Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth

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Synopsis

Two documentaries from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season examine the growing trend for deracialisation surgery

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Race: Science's Last Taboo season

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  • A young Bangladeshi mother describes why she is desperate to be white...

    1:38

    Series 1, Episode 2, The Face

  • Why want a northern European body?

    1:41

    Series 1, Episode 1, The Body

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Tuesday 03 November

10PM, Channel 4

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