I knew I shouldn't have written anything... I was afraid I would annoy you. As I've told you several times I admire how passionately you feel about race issues. I'm not a native speaker so whatever I'm trying to say might seem naive or even impolite. I definitely do not mean to trivialize or insult. But I think that people have always wanted what they don't have and that's one of the main reasons we have all these problems.
I quite agree with you that it is still unfortunately a white man's (definitely man's!) world. It's most certainly not fair that people get paid better if they're a) white b) male c) tall (ridiculous but true). The colonial policy of the British was of course horribly wrong and it's sad it still affects so many people.
The sins of the cosmetic industry are various but I still think that marketing the beauty of a tanned skin to white people is as wrong as selling whitening products to darker skinned people. It's naturally all about the money. No matter that there're too many cases of skin cancer. I just think it would make more sense to teach people (at school etc.) that they're beautiful, valuable and good just as they are. No matter what race, religion or skin color. Maybe they wouldn't be fooled to buy dangerous and unnecessary products.
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Date: 2009-04-09 06:54 am (UTC)I quite agree with you that it is still unfortunately a white man's (definitely man's!) world. It's most certainly not fair that people get paid better if they're a) white b) male c) tall (ridiculous but true). The colonial policy of the British was of course horribly wrong and it's sad it still affects so many people.
The sins of the cosmetic industry are various but I still think that marketing the beauty of a tanned skin to white people is as wrong as selling whitening products to darker skinned people. It's naturally all about the money. No matter that there're too many cases of skin cancer. I just think it would make more sense to teach people (at school etc.) that they're beautiful, valuable and good just as they are. No matter what race, religion or skin color. Maybe they wouldn't be fooled to buy dangerous and unnecessary products.