Skin salience

Looked at my legs today; they're still fishbellywhite. People in Rwanda don't show off their legs in the sun, and this is becoming all the more salient, now I'm back here in Washington. My 6-year-old friend Yann in Kigali asked me just before my departure why he couldn't have beige skin like me. I told him I like his chocolate skin much better, and anyway, we could still be friend, even if our skin tones differ. He agreed and sealed it with a (very wet) kiss on my cheek. Perhaps I don't need to buy that self-tanner after all.