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Correcting grammar is racist.
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RE: Correcting grammar is racist.
(April 27, 2016 at 7:01 am)paulpablo Wrote: lot's of white people go out in the sun and scorch their skin to bronze themselves to look more toned and attractive risking skin cancer and premature agin., they even buy sunbeds or just spray themselves to make themselves look less white.

But I feel like, in ways, they're not doing that to look black or to look like other races. People finding being tanned more attractive is due to affluence.

Superficially, they're doing it just to look like more "exotic" white people. If anything at all, it's perhaps about looking Southern European, which is still white, because for some reason "Mediterranean beauty" is hot right now. That's all too apparent to me, as a Mediterranean person.

On a deeper level, it's because darker skin is becoming more subconsciously associated with being outdoorsy and having a healthy lifestyle (as opposed to being sick and a couch potato). It's the unfortunately misled notion of "a healthy tan". The forced tan itself is obviously very unhealthy, but the lifestyle that might bring on a tan naturally is associated with health and travelling, and that's why it's becoming more attractive in affluent societies. It's a sign of money and having spare time to get out and do things now. White people tanning isn't about self-hate or trying to look "less white", it's a display of having an attractive lifestyle.

This contrasts to many developing countries, where darker sun-tanned skin is still seen as being a impoverished farm labourer's skin.
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Correcting grammar is racist. - by Silver - April 23, 2016 at 1:16 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 1:46 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by dyresand - May 1, 2016 at 12:06 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ignoramus - April 23, 2016 at 1:48 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by robvalue - April 23, 2016 at 1:49 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 1:59 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 23, 2016 at 2:02 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 2:02 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 1:58 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 24, 2016 at 10:55 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 26, 2016 at 2:19 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by WinterHold - April 27, 2016 at 6:07 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 7:01 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 27, 2016 at 7:23 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 8:33 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Pat Mustard - April 27, 2016 at 7:06 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 7:07 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Minimalist - April 23, 2016 at 2:02 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ignoramus - April 23, 2016 at 2:13 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by bennyboy - April 30, 2016 at 11:01 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 23, 2016 at 2:25 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 2:35 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 23, 2016 at 2:43 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 2:48 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 23, 2016 at 3:00 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 3:14 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 23, 2016 at 3:16 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 3:21 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 23, 2016 at 3:28 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 3:38 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 3:47 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 3:54 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Excited Penguin - April 23, 2016 at 4:23 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 24, 2016 at 1:12 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Drich - April 26, 2016 at 9:21 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Excited Penguin - April 23, 2016 at 4:18 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 11:09 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 29, 2016 at 1:16 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 29, 2016 at 7:48 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - May 3, 2016 at 11:59 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - May 4, 2016 at 3:24 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Drich - May 4, 2016 at 10:09 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 2:27 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 23, 2016 at 2:30 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Alex K - April 27, 2016 at 8:50 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - April 29, 2016 at 1:40 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by robvalue - April 23, 2016 at 2:30 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 2:43 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 23, 2016 at 2:49 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 3:26 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 23, 2016 at 4:00 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Athene - April 23, 2016 at 7:23 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 27, 2016 at 3:56 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Athene - April 29, 2016 at 3:28 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by brewer - April 23, 2016 at 8:30 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 23, 2016 at 3:51 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 24, 2016 at 1:15 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 24, 2016 at 10:44 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by WinterHold - April 23, 2016 at 4:33 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Mr.wizard - April 24, 2016 at 10:46 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Little lunch - April 26, 2016 at 6:09 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 26, 2016 at 6:12 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Alex K - April 26, 2016 at 6:22 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by TaraJo - April 26, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 27, 2016 at 6:27 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 7:12 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ignoramus - April 27, 2016 at 7:15 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 8:46 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 8:47 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 8:50 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 8:54 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 9:00 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 9:04 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 9:13 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 9:22 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 9:24 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 9:29 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 9:31 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Alex K - April 27, 2016 at 8:52 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 8:55 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Alex K - April 27, 2016 at 9:10 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 9:13 