Some of it may be due to an inferiority complex but you cannot assume that all or most of it is. As far as the documentary is concerned it seems like these Jamaicans are young and doing it to get laid and because their favourite music artists are doing it. Just like kids here get tattoos, tans, and piercings because their peers and idols do it. Likewise, the blonde hair is something women from all backgrounds partake in and has been a staple since Marilyn Monroe. I always find it ironic when women like madonna and lady gaga harp on about their uniqueness as women and believing in your own beauty yet they go out of their way to look like the blonde stereotype. So while i realize there may be historical context to skin lightening at the same time we should be careful painting with a broad brush.
Black People Skin Bleaching
- Thread starter Phil C. McNasty
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Personally, I think any kind of skin bleaching or tanning is retarded.
The only time I see skin adjustments being ok is if you have a skin condition making your skin look weird. I can see a whitie with very pasty skin try to get a slight tan so it doesn't look so bright white where things like freckles, blemishes or hair really stands out like a sore thumb. Someone with some tone to their skin and has a small bruise, blemish or mosquito bite isn't a big deal. Might not be noticeable. Someone with pale white skin and you can see it from across the room. But in most cases just stick to the skin you have light or dark.
It looks retarded when a light skinned person overdoes it like George Hamilton or a dark skinned person goes full out Michael Jackson.
The only time I see skin adjustments being ok is if you have a skin condition making your skin look weird. I can see a whitie with very pasty skin try to get a slight tan so it doesn't look so bright white where things like freckles, blemishes or hair really stands out like a sore thumb. Someone with some tone to their skin and has a small bruise, blemish or mosquito bite isn't a big deal. Might not be noticeable. Someone with pale white skin and you can see it from across the room. But in most cases just stick to the skin you have light or dark.
It looks retarded when a light skinned person overdoes it like George Hamilton or a dark skinned person goes full out Michael Jackson.
No kidding.
I'm assuming most fans who hear this just brush it off as an entertainer saying the right things to get sales, but Madonna is the last person who should be preaching inner beauty.
- Full gamut of plastic surgery on face... nose, lips, botox, cheeks. And not surprising, the older she gets the dumber the surgery looks
- Always dying her hair blonde
- Boob job
- Always acting trampy wearing weird sexy outfits, as opposed to being a clean cut musician on stage
I think the only thing she didn't adjust is the gap between her teeth. So if there's one thing she never bothered doing is getting braces.
Haven't you seen all those Chinese people walking/driving around with those big fuckin' full face visors?
Unfortunately there is a bias within many african/african based cultures (like the Caribbean) where a lighter complexion is called "high" and in some places, social status is tied to it. For example, if a number of people are approaching a doorway, the darker complexioned people give way to the lighter ones. Its a shame, but it happens. Thus the lighter complexioned ladies will wear long sleeves and hats to make sure they sun doesn't darken them further, etc. The bias I see quite regularly, in my experience though living in such cultures, is that the men tend to prefer the lighter complexioned ladies, whereas the ladies don't seem to factor complexion much into their equations when exercising their preferences....i have also heard that in legal brothels in SE Asia (did not partake, lol) - where the ladies, and majority of clients, are asian - the lighter complexioned ladies will cost more than the darker ones.
