tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post3258309455195792793..comments2024-03-28T14:32:27.694-07:00Comments on Where the Wild Things Were: Conversations with ColourLydia C. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911667428856165902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-27777626197056691062014-11-03T16:08:57.928-08:002014-11-03T16:08:57.928-08:00I find this fascinating. When in Vietnam - with th...I find this fascinating. When in Vietnam - with the scorching heat and humidity I noticed that the women were compeltely covered up. Long sleeves, long pants, faces covered in scarves and even gloves while riding their motor cycles. I thought it was because of the smog and pollution - but it is because they don't want their skin to be darkened my the sun. They go through all of this to be white. It shocked me really, especially as I stood there in ym singlet top and shorts trying to get as much of a tan as possible and not pass out from the heat. I love your contributions to #convocoffee xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678887867911889293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-42983082771629825172014-09-04T02:58:42.544-07:002014-09-04T02:58:42.544-07:00That's interesting about the 'evening'...That's interesting about the 'evening' pigmentation. I didn't realise...Lydia C. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911667428856165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-78011910897234507442014-09-03T22:34:07.394-07:002014-09-03T22:34:07.394-07:00Actually some skin lightening creams aren't ne...Actually some skin lightening creams aren't necessarily to make your skin whiter - it's to do with pigmentation and to even your complexion if you do have pigmentation. <br />I lived in Japan for almost 10 years though, and the extreme that people will go to stay out of the sun (long sleeved gloves, huge hats, parasols), it's almost extreme...Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191888392393911765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-18348728936008932512014-09-02T16:58:46.054-07:002014-09-02T16:58:46.054-07:00The world is a very confusing place. At what age ...The world is a very confusing place. At what age do prejudices kick in?? So many questions.<br />What is the perfect skin colour? If darker skin wants to be lighter and lighter skin wants to be dark.annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771839779749239686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-62539769138541311342014-08-31T19:46:09.892-07:002014-08-31T19:46:09.892-07:00Jodi does make a logical point in her comment of w...Jodi does make a logical point in her comment of which has me agreeingly nodding my head. Maybe too because it has been the fair skinned that have invaded(moved in) countries where the natives have been darker. Because of the natives lack of educated ways they may have been perceived as inferior. I shrug my shoulders, you have given me food for thought. One Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928028285580684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-61943361864555745242014-08-31T17:55:31.862-07:002014-08-31T17:55:31.862-07:00I am also constantly perplexed by the world we liv...I am also constantly perplexed by the world we live in. I noticed in Bali that skin lightening creams were everywhere too. I have lived in Sicily and also in the north of Italy and know this to be true, that northerns have many prejudices against the southerners. I must say that this works vice versa too. I never got the impression that it was because they were 'darker' though, but rather because they were 'ignorant' and more dangerous because they had more organised crime. The organised crime aspect is true although over the last twenty years it has diminished significantly. The ignorance aspect is interesting though ... statistically, there are more university graduates in the south than in the north these days! That is because there is high unemployment in the south and high school graduates will often go to university because there are limited job opportunities for them straight after high school. It's a crazy, crazy world though, isn't? Like Jody, I often wish I were darker skinned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04750195813761527673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-86102463515525356392014-08-31T14:46:38.611-07:002014-08-31T14:46:38.611-07:00I believe, upper classes and higher castes have fa...I believe, upper classes and higher castes have fair skin as they are indoorsy 'cultured' types. Lower castes and socio-economic classes are labourers and hence dark-skinned which is to be avoided or you will be considered of the wrong caste. (This I have read about.) <br />Seems nuts to Caucasians who spend loads of time on the beach trying to go brown and the browner the better! I wish I were brown!Six Little Heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387889788389322969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-41612758028813283292014-08-27T15:27:52.775-07:002014-08-27T15:27:52.775-07:00I don't have any answers but I do know that sk...I don't have any answers but I do know that skin lighteners are a huge seller in South Africa.<br />Me xoxMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520543769631877571noreply@blogger.com