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Alex K - April 27, 2016 at 9:18 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 9:20 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 27, 2016 at 9:40 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Pat Mustard - April 27, 2016 at 10:15 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 10:16 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 10:22 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Pat Mustard - April 27, 2016 at 10:10 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 10:13 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 9:06 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 9:11 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 9:13 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 9:16 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 10:18 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 10:23 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 10:25 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 10:59 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Alex K - April 27, 2016 at 9:23 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 9:27 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 27, 2016 at 10:25 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 10:29 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 27, 2016 at 10:33 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 27, 2016 at 10:38 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Tiberius - April 27, 2016 at 10:47 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 27, 2016 at 2:06 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by drfuzzy - April 27, 2016 at 3:11 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 3:18 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 27, 2016 at 3:22 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 3:42 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 27, 2016 at 3:28 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - April 27, 2016 at 3:42 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 4:00 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Alex K - April 27, 2016 at 3:33 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 3:45 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 27, 2016 at 3:54 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 4:10 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 5:36 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 27, 2016 at 5:53 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 7:26 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 27, 2016 at 7:39 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 7:45 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 27, 2016 at 10:04 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 28, 2016 at 4:13 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 27, 2016 at 8:14 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 9:22 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 9:26 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 27, 2016 at 11:19 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 28, 2016 at 4:18 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 28, 2016 at 7:54 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 28, 2016 at 12:04 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 28, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 28, 2016 at 4:42 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 28, 2016 at 7:35 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Pat Mustard - April 28, 2016 at 9:58 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 28, 2016 at 7:39 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - April 28, 2016 at 7:58 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 28, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 28, 2016 at 5:53 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 28, 2016 at 6:54 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 28, 2016 at 10:10 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 29, 2016 at 11:52 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ApeNotKillApe - April 28, 2016 at 7:01 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Athene - April 28, 2016 at 7:06 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 29, 2016 at 12:31 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 29, 2016 at 1:17 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 29, 2016 at 1:26 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 29, 2016 at 1:33 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 29, 2016 at 2:26 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 29, 2016 at 3:36 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 29, 2016 at 4:35 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 29, 2016 at 4:49 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 29, 2016 at 5:02 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 30, 2016 at 8:55 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 30, 2016 at 9:59 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by bennyboy - April 30, 2016 at 11:04 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 30, 2016 at 11:37 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by account_inactive - April 30, 2016 at 11:55 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 30, 2016 at 2:47 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 30, 2016 at 10:29 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ApeNotKillApe - April 30, 2016 at 11:06 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 30, 2016 at 11:13 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - April 30, 2016 at 11:42 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ApeNotKillApe - April 30, 2016 at 11:17 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 30, 2016 at 11:23 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - May 1, 2016 at 1:34 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - May 1, 2016 at 8:17 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ApeNotKillApe - April 30, 2016 at 11:31 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 30, 2016 at 11:38 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by ApeNotKillApe - April 30, 2016 at 11:41 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 30, 2016 at 11:45 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - April 30, 2016 at 11:59 pm
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Silver - May 1, 2016 at 1:37 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Pat Mustard - May 1, 2016 at 6:16 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Pat Mustard - May 1, 2016 at 9:36 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - May 1, 2016 at 8:11 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Regina - May 1, 2016 at 6:44 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - May 1, 2016 at 8:24 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by SteelCurtain - May 1, 2016 at 7:57 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by paulpablo - May 1, 2016 at 8:20 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Losty - May 4, 2016 at 12:08 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - May 4, 2016 at 12:17 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - May 4, 2016 at 9:19 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Goosebump - May 7, 2016 at 1:42 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Mudhammam - May 4, 2016 at 8:14 am
RE: Correcting grammar is racist. - by Edwardo Piet - May 7, 2016 at 4:18 pm

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