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" Hi Jess, I am from India and in my country have all sorts of advertisements about &amp;quot;fairness products.&amp;quot; Fairness here doesn&amp;#039;t mean &amp;quot;fair&amp;quot; as in &amp;quot;justice&amp;quot;, but &amp;quot;whiter skin&amp;quot;. I have a brown complexion and while I&amp;#039;m proud of my skin tone, the advertisements here are really insulting. They literally announce on national television that if you&amp;#039;re not a fair-skinned girl, you&amp;#039;ll never have your dream job or a boyfriend. I just want to change the outlook people have here for girls with brown complexion. Where do I start? Could you guide me? Liz Hello Liz, I am so excited you have discovered your passion and that you want to take action in your community. Go out there and be an Actionist! The best thing you can do is to start talking to people. Share your story and why you so strongly believe that the message your friends and family is being fed is far from the truth. It&amp;#039;s inspirational to hear stories like yours and by sharing it, you can help other girls learn to accept their bodies regardless of what society tells them. Many girls in the US aren&amp;#039;t as aware of the other beauty and peace obstacles, such as fairness of skin, and it&amp;#039;s important that we educate everyone on the global impact of beauty standards. We can all take lessons from your strength, courage and determination! Follow your gut, girl! Go change the world! Blessings, Jess "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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