I see questions all the time on YA! with people complaining that they are "too pale", how to get tan quickly, how to make a tan last, and generally question about darkening their complexion. No one thinks anything of it. <br />
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But when people with dark skin ask about skin lightening, instantly people are all jumping down their throat saying they're a sell out/shouldn't hate themselves/going to end up looking all nutty like Michael Jackson, etc. <br />
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What gives? No one accuses a pale person that wants to tan of hating themselves or trying to be someone else.<br />
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I guess this stems from an article I read about how people were upset that Loreal lightened Beyonce's skin digitally for their ad campaign. However, I bet if Christina Ricci had her skin digitally tanned for an ad campaign, no one would care. <br />
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But when people with dark skin ask about skin lightening, instantly people are all jumping down their throat saying they're a sell out/shouldn't hate themselves/going to end up looking all nutty like Michael Jackson, etc. <br />
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What gives? No one accuses a pale person that wants to tan of hating themselves or trying to be someone else.<br />
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I guess this stems from an article I read about how people were upset that Loreal lightened Beyonce's skin digitally for their ad campaign. However, I bet if Christina Ricci had her skin digitally tanned for an ad campaign, no one would care. <br />