Fair Skin

In response to Ali's entry about Indian women rejecting the idea of fair skin, I think she makes a good point. We are constantly striving to be better than we are, but we don't often realize that what we have and are trying to move away from is often coveted by others (and vice versa). We often take for granted the way that we were made, and the way that things naturally came to be. Concerns about health or risk are often overlooked in our search for beauty. It's too bad that such polar opposites can't somehow meet in the middle. But then again that too is an age old dilemma. The middle ground on almost any issue is hard to come by. Just look at the political world. In any case, hopefully people will see past their ideal of physical appearance in time to realize that doing so further imperils their health.