Comments:
Recommendations for furthers study and the gap which identifies the stated need for future research is mentioned in different section, but not in introduction.
Introduction
Background of the problem
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	1. Includes a brief discussion demonstrating how literature has established the gap and a clear statement informing the reader of the gap. 
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	2. Discusses how the “need” or “defined gap” has evolved historically into the current problem or opportunity to be addressed by the proposed study (citing seminal and/or current research).
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	3. ALIGNMENT: The problem statement for the dissertation will be developed from and justified by the “need” or “defined gap” that is described in this section and supported by the empirical research literature published within the past 3-5 years. 
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	4. Section is written in a way that is well structured, has a logical flow, uses correct paragraph structure, uses correct sentence structure, uses correct punctuation, and uses correct APA format.
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	Reviewer Comments:
The problem statement is supported by the need of the future research and is also supported by an article which is an year old, but the major references for the articles are provided in the background section.
Theoretical Foundations & Review of Literature
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	Learner Self-Evaluation Score 
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	1. Theoretical Foundations section identifies the theory(s), model(s) relevant to the variables (quantitative study) or phenomenon (qualitative study). This section should explain how the study topic or problem coming out of the “need” or “defined gap” in the as described in the Background to the Problem section relates to the theory(s) or model(s) presented in this section. 
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	2. Review of the Literature Themes section: This section is a bulleted list of the major themes or topics related to the research topic. Each theme or topic should have a one-two sentence summary.
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	3. ALIGNMENT: The Theoretical Foundations models and theories need to be related to and support the problem statement or study topic. The sections in the Review of the Literature are topical areas needed to understand the various aspects of the phenomenon (qualitative) or variables/groups (quantitative) being studied; to select the design needed to address the Problem Statement; to select surveys or instruments to collect information on variables/groups; to define the population and sample for the study; to describe components or factors that comprise the phenomenon; to describe key topics related to the study topic, etc.
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	4. Section is written in a way that is well structured, has a logical flow, uses correct paragraph structure, uses correct sentence structure, uses correct punctuation, and uses correct APA format.
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	Reviewer Comments: 
The theoretical foundations section consists of two theories which very clearly supports and relates to the problem statement of the research topic. The literature review section contains the bullet points as described in the research requirement and also as mentioned are the core areas that are required to be studied as to collect the information, addressing the problem statement and explaining the major factors that supports the research idea.
Problem Statement
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	1. States the specific problem proposed for research with a clear declarative statement.
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	Describes the population of interest affected by the problem.

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