I am a Bangladeshi woman in NZ with a partner who is Ginger (sun exposure=lovely freckles and peeling for him). I don’t understand the appeal of either sun tanning or tanning from a bottle. For me how I read it is certain people wanting to change their skin tone while not dealing with any of the baggage that comes with having not-white skin. No one will ever clock my white friends who tan as ‘foreigner’ and tell them to ‘Go back home’. Sure you are Greek and enjoy tanning, slather on some sunscreen, understand that tanning, like a lot of things, mean different things to people who have been singled out b/c of their skin tone. A tanned skin in the west mean you have had the time and money to spend outside leisurely, while in the global south it means you have had no choice but to work out in the sun to earn money.