Initial Impressions
I ordered Taylor Stitch's 10 oz indigo Cone Mills Flatout shirt (http://taylorstitch.com/products/indigo-cone-flatout).
The denim shirts come in three colors:
Indigo in 10...
This was a gift from my boss. I kept it for a few months before I just sold it.
It is pretty solid. Made in USA. You can't beat the quality.
If I needed a sterling silver money clip I would buy a...
I just picked this up and I am pretty pleased. Just what I expected.
I am pleased with the Bark. However, I wish it was a little darker.
A great deal for $35. Comparable to other belts in the...
I am a thin build girl with skinny hip and bums, I normally wear a size 25 in Paige denim, and thought I give the selvedge raw a try. The 24 of New Standard is too bulky in the high waist leg,...
Some of these responses are pretty funny. And it's true—your complexion isn't a problem. In fact, "lighter is better" is a very old-fashioned mentality that you should abandon ASAP. You should mention where you live (a general description will do) because that will give people a much better idea of what's available to you.
Some of these responses are pretty funny. And it's true—your complexion isn't a problem. In fact, "lighter is better" is a very old-fashioned mentality that you should abandon ASAP. You should mention where you live (a general description will do) because that will give people a much better idea of what's available to you.
I chanced on this thread, and I did click on it when I saw "meso" and "Miles Davis" although the thread seems to be about something different.
I'm Greek and very dark-olive complexioned (dark by Southern European standards even), and I try to suntan as much as possible to get "nice and brown"...I go brown, not reddish like some. I am usually taken for Latino in the US...
Anyways, I used to work with a few Indians (and a Pakistani also, but let's just keep this about Indians)...they tell me India is the worst place on earth to be a "dark-skinned" person. The stigma against "dark skin"....(which means "black" skin, but they'll cut your tongue out if you use that word) is so deeply engrained in the Indian psyche, you can't really understand it. All the demons and monster Hindoo gods are dark-skinned, as opposed to the "good people" who are "white". When a baby girl is born in India, they used to kill it sometimes if it was dark-skinned, rather than let her live her life in shame as a "dark-skinned" woman. If you look at Moghul-style paintings, everyone is shown whiter than an Irish chick's freckled ass...and with physiognomy and hair that make them look Iranian or Afghan....anything rather than Indian. If you have bad bad bad karma, then you are a "dark-skinned" (black) Indian. The Indian social system--called a cast system---is not based on money or even ethnicity--it's based on skin colour (within a single race!!) This totally boggled my mind. So, to the original poster, I think I understand where you are coming from.
The Indian acquaitance I used to work with mentioned one dry statistic that proved just how pernicious this perception is in India. Tt was during the fall of 2008, and the world was all about Obama vs. McCain. I lived in the US then, and was about to move to Germany, and Germany, like Greece and the rest of europe, was gung-ho mad about Obama. They loved Clinton...but Hillary was relegated to the bin when faced with Obama. There were polls that showed Obama was far more popular all over the world than the US---everywhere else, except for one glaring exception: India. I asked the Indian guy: Do they [Indians] really think McCain is better? I thought you people were smart? Do they really think Sarah Palin knows the difference between Indian and Pakistani? (or even what a Pakistan is, for that matter?).....The Indian guy's answer was simple and totally straightforward: "He's dark skinned. Indians don't like that. You can be an organ thief that "steals" kidneys for the black market...but as long as you're light skinned, you are a better person than a dark-skinned Mother Teresa". In India, Sonya Gandhi--apparently an uneducated daughter of a mafioso (?)--is not just a president, she has been made a Hindoo God....sorry, Goddess. All because she is light-skinned!
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Also, I heard about these products (available in India):
This one is about how "dark skin" means you can't get a job....This one is broadcast in the Arab world apparently (as if they didn't have enough problems already):
What?! A country that thinks darker people are lower class??? The barbarians! HOW COULD THEY SLAP?
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Originally Posted by miran
I chanced on this thread, and I did click on it when I saw "meso" and "Miles Davis" although the thread seems to be about something different.
I'm Greek and very dark-olive complexioned (dark by Southern European standards even), and I try to suntan as much as possible to get "nice and brown"...I go brown, not reddish like some. I am usually taken for Latino in the US...
Anyways, I used to work with a few Indians (and a Pakistani also, but let's just keep this about Indians)...they tell me India is the worst place on earth to be a "dark-skinned" person. The stigma against "dark skin"....(which means "black" skin, but they'll cut your tongue out if you use that word) is so deeply engrained in the Indian psyche, you can't really understand it. All the demons and monster Hindoo gods are dark-skinned, as opposed to the "good people" who are "white". When a baby girl is born in India, they used to kill it sometimes if it was dark-skinned, rather than let her live her life in shame as a "dark-skinned" woman. If you look at Moghul-style paintings, everyone is shown whiter than an Irish chick's freckled ass...and with physiognomy and hair that make them look Iranian or Afghan....anything rather than Indian. If you have bad bad bad karma, then you are a "dark-skinned" (black) Indian. The Indian social system--called a cast system---is not based on money or even ethnicity--it's based on skin colour (within a single race!!) This totally boggled my mind. So, to the original poster, I think I understand where you are coming from.
The Indian acquaitance I used to work with mentioned one dry statistic that proved just how pernicious this perception is in India. Tt was during the fall of 2008, and the world was all about Obama vs. McCain. I lived in the US then, and was about to move to Germany, and Germany, like Greece and the rest of europe, was gung-ho mad about Obama. They loved Clinton...but Hillary was relegated to the bin when faced with Obama. There were polls that showed Obama was far more popular all over the world than the US---everywhere else, except for one glaring exception: India. I asked the Indian guy: Do they [Indians] really think McCain is better? I thought you people were smart? Do they really think Sarah Palin knows the difference between Indian and Pakistani? (or even what a Pakistan is, for that matter?).....The Indian guy's answer was simple and totally straightforward: "He's dark skinned. Indians don't like that. You can be an organ thief that "steals" kidneys for the black market...but as long as you're light skinned, you are a better person than a dark-skinned Mother Teresa". In India, Sonya Gandhi--apparently an uneducated daughter of a mafioso (?)--is not just a president, she has been made a Hindoo God....sorry, Goddess. All because she is light-skinned!
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