“Nearly all black and brown skins are beautiful, but a beautiful white skin is rare.”
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Source: Following the Equator (1897), Ch. XLI
“There are no white skins, and there are no black skins. Humans skins are of different shades of orange.”
As quoted in El Punt (28 January 2012). "La teva cara em sona" http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/500466-la-teva-cara-em-sona.html
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