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My Trip to the Philippines: The Power of Colorism and Colonial Mentality

Posted on February 10, 2018 by

Filipinos desire to be lighter skinned – just look at aisle upon aisle of “whitening lotions” in any local grocery store in the Philippines. Filipinos’ desires to be lighter-skinned are merely the results of 400+ years of Spanish and American colonialism. Continue reading →

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