When I lived in the Philippines, I saw that skin whitening products were popular, as if having a darker skin color was not as acceptable as being a lighter hue.<\/p>\n
I found that a sad trend when I imagined a little girl growing up thinking because her skin was darker than white, that she was somehow less attractive and less valued.<\/p>\n
To me, the darker skins of some women in the Philippines made them more exotically attractive and natural compared to wearing false skin whiteners. <\/p>\n
Yet, despite my take on this, it is sad that we live in a world where some people believe right or wrong that the color of their skin makes them more acceptable or less acceptable. <\/p>\n
Sadder still that in some countries that is, or has been, a discriminative norm instead of, to borrow from Martin Luther King, valuing people by “the content of their character.” <\/p>\n
Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I lived in the Philippines, I saw that skin whitening products were popular, as if having a darker skin color was not as acceptable as being a lighter hue. I found that a sad trend when I imagined a little girl growing up thinking because her skin was darker than white, that she was… Continue reading