You can get tanning creams, so what's the difference.
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The ad suggests that lighter is better. That's the problem.
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Moisturiser creams with self tan effect often imply darker is better ("healthy glow" etc). Issue is people being unhappy w natural skin tone
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it ain’t a structural, racist and historic issue though. now, cosmetics industry’s been insinuating “light is better” for a long time
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It’s quite simple, if you want lighter skin then buy the product, if you don’t then don’t buy it. It’s not difficult people!!


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It is that difficult when you feel social pressure to buy these products
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Social pressure??
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In some families they even push their darker children to lighten their skin because european influence has taught them that dark is ugly
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Really??? I thought blacks were meant to be proud of their colour?? All my black friends are that’s for sure!!
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Its different in Africa. I'm frm America and for the most part colorism isn't that bad and me and my family are all v proud of our dark skin
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What's Africa got to do with it?
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The original tweet focused on skin lightening products being marketed in Africa????
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#@TheSkinColorDr Choosing to bleach is not the issue. It is why dark-skinned women find it necessary that is pathological.
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Well, the ball is in our court. I can proudly say that my entire household has pledged to boycott Nivea Products. I throw the challenge to u
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We should be talking to the women in Ghana & Nigeria about why they’re created a demand for this product, not blaming Nivea for providing it
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conversations we should be having is how to help others decolonize their mind-sets.It starts with us.
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Does it work on my soul ?
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Right. Not everything is about racism.
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But this IS a result of racism.
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