Skin tone postage stamps stoke criticism in Spain

The Spanish postal service is facing a backlash after releasing a series of postage stamps that represent different skin tones. The Equality Stamps were meant to call out racial discrimination, but critics say the stamps are doing just the opposite. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports.

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