>African people trying to make themselves >lighter with dangerous chemicals speaks >to a kind of desperation >to achieve what they've been >told since the first encounters >with white people: to be >white(r) is to be more >civilized, more wealthy, closer to >god, more beautiful, etc.
but I still insist that these ideas were the fashion of Egypt long before this- especially as far as being closer to God!? dont get me stared.