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Families in the UK play a significant role in introducing children to colourist views. They can also be instrumental in challenging them.
Skin lightening continues to hold currency across the world.
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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.
Experiencing skin-shade prejudice can impact on a person’s self-confidence and their relationships.
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Skin-shade prejudice can have a lasting impact both on people’s self-confidence and on who they in turn find attractive. Understanding how it works is key to resisting it.