Naturally Tan

by Tan France

But people of colour are frightfully aware that one person’s actions represent the actions of all of our community.

It was baptism by fire.

There are two things a brown person cannot do, and those are to scream or run through an airport with a backpack on. We struggle to catch flights, too. But we’re not allowed to run, because that would alarm all the white people.

I don’t know what the fascination is to wear something so form-fitting up top and more voluminous down below, but the masses seem to love it out here. From what I’ve found running these apparel brands, Americans like to show off their waists and try to hide their hips, while European women don’t care as much about highlighting their curves.

The best advice I could ever give anyone is don’t go into mass production unless you handle extreme amounts of pressure really well, because it’s so, so stressful. If you can avoid it, do, unless you have millions of dollars backing it, because if something goes wrong, it will cost a fortune.

Don’t ever ask an employee to do something you wouldn’t be willing to do yourself.

Don’t be that fuckwit boss who makes the employees’ lives hell. There’s nothing strong and powerful about that. If you do that, you’re just a tool.

Negativity in the office spreads like wildfire. If you see it, get rid of it.