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Why drinking tea won't change your skin colour.


It's not a secret that in our Indian society people still look at dusky skin colour with much disdain. They will talk about how progressive they are but at the same time twitch their nose at anyone who do not conform to their standards of beauty and intellect.

People still think drinking tea which is dark in colour might literally change their skin colour. So the more you drink tea the duskier you become. I cant decide who is more stupider - the people who are perpetuating this to be true or the people who dont drink tea in the fear of getting duskier. Nothing could be more outlandish than a beverage getting to decide who can be fair and who cannot be fair.

Furthermore someone needs to tell the dogmatics that the colour of the skin is different because of the melanin in our body which has changed and evolved according to the climatic conditions and relocation of our ancestors for their survival.

Just because one is dark coloured you cannot differentiate him/her. The only thing which differentiates us from each other are our fingerprints. Deferentiation based on race, religion, skin colour, beliefs, culture and gender is bigotry. And noone should encourage it. The ethnicity of a person cannot be held against him. Instead we should celebrate the diversity which can be a rich source of creativity.

I have a very entertaining theory about this dark and white beverages. How about increasing our milk consumption. Will having more of milk turn dusky people into white coloured peoplešŸ¤£. Why is white such a fixation is beyond me. If only the mindsets of people change we will come out of these silly discussions of black and white and all shades in between( believe me many people have tried telling me exactly which shade I have- beige, dusky or dark, as if I am a shade card) and treat each other with respect and equality.


Comments

  1. Unknown8 March 2019 at 00:27

    Spot on.. the obsession with fair skin is resulting in a multi billion dollar industry of fairness treatments and creams

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    1. Missgoofy39.8 March 2019 at 03:12

      Thankyou. True, more awareness and empathy will take us a long way.

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