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Alex Perry's Letter From Bombay, "Could You Please Make Me a Shade Lighter?" [Dec. 5], reported that the desire for a lighter skin color is a national obsession in India. But Indians are not the only people who view fair skin as an ideal. It is no secret that many throughout the world feel the same way. Indeed, most of mankind does. Some of us as children were exposed to fairy tales like Snow White, in which the wicked queen asks, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" NIZAM VIRMANI Rolling Meadows...
...Color-based immigration restrictions did not continue until 1973. They were first lifted in the late 1960s, under Prime Minister Harold Holt, and the process was completed by Edward Gough Whitlam’s Labor government...
...today, a beach riot between gangs of Lebanese and non-Lebanese youths does not amount to evidence of national racism or even racism per se. Cultural hostilities (on both sides) and ugly displays of nationalism, sure, but Moore draws a long bow to relate this to a history of color-based immigration policies...
...combination of heritage funds, corporate donors and private benefactors paid for the $6 million rehabilitation. "There is not a single level corner in this house," director Márcia Balisciano says. But she points proudly to restored features like the staircase and paneling, now painted its original pale green color, identified through examination of old paint layers. The house has 14 fireplaces, and in the first-floor parlor's, restorers found an opening for a Franklin stove, which is installed away from the wall to radiate heat around a room. Visitors can take a narrated multimedia tour through the basement...
...beautifully fluid movements, notably stood out.In a jarring contrast to the simple black costumes of the opening number, the subsequent large group dance, Sandra Goodnough’s “Tabibtotachi” (also known as “Journey/Travelers”) brought a burst of color and energy. The red, orange, and yellow costumes accented the Tarzan-esque music, and the dancers marched on stage—dancing in unison first and later in canon.The lyrical pas de deux, “Will You Settle,” choreographed and performed in partners by a jeans-clad...