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== Other ==
* Note that in comic strips and animation, it is [[Justified Trope|allegedly justified]] for fully black characters to be lighter than in [[Real Life]], because outlines, the only way of defining facial features, don't "read" as well against dark skin tones. The counterargument is that the industry doesn't have much need to ''find a way'' to better depict dark characters, because they historically haven't had to, thus perpetuating a vicious circle. (It's also common for darker complexion characters to be created [[Rule of Cool|simply because it looks cool]] [[Ambiguously Brown|rather than indicating race per se]].)
* Anyone who has ever taken a drawing class or used a 'how to draw' book that focused on drawing faces has probably run across this, or at least something which will LEAD to this, and will probably have people parrot it at them on artistic message boards and the like. There are certain well established rules to how to draw faces, specifically how to [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122023657/http://www.drawing-factory.com/face-drawing.html establish the proportions of features in relation to each other]. These rules are all based on white people, but they are presented as universal, and if your face is not within the stated guidelines it is 'out of proportion' and thus, many artists believe, unrealistic and ugly. The one most relevant to black people is the nose width 'rule' which states that a nose is never, ever, wider than the width of the space between the eyes (which are in turn one eye width apart) When you get into how to actually draw the nose, again, you will get detailed instructions on how to draw [https://web.archive.org/web/20130721135335/http://www.drawing-factory.com/nose-drawing.html caucasian noses], with no guidance on any other ethnicity. This simply isn't applicable to many black people, but for some artists is is VERY hard to break out of this mindset, so the result is a lot of art of supposed black people with caucasian features. There are exceptions, but it is very rare, especially when dealing with actual books rather than amateur made tutorials on the internet which, ironically, are often far better than the professional ones.
* Dollbase art on [[Deviant ART]].
** In theory, a good way to practice shading and study anime anatomy or Art Major Biology as it applies to different series - the models are naked and in outline, showing body proportions better and allowing you to learn another artist's style better. The problem is that nearly every doll base is white. White couples, white girls, and white men make up the vast majority of this artwork. If a black person is shown, they'll be one in a group base of four or five, or be relegated to a [[Black Best Friend]], and have no noticeable facial changes from the facial features base artists prefer. On the other hand, attempting to supply a black base starts a flame war over what the 'base tone' should be. Too dark and it's unusable, too light and it's racist. Most people who have black characters either work excessively hard on changing the whole base, or they do nothing but dunk a character in chocolate (or, as [[Zero Punctuation]] noted, tea) with no regard to hair texture or appearance being different between races. However, if you're anything that is neither white nor black, you will find no bases whatsoever supplied for your race. At all. This is the source of much controversy over on [[Deviant ART]].
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* [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Dark-Skin/248025271385 Averted with this Facebook Group]
* Averted with [http://arabiguitar.blogspot.com/2007/05/our-world-hirsi-alis-challenge-to.html Ayaan] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717035713/http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2007/07/ayaan_hirsi_ali.html Hirsi] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816203703/http://www.cnn.at/2007/WORLD/americas/10/11/ww.hersi.ali/index.html Ali], who is Somali, and pretty [http://synergistic.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/ayaan-hirsi-ali-is-doing-it-again-and-richard-dawkins-is-on-her-side-battling-fundamentalic-islam/ damn hot].<ref>You may have to scroll for a couple of those.</ref> Also rather [[Hot-Blooded|passionate]].
* Elle Magazine has been accused of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140130214214/http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/09/gabourey_sidibe_on_the_cover_of_elle.html lightening the skin] of actress [[Precious|Gabourey Sidibe]]. Of course to play Devil's Advocate, it could just be a result of flash photography.
* Bill Cosby, This goes way back to the 60's, and was first accused by the comedian Redd Fox.
* [http://gawker.com/5560215/american-apparels-new-standard-no-uglies-allowed Gawker wrote recently about AA’s (American Apparel) looks-based hiring policies], leaking internal documents that discuss AA’s “New Standard”: “Classy-Vintage-Chic-Late 80s-Early 90s- Ralph Lauren-Vogue-Nautical-High end brand.” Their employees are the front line of the brand’s new image, and should represent the company accordingly. So who are they looking for to help represent the new look? The more important question is (and always should be in cases like this), who aren’t they looking for?
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