just to educate you: most people that tan now go to the tanning salon and get the mystic tans and other types , which is noncancerous. the cancerous tanning beds are not popular anymore, in this day and age. also, people dont get tans to try to be black. th another piece of education: just like there are different shades of black people, there are different shades of white people. in fact, some white people are naturally darker or naturally "tanned" looking. a tanned white person looks just like that. they do not look black. people get tans, others dye their hair, others wear weaves, others wear nail polish. who cares? to each a zone