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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:41 AM Original message |
Ads tout lighter skin for romance, power and employment |
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Kiouni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. welcome berry! |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. media shows one image of beauty - Thin, young, european |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. And another Howdy Doo!!! |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Some of the lightening packages sold to the poorer of these women |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Irony is that Dove co - with it's 'real beauty' campaign is biggest seller of lightening products |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Indian men use it too! I get my haircut @ a Pakistani barber and always get a dose of fair |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. keeping your hair oily also kills the head lice! |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Only white is beautiful." |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is sad - though it reminds me of a Hindu story |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Don't mean to put down Indians - focus is on Unilever |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I didn't think you were putting Indians down. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Exactly... the difference is now globalized companies are taking advantage of this |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. just because it's culture doesn't mean it should keep happening |
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liberaldemocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Both women look attractive to me. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Then you got the point! People tend to forget that India, or Indian is not a single thing |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 04:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. caste isn't really skin color based |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Maybe not, but the ability to be indoors as opposed to working the fields is |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Bipasha isn't all that dark |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. it's the flash |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Bipasha is more attractive than 90-95 percent of Americans |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. For some the paleness of the skin is considered a major aspect of beauty. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
60. I like the face of Bipasha; however.... |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Not sure you can draw a parallel here. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Myths operate on many levels |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. ps - this all has it's roots in India's caste system, both the commercial and the myth |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. I live for the day when people don't fall for this kind of shit |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 05:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You said it, treestar |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 06:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Backlash may be our new best friend! |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. India was colonized by the Brits. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Exactly. In our culture, most women try to make their skin darker |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&R. Here's my letter to Unilever: |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Wonderful letter - I too was sucked in by the Dove "real beauty" campaign |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. Damn... |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Yeah, it is sick. Is this 2007 or 1907? |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. kick |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
26. They have our jobs...now they have our obsession with whiteness... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. Well they had to choose "Fair and Lovely"... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. The companies are taking advantage of the cultural colorism practices |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. This is common throughout all of Asia. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Very true, although tanning salons are now starting to show up there as western ideals take hold. I |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. I think this is rooted in class and agriculture |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. very sad...nt |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. We white people plump our lips and tan our bodies to be more |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Have you ever noticed the connection between beauty standards and access to leisure? |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Funny. I was thinking of that just this morning. |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I believe that's been empirically documented actually |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yep. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. Fuck that. Dravidian girls are gorgeous. |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. White people try and get darker and dark people try and get lighter. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. It worked wonders for Michael Jackson |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I agree |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
47. Trust the megacorps to make a buck any way they can |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. Black folks have this cultural malaise too |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I, for one, cannot understand |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Oh good grief don't get me started on the blonde thing |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Are you too young to remember |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I heard tell of it. |
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ariesgem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. My father use to talk about those parties back in the day |
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Blueberry_raspberry (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Yeah, I have noticed. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. Remember a South African billboard advertising skin lightening creams from |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
59. I always thought Indian women... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. Isn't this intra-India? IOW, I don't think a "Western" influence is what's going on. |
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