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(a)x-mail.net> wrote:
From: Arnaud HERVE <arnaudherve(a)x-mail.net>
Subject: [Gendergap] Black skins
To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects"
<gendergap(a)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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