Feb 19, 2020

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There is No Such Thing as a ‘Most Beautiful Person According To Science’

This claim is unwittingly part of an agenda to position Whiteness as the beauty standard

In early February 2020, various news outlets reported that the actor Robert Pattinson is the most beautiful man in the world ‘according to science/scientists’. This claim was brought forward by…

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There is No Such Thing as a ‘Most Beautiful Person According To Science’

This claim is unwittingly part of an agenda to position Whiteness as the beauty standard

More from Dr. Furaha Asani

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