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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m Black.

Please don’t say that. You sound ignorant. [/quote]

I’m Black PP.

This is something I noticed about white/Black people over the years. I notice white people frequently mention other white people’s tans, but they hesitate to mention those of Black people.

I just wonder if it’s a conscious thing. I actually wouldn’t mind someone (Black or white) mentioning my tan. I tan very easily, and I like it. It just seems like some white people actively avoid mentioning Black folks’ tans. I’m wondering if I’m off base in thinking this.

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[b]I'm white and I used to mention people's tans 30 years ago when it was cool.  But we've really been conditioned to think of tanning as unhealthy. [/b]  As someone who's super-fair and has a family history of skin cancer, I am not impressed with people's tans and certainly don't comment on them.     Now, maybe that's different for people with darker complexions.  But I thought you can get skin cancer too.  Just not as often.

Anyway, that's why this 50-something white woman never comments on anyone's sun damage.  :D [/quote]

Of course we can get skin cancer.

To the white people: I don’t know any Black people who go “tanning,” which I think of as intentionally sitting in the sun to get dark…or, God forbid, going to a tanning salon.

That’s not what this is. [i]This[/i] is simply getting tanned while on vacation. I never sit out in the sun for the fun of it, and I always wear sun protection. As I said, I tan easily. It happens to me during any vacation that involves being outside. I know that happens to other Black people, too.

So, our returning home with a tan doesn’t involve your antiquated habits of intentionally trying to darken our skin….for the vast majority of (if not all) Black people.

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This why no one should comment on anyone’s skin color.[/quote]

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