[Gendergap] Black skins

[Andreas Kolbe]

Arnaud,

I've just remembered a documentary related to your post that is very much worth watching.
Here is a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXG38QxXY-s


Andreas

--- On Mon, 19/9/11, Arnaud HERVE <arnaudherve at x-mail.net> wrote:

From: Arnaud HERVE <arnaudherve at x-mail.net>
Subject: [Gendergap] Black skins
To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" <gendergap at lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Monday, 19 September, 2011, 13:06

On 17/09/2011 22:40, Emily Monroe wrote:
> I remember accessing Wikipedia several times throughout my teenaged 
> years; we cannot expect all of our readers to be an adult with a 
> better understanding of anatomy.

Just a quick note here : I've been talking to a dermatologist and she 
tells me one of the main issues is black women taking all sorts of meds 
to lighten their skin.

It is often detrimental to health, and also it leads to considerable 
money loss in impoverished families, and unnecessary sorrow.

I just thought Wikipedia should be aware of that. Here (fr) 
dermatologist are recruiting black women in the medical sector to lead 
campaigns against that.

I guess one of the ways would be to show dark black women pictures more 
often, not just light brown.

Arnaud

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