Racism and hypocrisy ...

This ad on Indian TV was included as part of an NPR report.



NPR points out that while Michael Jackson's preoccupation with his skin color was the subject of much controversy in the US, in other countries the skin whitening industry is thriving. In India it is a multimillion dollar industry.

Anyway, I couldn't help think that if someone had attempted this ad in the US, they would have been excoriated for racism. Shows you how morality differs in different parts of the world.

Meanwhile, if you haven't been following the John Ensign saga, I can't blame you for it. Marital infidelity and the ensuing hypocrisy has surfaced on both sides of the political spectrum, and John Ensign is the latest in a long list. However, John Ensign, for a number of reasons, appears to be attempting to win the crown of the most hypocritical. This article does a good job expressing why.