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India: Fair = Lovely

Written byPaul Frankenstein
Posted 21 July 2005 15:57 GMT

The Indian blog Vislumbres looks at the country's obession with light skin color.

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  • jay

    This is a scary thing when you look at it from an Western perspective. To think that thie Nazi- type of value system is still being promoted. Look at the recent CNN story (see web site) of the Indian man who hired a hit man to kill his Black daughter -in law while she was at home with his grandson. He felt that his son’s marriage broght shame to the family. THis is very important . I see that this is how the fair-skinned Indians stay in power.

    30 June 2008, 20:54 pm
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