[Reader-list] two strange stories about women in india

[Noora Zul]

Dear Yousuf & Rob

I couldn't resist adding this. I'm actually from Singapore, and Malay in
terms of ethnicity (in terms of skin colour, we tend towards being brown).
The skin-whitening ad 'phenomenon' also exists here, and similarly in
Malaysia and Indonesia (which is more preponderantly Malay peoples). And it
does seem to break racial boundaries, because there are ads too targeting at
the Chinese women. It is quite an obsession, with products ranging from
specific whitening creams to things like compacts boasting additional
whitening properties. There is (strangely) the ambition to be fair in an
extremely sunny tropical region, where getting a tan is more easily
achieved. This was kinda sharpened for me when I noticed that when I was
living in London, it seemed that tanning products were more of 'the rage'.

Noora

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Yousuf <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Rob
> I posted your last link about the skin-whitening adverts to some friends on
> facebook, and it seems to be leading to an interesting debate there,
> especially the fact that the skin-whitening is not only an Indian phenomena
> - strange tendencies are still emerging about the colour of the skin even
> outside India...
>
> http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1004356748350
>
> I guess you'll need to log in to facebook with an ID to see this.
>
> Yousuf
>
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 7/13/08, Rob van Kranenburg <kranenbu at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> > From: Rob van Kranenburg <kranenbu at xs4all.nl>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] two strange stories about women in india
> > To:
> > Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 9:00 PM
> > hi,
> >
> > i can not make sense of it, but maybe someone can:
> >
> > two strange stories about women in india:
> >
> > one on the ratio male - female
> >
> > http://www.actionaid.org.uk/doc_lib/disappearing_daughters_0608.pdf
> > http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/10896/93/
> > http://actionaidindia.org/camp_violence.htm
> >
> > and one very scary ad:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEF-8XkWMU
> >
> >
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/skinwhitening-adverts-ignite-race-row-in-india-863936.html
> >
> > greetings, rob
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