{"id":110,"date":"2003-07-24T23:13:52","date_gmt":"2003-07-25T03:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/07\/india_debates_racist_skin_cream_ads\/"},"modified":"2003-07-24T23:13:52","modified_gmt":"2003-07-25T03:13:52","slug":"india_debates_racist_skin_cream_ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/24\/india_debates_racist_skin_cream_ads\/","title":{"rendered":"India Debates ‘Racist’ Skin Cream Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe the people using these products would like to sign up for LightSkinPeople.com<\/a> — A recent row over a television advertisement for a skin-lightening cream has fuelled a debate in India over why fairer skin should be considered more beautiful.<\/a> And I thought we African-Americans had issues. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Via Anil<\/a> (of course) and TurbanHead.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe the people using these products would like to sign up for LightSkinPeople.com — A recent row over a television advertisement for a skin-lightening cream has fuelled a debate in India over why fairer skin should be considered more beautiful. And I thought we African-Americans had issues. \ud83d\ude42 Via Anil (of course) and TurbanHead.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":162,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/20\/why_humans_have_no_fur\/","url_meta":{"origin":110,"position":0},"title":"Why Humans Have No Fur","date":"August 20, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"The New York Times has an interesting article which theorizes on how and why humans lost their fur. 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