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Wite skin privilige exists, you can't argue that. I am sure many a time it has likely benefit me being white. Does it bother me to be treated based on things like that? Yes it does, and I can't do anything about it directly, though I wish it didn't exist. Perhaps I am intune with observing nonverbal and secondary cues from my chosen fields of study, and can see interractions with others. To be inclusive though, there are many things that benefit me going out into the world everyday (depending on where though). Being young, female, blonde and even white gives me certain advantages. They may not be things like jobs or housing, but smaller things. However what those all have in common is they are things I can't control. My clothing and manner of speech and carriage, plus other factors are interchangable, but your age, gender and skin color are not. TauAlumna, I see what you're talking about with saris, but clothing isn't something you wake up with daily like skin color, though it is a factor one is evaluated by.
I know that in my academic and employment settings I have seen and known women that wear saris, and a whole variety of head and body coverings that (to various religious groups) are traditional. More power to them for being able to balance all those aspects in their life.
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