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Africa: Where black is not really beautiful
BBC News ^
| Monday 31 December 2012
| Pumza Fihlani
Posted on 01/01/2013 4:59:34 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
I have seen that little girl's hairdo before somewhere....
oh, yeah; Gary Oldman in The Fifth Element.
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posted on
01/01/2013 8:25:05 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
To: Erasmus
Not that I wish to denigrate her, or anything.
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posted on
01/01/2013 8:31:05 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
To: ThanhPhero
In Thailand, and I pretty sure everywhere else in SE Asia, very dark skin is not only considered unattractive but “scary”.
I have to constantly remind the kids here, especially my 11 yo niece, not to fear people based on skin tone, and more importantly, not to trust them based on that, or overall pleasant appearance, either.
About the Vietnamese farm workers covered head to toe - that makes sense to me, same as in desert areas. A light covering is not only cooler, but necessary protection against sun burn and cancer - that’s why we wear hats in the strong sun!
To: arthurus
Not buying it. I do think that overall among humans, it is desired that females be lighter than males.
To: Random Access
Probably George Bush’s fault.
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posted on
01/01/2013 10:05:50 PM PST
by
Trod Upon
(Civilian disarmament is the precursor to democide.)
To: MinorityRepublican
I can tan alright, but may have already had skin cancer, so I don’t go out of my way to expose myself to sunburn.
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posted on
01/01/2013 11:41:51 PM PST
by
Post Toasties
(Leftists give insanity a bad name. 0bama: Eight years of failure and fingerpointing.)
To: Ken522
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posted on
01/02/2013 3:50:00 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Bikkuri
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posted on
01/02/2013 3:55:29 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: ThanhPhero
“cover up or you’ll turn black and never find a husband!”....Same in the PI. I had a girlfriend who was a HELL of a swimmer and could dive without SCUBA. We went to Blue Beach and I decided to go fishing and dive for lobsters. She showed up in a Burkha, for all intents and purposes. I said where is your bikini? She said she’d never get married if she got too dark.
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posted on
01/02/2013 4:05:44 AM PST
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: rabidralph
All the black media personalities go to extremes with hair softeners and cosmetics in order to look as white as possible. Tyra Banks and Wendy Williams are two classic examples........
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posted on
01/02/2013 4:38:57 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: Clock King
Buy it or not. It’s rue and has been noted by explorers and settlers all through the colonial period. It is overt in places I have been, including Turkey and Greece and among the Cherokee in North Carolina.
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posted on
01/02/2013 6:38:47 AM PST
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
To: Kieri
Years ago youd also find me in the shady part of the lakeshore. During BC (before sunscreen) summers this freckle-faced, red-tinged blonde could turn lobster red at record speed. My husband provided even more ginger genes so neither of our kids tan.Proper tanning is also a function of the environment. For most of my life I have lived in tropics and subtropics so my skin early on got a bronzed patina which seems now to be permanent. I can almost always spot midwesterners or Canadians who visit here by their skin shade. They never quite attain the color of the permanent tan of locals. European tourists are even easier to spot by their sort of apple red skin. Oh and those horrible bikinis the men wear on the beach. That should be illegal.
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:12:49 AM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(Beware the Rip in the Space/Time Continuum)
To: Elsie
It just looked... odd....
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:43:36 AM PST
by
Bikkuri
(Hope for Conservative push in the next 2-4 years..........)
To: ThanhPhero
My Chinese relations go to very great lengths to use sunblock and coverings to keep their very beautiful (and very light) skin from tanning.
I, white as I am, have sun damage and a blotchy face from never bothering.
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:46:51 AM PST
by
OpusatFR
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
01/03/2013 1:20:36 AM PST
by
Cronos
(**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
To: OpusatFR; ThanhPhero
The reason is the same as why in the Middle ages or indeed until the 1900s, European women covered themselves up and a pale skin was considered beautiful -- and the same was true in China and India
The reason is that if you had a tanned skin and non-calloused fingers, that meant that you didn't work with your hands, ergo, you were nobility
Just like the kimono in Japan or the toga in ancient Rome -- you couldn't work in these clothes, so it meant that you were the rich class who got others to work for you
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posted on
01/03/2013 1:49:20 AM PST
by
Cronos
(**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
To: expat1000
in a strong sun the best outfit is the jellabah -- what Arabs wear -- woollen/cotton white loose material covering the entire body -- white to reflect the sun and keep out the UV rays, yet loose enough to allow free flow of air.
Natural fibres only -- the artificial ones aren't good
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posted on
01/03/2013 1:50:58 AM PST
by
Cronos
(**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
To: Cronos
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posted on
01/03/2013 7:04:36 AM PST
by
ThanhPhero
(Khach hanh huong den La Vang)
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