Comments on: The Fair Skin Battle

By: Shiva verghese

Shiva verghese — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:29:55 +0000

this article was good, well-written and addresses an issue that as colored women (black, brown, yellow) we all face, this yearning to meet a standard of beauty that was most likely established centuries ago, light skin, light hair, light eyes, Caucasian facial features. Well the most important thing is that it is 2012 now and while we have not evolved quite enough from this oppressive and tunnel-visioned standard of beauty we have still come a long way, i am glad that i can turn on my tv and watch shows like Girlfriends that featured 4 beautiful women with skin colors that ranged from velvety dark brown (jill-marie jones) to a lighter color(Persia White), or America’s next top model with almost every episode featuring at least one ebony skinned beauty. I am glad that as a dark skinned woman I can still see that obviously beautiful women like Yaya dacosta, Iman, Naomi Campbell,Tyra banks and Eva Longoria are celebrated are celebrated for their beauty not despite their skin but partly (maybe I am too hopeful) even because of their gorgeous sun-kissed skin.
That said, I must say the only disappointing thing about this page is the comment from ‘getfairskinnaturally’, i think she either just read the title of the article and posted her comment without reading the article or she completely did not comprehend the point of the article.

By: getfairskinnaturally

getfairskinnaturally — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:41:17 +0000

I have found that natural approaches tend to produce much more consistent results and I find that most people are much happier at the end of the day. In fact there are everyday ways to get fairer skin; lighten skin pigmentations; freckles; age spots; acne marks; lighten dark underarms; melasma; or lighten your overall skin tone. What are your readers thoughts and experiences?

By: Julu

Julu — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:43:16 +0000

Great article! Thanks for writing this and posting it here. Yes other people talk about and write about skin color, but if it weren’t such a problem, we wouldn’t need to talk about it so much! Let’s keep raising awareness, so that we can all appreciate ourselves and each other just as we are.

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By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:52:14 +0000

Let me just say as a fair skin white blond headed 28 year old women . In some parts of the world its not a good thing because one is subjected to the needless stares of some men in other back grounds . I dont know why any woman with dark skin would subject her self to trying to cover up her dark skin with things to make them lighter . The same can be said of white women when they get a tan to go darker . Its a stuppie thing any back ground does . The rest of you learn to be content with the skin color you have .

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By: Kyla Dennig

Kyla Dennig — Sat, 22 May 2010 06:05:01 +0000

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By: Shreya Mandal

Shreya Mandal — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:10:42 +0000

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By: Jenna

Jenna — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:08:46 +0000

East Asians are much much much worse than Indians and African-americans. Many of them are light skinned yes? Naturally, no. This itself shows how serious skin color is to them.

In E asia it’s nearly impossible to find a make up product that has no bleach in it, in China and other places, many girls hover under umbrellas during a sunny mid day and will teach their female children to marry white men, so their babies will look less Asian.

This is all contrary to Indians, we do not have such horrid standards and beliefs as they do.

By: Juci

Juci — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:57:52 +0000

What I have noticed in many, if not all, cultures is that women are usually or mostly depicted lighter than men, which explains why the heroic Lord Krishna is dark skinned. Remember it’s “tall, dark and handsome”, not “tall, light, and handsome”. Yes compare to most people of India or South Asian nations the actors are lighter, but compared to the actresses they’re still darker. I always wonder the hatred over men who are lighter than the women in many cultures, like in the Americas? As if being fair is a feminine trait. I am guilty of liking guys who are darker than I am. Is there a biological reason for this? Keep in mind my mother is darker than my father, so it’s not nurture or experience reason, at least for me.