honestly people...

After reading the two articles from this week I have lost a little more hope for the human race.

I knew people discriminated against others of opposite skin colors and races and religions/beliefs, and I believe i've already stated my thoughts on that being completely ridiculous... but with that already being such a big issue, do people really need to be discriminating against different shades of color within their own religion/culture????!?!??!?!? i'm in shock. I had no idea that, for example, Indian women find it a very negative thing to be a darker shade of their skin tone. This quote really stood out to me as I read Nicole Leistikow's piece... "When I was a child my grandmother took me to one side and said make sure you're good at something, no man will ever marry you for your looks," the word that came to mind was pretty much... "honestly??" and I had no idea "skin lightening" products were such a huge industry. i'm all for freedom of speech and freedom of expression. I guess if companies really want to market these products, they should have the right to do that. we certainly alter enough other aspects of our body... but I of course do not agree that these brands should be such a huge market. They only are because of the belief that dark skin is bad, and bc we listen to everything the media tells us, and this is a perfect example- im confident that this idea wouldn't be around today without some type of reinforcement. it doesnt effect your health, your personality or your intelligence.
... otherwise no way these would be multi-million dollar industries. we make them that way.