Great post, Akshun. I am glad to be able to call you my friend.
On a quasi related note, a nasty rumor went around middle school about me - I was SO pasty white (read: translucent blue) and SO platnum blonde, the word was that I was actually an albino that wore colored contacts... I kid you not.
Differences be what they are, we are all just people. And kids are cruel. And you *are* hot... Just sayin'. 
You're a sweetie, Rich...
Well, my problem was a bit different, the only asian in a sea of white kids - rednecks no less . . . I've met many a black-skinned black man that I would term "hot" and many I would not. But if you are friends with Rich, then you are cool peeps - hands down, who cares what you look like.
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