#746 Fairness- Chinelo Okparanta
Inside a Nigerian aristocratic family, the woman are wishing for better things. They want the things they see in American fashion magazines. The mother knows that if her daughter were to study in America, things would be better for everybody. They associate American things and American images as promise for opportunity.
Taking these feelings to heart, the schoolgirls of this community associate lighter skin for fairness. They see a classmate with lighter skin and feel enough envy that she is no longer part of their clique. The girls try and bleach their skin with disastrous results. Even with the scabs they imagine peeling them off and having pink skin albeit temporarily.
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