May 11, 1999 at 12:00 am #46415
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No, there is no other explanation, and the only people they’re fooling are themselves. You don’t see naturally blue-eyed blonds dying their hair black and wearing brown contacts, do you? Unfortunately, many non-white folks have internalized the white beauty standard they see in magazines and on television (look at RuPaul; yikes!), and will never believe that their brown skin and dark hair are beautiful. I’m glad I’m not one of them.