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   Comment by Dangeres on 1 August 2009:

   To all the people who said they never heard of this, there are a ton of questions everyday in yahoo!answers that ask this. If you only go on here once a day, it is likely that you will see this asked.
   Also, I personally can’t answer this for you. I guess it is just on of those “the grass is greener on the other side of the fence” situations.
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   Comment by !!Just Peachy!! on 1 August 2009:

   I have no Idea! I have Olive skin and love it! I never have to tan and I never burn when I do go to the beach!
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   Comment by Emmi <3 on 1 August 2009:

   neva even heard of doin that… it sound weired though..hehe :]
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   Comment by nintendo wii console on 1 August 2009:

   Maybe a small minority might do this. More people are hitting tanning salons than are going to “whitening salons”
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   Comment by Arielle T on 2 August 2009:

   EW? why would they do that! naturally tanned skin looks sooo much hotter.
   i guess some people think it looks more elegant and healthy.
   i disagree
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   Comment by wendy_da on 2 August 2009:

   one of life’s great paradoxes is that dark people want to be lighter and light people want to be darker. they should be happy in their own skin.
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   Comment by AT6381 on 2 August 2009:

   you mean DARKEN their skin, i’ve never heard of anyone wanting to be whiter!
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   Comment by Jump Higher Programs on 2 August 2009:

   Cause when you’re white you’re always right but when you’re brown don’t come around.
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   Comment by Ammie J on 2 August 2009:

   in america. its common it asian contries never heard of it hear, they do it in India b/c most ppl think that light skin looks better than dark i kind of agree with when it comes to indian girls but american girls how are too fair look werid
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    Comment by WP Robot for Wordpress on 2 August 2009:

    i didn’t know that people wanted to or that you even could either way i want to be tanner
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    Comment by ♥IcEcReA on 2 August 2009:

    YUck…I mean tans are way better… who wants to look like a frog stomach???
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    Comment by save money car on 2 August 2009:

    i never knew this
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    Comment by Julie L on 3 August 2009:

    I don’t know. I have very light skin and wish it was darker.
    Maybe it is for really red or pink skin.
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    Comment by Adrianne on 3 August 2009:

    Those products aren’t to bleach the skin white. It’s to even out skin tone. There are some people who have sun damage and have sun spots and patches of skin that are darker, so they use a brightening cream to even it all out into one color. It doesn’t make you like a shade lighter or anything.
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    Comment by Dany N.Z. on 3 August 2009:

    I have dark skin – and love it!!!
    But at least here in Mexico people can be very racist if you’re dark skinned – usually blonds are treated in a better way.
    Inferiority complex, i guess.
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    Comment by Bayybee. on 3 August 2009:

    um..i like darker skin:D like mine
    i dont like really really white skin…. i like people with some color:)
    tan YUMMMYY:D
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    Comment by baby boo on 3 August 2009:

    for the same reason we go on sunbeds to look darker. we all want something we have not got. looking tanned makes me feel better about myself and others feel better looking lighter. each to there own is what i say.
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    Comment by Solar Panel on 3 August 2009:

    I know ive been hearing about this latley too, people just try SO HARD to be perfect these days that companies are making crazy products to achieve this.. i mean make up and hair extentions weight loss pills thats already enough, but WHITING YOUR SKIN? Thats soooo crazy i think any one who doesnt have a really really really good reason to do this (which i cant think of one) is crazy.. but than again if u think about it, tanning is normal so why not making ur skin lighter? i dunno this iz weird lol
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    Comment by anonymou on 3 August 2009:

    It’s pretty common outside of western europe and north america. A lot of naturally darker skinned people and some asian ethnicities get dark age spots when they age, or even when young and these are considered very unattractive. Another reason is cultural. In most, if not all, Asian cultures (including India and Sri Lanka), fair skin has always been seen as more feminine and higher class. It’s been that way for thousands of years. Another reason for countries/cultures like Mexico and S. America is from, as other people said, inferiority complex and their own internal racism that remained far longer than any colonialism ever did. That problem is among them, honestly. They need to work it out for themselves.
    It’s very apparent in this thread that most people who answered with a preference for tan are from the US and a few years behind the international fashion industry, haha.
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    Comment by Jen on 4 August 2009:

    I dunno where you heard that but ive never heard that in my life. Most people want to be tan.
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    Comment by LALA on 4 August 2009:

    cuz they are jealous of pale skin
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    Comment by girl on 4 August 2009:

    I don’t I wanna get even more dark!!!
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    Comment by rfid powerpoint on 4 August 2009:

    White skin is the coming thing.
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    Comment by shukorin on 4 August 2009:

    I think it all goes back to slavery and white’s being the dominating race. Even though slavery has ended for the most part, I still think the same thoughts that ran through people’s thoughts back then have lived through to our generation. I think it is pretty sad, I mean I see darker skinned persons getting looked down and made fun of constantly and it makes you wonder how much have we as a nation really developed over the years. Lighter toned people have been marked as “beauty” in our society and as that is portrayed, everyone seems to follow. I mean whatever race it might be the darker side of that race is always the “uglier” side. Devastating, really, that people whiten their skin but what do you expect when porcelain colored skin is beautiful and model material in this country.
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    Comment by ChimGurl on 4 August 2009:

    i had no idea people did this

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