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This is an article about the practice of skin bleaching which is going on all around the world. This article focuses on why Jamaicans are using skin bleaching creams, and the damage that may be caused by the use of these products.This is an article about the practice of skin bleaching which is going on all around... more
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Last month a club in Detroit, Michigan, US, thought it "brilliant" to offer a promotion "allowing all-night free admission to black women with fair or light skin."
After receiving numerous complaints, the promotion was cancelled.
To be fair, the club had also planned "sexy chocolate" and "sexy caramel" nights before the controversy erupted.
The black community has always struggled with the issue of skin colour. Women especially are taught to believe that lighter skin, kinkier hair and lighter-coloured eyes are somehow more acceptable.
It is a belief that has also been adopted by Asian and other ethnic communities and is in part responsible for the illegal skin bleaching trade now infiltrating the UK and other parts of Europe.
"Dr. Dele Olajide, a leading psychologist at King's College London, blames consumer demand on the media centering on fair skinned blacks like American pop singer Beyonce and British actress Thandie Newton.
"The image that the media presents about black people is that we are inferior, we are not as good as everybody else. But those who are successful and going places are those who are light-skinned people. So one might say that the desire to be like white people underpins people's wanting to be fairer-skinned," Olajide says."
Club promotion link: http://blackvoices.aol.com/blogs/2007/10/23/light-skinned-party-in-detroit-comes-to-a-screeching-halt/
Last month a club in Detroit, Michigan, US, thought it "brilliant" to offer... more
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