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75 percent of Nigerian women regularly use skin-lightening products.

"I love light skin," says Fatou. "I can't stop."

Many Japanese think that someone who is half-black cannot be Japanese.

A higher BMI is seen as "normal" for blacks.

Many Japanese don't think a half-black person can represent Japan.

"The blacker one’s features . . . the lower that person generally is on the economic and social totem pole."

Japanese were getting epicanthic fold surgery in the 1800s.

Dark-skinned Nigerian defends skin lightening.

Plastic surgery for non-whites increasing much more rapidly than for whites.

"Kenya's Kim Kardashian" has spent $170,000 on skin-lightening treatments.

She says it's just a spot cream and that "white means pure."

Former Spice Girl's fashion show was too white.

"You don't need to share the same blood to be family."

77 percent of Nigerian women use risky skin bleaching cosmetics.

Some claim it is because her skin is too dark.

Fashion shows aren't worth attending if there aren't enough non-whites.

Indians spend over $400 million on skin-whitening cream.

One in five South Korean women have had plastic surgery; one in 20 in the US.

Contest is being held in majority-Muslim Indonesia, so bikinis won't be allowed.

Its preferences are social constructs, she says.

Some Miss America winners were unapologetically pro-Southern.

"I wanted to see what it would be like to be white and I'm happy."

Traditionally, a white Greek student wins.

Fijians say she looked too white.

"When the constraints of segregation are lifted by technology, what do people do? They don't act all that differently."

"Don't marry down. Marry out," he says.

. . . because Westerners appear more often in advertising.

Popular science blogger loses his position for un-PC article on black women.

When blacks prefer lighter skin, it's a legacy of racism and colonialism.

Author of study once "claimed that residents in sub-Saharan Africa were in poor health because of their low IQs."

Study censored for suggesting that black women are less attractive.

Just a little matter of forgery.

Earlier article on black women's hair filled with "errors and distortions."

Hair is a complicated business for black women.

Jamaicans don't want to be so black.

"It's not just the fashion industry, India per se is obsessed with white skin."

Readers are told it is their duty to raise children to be ready for jihad.

Asians want new eyes; Russians want new breasts.

Salon will be "a man-free zone."

Among Africans living in Australia.

That's funny: she doesn't look British.

Application allows Indian Facebook users to whiten profile photos.

Ads that could never be aired in the US are accepted in India.

Classic European features are still in demand.

Did she wear a burkini in the swimsuit contest?

Along with a lot of other drugs.

Arab saying: "I wish I was white and crippled because white is something to see."

Even the Chinese have officially fallen for blondes.

Any excuse to keep twisting whitey's tail.

Punched another woman in a fight over a guy.

As usual, the foreign press supplies details US press avoided.

French magazine should have known better, critics scold.

Some students and faculty at historically black university are angry.

New "Barbie" dolls are still not black enough.

Black dolls come with bling, fancy sneakers, and straight hair.

Chinese TV viewers says game show contestant with black father not really Chinese.

She as much as concedes that black models are money-losers.

Imagine white people saying such things about white women.

Pageant focuses on inner beauty.

Meet the new Miss England.

For second year in a row, Miss DC is a white woman.

Comanche: Whites are hated because they are beautiful and powerful.

"India is racist, and happy about it."

We could use some cheering up, too.

50th Playmate of the Year was born in Tanzania.

Vogue magazine covers feature black women three issues in a row.

"How can someone black be Miss York?"

Put a black on the cover and you are still "racist."

Italian fashion designers not using enough "models of color."

Does Michelle Obama style her hair for white people?

The biggest black industry isn't rap.

Are Nordics the most beautiful race?

The new face of France has a black American mother.

Muslim women may be covered head to toe, but they can be stylish, too.

Western doll still the favorite.