Strong social pressures shape how people respond to direct questions about skin colour.
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Illegal skin-lightening creams containing mercury and steroids are appearing on British high streets. Here’s what’s in them and why they’re dangerous.
Tan France, of Queer Eye fame, delves into the skin-shade prejudice he experienced as a child in England and the colonial history at its roots.
Skin lighteners are being used more than ever before, especially in urban areas and among men.
The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
The racism that underpins colourism must be challenged.
A philosopher’s take on the ethics of products that allow parents to lighten the skin colour of their unborn baby.
Unregulated over-the-counter skin lighteners can have detrimental effects on the men and women who use them. So why are governments in Africa not taking steps to ban these products?
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