of skin colour, and the society

here i am, 5:45 in the morning writing, thinking why these days people are so keen to become whiter than what their skin actually are.

was it because they are not comfortable in their own skin colour?

or the pressure to appeal to the mass since our society tends to highly regard people who have fairer and whiter skin?

the abundant of whitening products scares me in a way that i saw this as something much deep rooted than just about skin colour. it about the society that discriminates based on how you look on the outside more than what you have to offer from one's inside self. beauty is associated with having lighter skin colour, no more we can hear people being proud of having 'kuning langsat' or 'sawo matang' skin.

i am not going to pretend that i was not tempted to have a lighter skin colour too. its there, especially when you keep on seeing people on social medias getting all the attention from being white and all the struggles i had in finding the bb cream shades of my colour. but knowing how harmful some of the whitening products make me stay away from taking any of it. like, wouldn't you be suspicious when a product claimed that it can make a person become whiter in just 7 days? i would because even high end products rarely came out with such extravagant claim.

lets us all embrace the skin we are in and not succumb to pressure on being beautiful in terms of the society instead of what we believe in. you are not less beautiful of yourself just because the society does not view you as much.

relevant to malays too