Why this damned fixation amongst Asian people with having fair skin?
I'm Black .. I'm not trying to lighten my skin to look white or whatever. It's weird this whole fixation and what is even more annoying is the absolute denial that it goes on. A news story was just on BBC News 24 about it. This skin lightening thing is a multi million dollar industry in India and although some Black people do the same thing [no one I know] it is nowhere near as prevalent as in India where kids are taught about the need for light skin from a very early age and are then smothered in skin lightening products.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7010885.stm
2007-09-25 01:48:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Faith you are wrong. i knwo of lots of websites which talk about how to make your kids fair and white including Yahoo India.
2007-09-25 02:01:28 · update #1
LINKS to this obsession which is not a fad: A pregant woman asks how to get fair skin for her baby not yet born!
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ami6JI7frCArjGz1erZROE65HQx.?qid=20070428001700AAPDmGo
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnEZ2xquMOBV4BDcFiDfonW5HQx.?qid=1006042704735
http://www.shivamvij.com/2007/02/the-stain-that-just-wont-wash.html
http://www.boloji.com/wfs5/wfs539.htm
http://desicritics.org/2006/10/16/075440.php
http://www.ligali.org/article.php?id=503
http://vsequeira.blogspot.com/2005/07/fair-lovely.html
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmHAXMMBrWbWVSneOofJ2de5HQx.?qid=20061227025053AAxc4k0
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoAkF6yp8HxC00lTY5.fAoG5HQx.?qid=20060915000150AAulTFQ
2007-09-25 02:08:48 · update #2
I agree, it's really lame.What will people actually achieve through this pointless skin lightening cremes?Apart from boosting their low self-esteem, I see no so-called benefit.A complete waste of time n money.
2007-09-25 02:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by Gable's gourmet green goblet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 00:01:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a cultural sign of beauty (and more importantly, social status), and it's nothing new. In Haiti, it's considered more beautiful to be darker. White Americans tan themselves (tanning salons, chemical skin darkeners, etc) purely for looks. And not that long ago, in Western culture people whitened their skin with powder (think Queen Elizabeth) because having darker, tanned skin was a sign of having to work outside (ie, not being rich).
Maybe the people who are rich enough to afford skin lighteners and who don't have to work outside, want to show off their economic and social status?
2007-09-25 02:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see what the fuss is about, white people risk cancer to get darker...so what if someone wants to go lighter, a cream callled fair and lovely has been available in the uk for more than 15 years, also from India. Personally its just a hype to give the product more sales. Each to there own is what I say..and yeah it's great that you're not trying to change your colour.
2007-09-25 01:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by sonia 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You should read Laura Jefferson’s book "Skin Whitening At Home" ( I saw it's also available in electronic format +video: http://www.skinwhiteningathome.com ). After 8 weeks I managed to get my skin a few tones whiter and I also got rid of freckles.
The method she teaches in her book is natural, inexpensive, and is readily available in most homes. You could even find some ingredients in your own backyard. The most wonderful thing about the method she shares in her book is that it will help you whiten or lighten your skin pigmentations, freckles, age spots, acne marks, dark underarms, melasma, or your overall skin color easily and naturally without breaking your bank or producing dangerous side effects. Good Luck!
2014-07-22 21:37:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have long straight black hair...
So if i have a perm to get a shock of curly locks (that i'd love!), does it mean i'm fixated & trying to be African???
Of course, it doesn't...
This is more about a fashion fad than about race.
Like streaking & hi-lightening one's hair...
And its not true that people in India smother their kids with skin lightening products. Every baby is massaged with herbal products that are supposed to be good for the child's skin...not to lighten it...
2007-09-25 01:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by Faith 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many people strive to attain lighter, brighter, healthier-looking skin. Learning to properly care for your skin on a day-to-day basis will help your skin stay light and tight, while more substantial and scientifically-proven lightening products are also widely available. In my opinion this is the best method https://tr.im/lr5Sl
2015-01-28 11:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The money they spend on lightening products could be spent on educating the children about the reasons to be proud of their skin colour. Like the Asian heritage and things.
But then again, there are so many light skinned and white people obsesssed with getting tans and plastering themselves with fakebake until they are orange. Maybe we should be taught to be at one with who we are, no matter what our colour.
2007-09-25 02:08:21 · answer #8 · answered by Pixie_Mummy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What is the difference between this and westerners wanting to darken their skin by tanning?
2007-09-25 02:57:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its a shame they dont bring the kids up to be proud of the skin colour they have.
2007-09-25 01:53:30 · answer #10 · answered by !Lady Stormy! 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