> sun exposure, particularly among white people in the United States (which is much sunnier than Europe), was rarely avoided or mitigated, particularly among t

> sun exposure, particularly among white people in the United States (which is much sunnier than Europe), was rarely avoided or mitigated, particularly among the working class Sure farmers in the 1930s had more sun exposure than your average office worker does today. But it was certainly not rare to avoid or mitigate sun exposure. Look at the pictures. Notice the bonnets, hats, and long sleeves that the people working outside are wearing. My great grandmother (working class, born in 1912) always wore long sleeves, long pants, and a hat to do work outside. Even in the middle of July in Georgia. This was normal. https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Roy-Stryker-FSA-black-hole-photos-213.jpg https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Roy-Stryker-... https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Roy-Stryker-FSA-black-hole-photos-13.jpg https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Roy-Stryker-... https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Roy-Stryker-FSA-black-hole-photos-30.jpg https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Roy-Stryker-... > these are images that the government did not want to show people, of course there's a higher prevalence of unattractive people! Read some of the comments above by ars. That’s not actually what happened. Almost every picture has another slightly different version that was published. These weren’t censored, it was just an editor editing.