And all the while, say their white-skinned critics, their families are receiving, courtesy of the working taxpayer, the benefits of the welfare state.

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But his Marxist past makes him controversial and his critics note that, unlike those he seeks to represent, he is white-skinned, middle-class and a former university-lecturer.

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When the three men were charged with two counts of racial incitement and one of defamation, prosecutors alleged that the leaflet "called into question whether this player, as well as other non-white-skinned players, were worthy of representing Germany as national players".

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The central picture on the site has her face morphing back and forth between her own visage, a white, middle aged woman, and a green-skinned, mohawked Orc.

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Such violence and vilification formed the bedrock for the controversial White Australia policy, where the country passed laws restricting dark-skinned immigrants up until the early 1970s.

BBC: The glittering goldfields of southeastern Australia

Most memorably, though, it's a movie of minimalist moments (Molly's tiniest gestures speak volumes) and lovely, almost holy tableaux -- the three dark-skinned sprites running through the woods in their white shifts, Molly reaching out with an instinctive gesture to protect little Daisy from disaster.

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Even firms from the pale-skinned southern states, such as 90%-white Santa Catarina?

ECONOMIST: Affirmative action in Brazil

In addition to the Acura controversy, there have been complaints that on album covers and magazine ads, the skin of Beyonce, who is already light-skinned, is made even lighter to make her appear white.

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