In this powerful blog post, Fahmida Begum explores the colonial resonances of adverts for 'skin lightening' products, and questions when we will move past the 'white as right' standard of both beauty and so-called 'civilisation'. Purity, cleanliness and goodness are just some connotations of the colour white. In a period where imperial expansion dominated, brands... Continue Reading →
White Washed
Teaching Empire in Recolonial Britain 