Koala, there is a problem with someone who would risk skin cancer to be tan. There is a problem with someone who would use bleaching cream which also has its health risks. It's DANGEROUS. And it's a symptom of the preoccupation of people with wanting to be "beautiful", whatever that may mean.
I don't know about what youre talking about with the Egyptians, but being as Africans are a diverse people,appearance wise as well as culturally, I assume that whatever they were doing would not be the same as what other ethnic groups in that vast continent.
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"Let them have their toy, we've got books." Bill Cosby's response to Tavis Smiley of "BET Tonight "regarding the lack of minorities on television."
"Multiculturalism is a white people joke. Black people have always been here as different. People need to stop saying that there is one way to be--and then the issue will disappear." Ntozake Shange-interview in _Mother_ _Jones_