@lilmizzcuntcake - Oh no Mackenzie, people who run they mouth donât have to wait.
Do you really know why Black girls bleach their skin? Do you understand how toxic it is to Black girls, and no weâre not just talking applying bleach to your skin, weâre talkinâ mentally and emotionally. Did you know that bleaching or whitening your skin is a GLOBAL thing?? I bet you didnât, Summer, but wait no longer though, because youâre gonna learn, right fuckinâ now.
1) AgainâŚÂ ASSIMILATION! Look up the word, please. Having White, or light skin, is seen as a desirable and an attractive feature on women in todayâs society. This is due to European Beauty Standards. This is literally like hair, except weâre talking about skin tones now!
Anyways, since the world finds Black women to be the least attractive demographic group, compared to White, Hispanic, and Asian women (data which came from Facebookâs dating app), itâs no wonder why Black girls would feel so unloved and so insecure to the point where they have to put their health at risk just to look and feel beautiful.
2) Internalized Racism also plays a part in this. Internalized racism is self-hate for your own race, and/or skin tone. No Black girl wakes up one morning and thinks to themselves: âHmmm, I should probably bleach my skin so i can look like a White girlâŚâ. NooooâŚÂ This happens because of low self-esteem, and hate for oneself, solely because you blame your skin tone for appearing unattractive to society.
As a result of this internal hatred, Black girls may bleach their skin, in hopes of appearing as beautiful as the next light skin girl. But you wouldnât understand that though⌠You donât hear White girls crying in they sleep because âthey wish they can be darker in skin toneâ. The only women that do that is Black girls; Black girls who hate themselves sooo much, theyâd do anything to be lighter, even if it they have to put their health on the line.
2) Letâs talk about the damages this does to Black women. Do you remember Lil Kim? The Black female rapper that brought you hits like âCrush on Youâ & âHow Many Licksâ?Â
Sheâs gone through A LOT of abuse from her past relationships, both physical and emotional abuse. She was constantly told that she was undesirable and Lil Kim felt that if she was lighter in skin tone, guys would become more attracted to her⌠This is the result of people saying that Black girls are unattractiveâŚ
Sheâs still Lil Kim to us, but thereâs no denying the fact that sheâs visibly broken inside. She has ultimately submitted to the idea that light/white skin is more attractive than black skin, and this is the result of it all.
Letâs not forget that abuse isnât the only way to convince Black girls that there is something wrong with their skin:
- Black rappers will swear to you they LOVE Black girls, but when you look at their music videos, itâs filled with White/Light skinned girls.Â
- Black female models are rarely seen in advertisements and magazines, let alone the fact that Black models make up a very small percentage in the fashion industry that is predominately White.
- Black actresses rarely get any representation in the hollywood business, let alone the fact on how difficult it is for Black actresses to get lead roles.
So imagine living in a world where people told you that dark skin was unattractive, but thereâs is a way to fix it⌠Which brings us to number 3âŚ
3) Whitening Cream⌠Yes, Alyssa, bleaching your skin isnât the only option to whiten oneâs skin. As a matter of fact, ITS JUST AS BAD, IF NOT WORSE!
Everything youâre about to read comes from the Dark Girls documentary (2011):
- Whitening skin cream has been proven multiple times to cause negative long-term effects, like cancer.
- Whitening skin products is a billion-dollar industry, with sales as high as $43 billion in 2008 - worldwide.
- In countries like, like Korea, Thailand, Dominican Republic, and Ghana, whitening skin cream is one of the most popular cosmetic products on the market.
- In countries around the world, especially in Asia or Africa, Whitening skin cream is commonly advertised in billboards and magazines
- Finally, even though a country, like Thailand, is predominately dark in skin tone, their media is nearly full of their light skin counterparts.
So not only is this issue affecting Black girls, it affects anybody who is dark in skin tone. Itâs a global situation where for some reason, âdarker is wrong, but lighter is lovelyâ, but yo pasty Elmerâs glue havin-ass wanna talk shit about Black girls tryna bleach their skin so they can look White, rite????
Now, let me say this one more time for the culture:
NO BLACK GIRL EVER WANTS TO BE WHITE!Â
