DISTURBING VIDEO: Caribbean Family Talks Openly About SKIN BLEACHING!!

DISTURBING VIDEO: CARIBBEAN FAMILY TALKS OPENLY ABOUT SKIN BLEACHING!!

September 25, 2008. This is just sad to see ...

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2blssd2Bstrssd
	What a shame. People always want what they don't have. Why can't they just be satisfied with what they have.
	--------------- Someone is DEFINITELY on my mind today!!

luv4furyfriends
	Its so sad that people want to bleach their skin I admit when i was little i wanted to too! I felt that every girl that was lighter than me was prettier than me! WAKE UP BLACK PEOPLE!
	--------------- DC4life www.youtube.com/luv4furyfriends

TheRanNorelleShow
	that is messed up.... ***** Check out me out for some funny videos and my views on different situations
	--------------- www.youtube.com/user/TheRanNorelleShow

Caddyfrk
	Imitation of Life?! So sad...Willie Lynchism at its worst
	--------------- Me & my people, darker than blue...

bweezy
	Black is beautiful people! C'mon!
	--------------- "Out of many, one people"

sssensuallll
	Morning
	--------------- http://www.myspace.com/sssensualll

MissC85
	This is just sad to see
	--------------- www.myspace.com/cindy852

bingolong
	Somebody tell these folks that "black is beautiful!"
	--------------- www.myspace.com/blackfolkincmusic

kray2kim
	This is sad because God created us all beautiful & different shades, but my question is....What's the difference between this & tanning?


sssensuallll
	I love being dark chocolate
	--------------- http://www.myspace.com/sssensualll

Dimpz
	Datz Sad! smh why Blck ppl??
	--------------- myspace.com/jerseyzprobl3mchild = Ya Boi

Selector
	All I wanna do is, fuk, fuk, fuk, fuk Anda…hmmmmn…TAKE YOUR MONEY I got up 4 dis Bumboclot
	--------------- Excuse me while I light my spliff

lOCAlxCElEBRiTy
	im not suprised
	--------------- Ignorance is a disease of the mind

maemay_2008
	i used to wish i was lighter...but bump dat I LOVE BELL PERRER ASS NOSE AND MY PRETTY BLACK SKIN...ppl need more SELF ESTEEM
	--------------- myspace.com/misscuttie07

RaTheGreat
	Who gone be black if Jamaica turnin light skinned???
	--------------- http://www.tagged.com/raiderfan336

PUR3XTC
	BEING IS SEXY DARK-SKINNED WOMAN MYSELF I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT HAPPY IN THE SKIN THEY WERE BORN WITH.
	--------------- I‘VE FOUND MY GOOD THANG!

Sweetiecheeks19
	How sad...I wldnt even talk about that ish.
	--------------- Ready for change? Let Obama do his thang

Lioness360
	dem people ya MAD. bout style dat is no kind of style. the woman face so frigged up yet she still a bleach. ..... MEDIATAKEOUT NOT ALL JAMAICANS ARE CRAZY AND WANT TUN WHITE. SO PLZ DNT JUDGE THE REST OF US JAMAICANS WITH THESE FEW MAD PEOPLE
	--------------- With Christ, You Can Smile @ da STORM

66standing
	lawd a whey mi people a do to dem self (lord wat are my people doing to themselves)


LongLegged
	It is so sad how society ave brainwashed the Black person into thinking that your black, chocolate skin is not beautiful. Admitted, growing up my light-skinned friend got more attention but I think that was because I was NOT comfortable in MY own skin. Once I did love me for me, other did to. Everyone is not for everyone. People love light skin, dark skin, caramel skin. Just find who like you for you and don't worry about the rest.


bri
	they been doing this ish for so long and they are still black as ish. accept yourself people. dayum.


HUEmanbro
	I noticed a lot of West indian women are now bleaching their skin and wearing blond hair. It's dayum shame!
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

Foxystormp
	@LIONESS... D I T T O 4 REAL... THEZE FEW R OUTRAGEOUS WID IT....
	--------------- sToRm We.G.I* sOuThSiDe StAnD Up!!!

HUEmanbro
	They rather bleach than eat. That's [EXPLETIVE] up... I can't even watch this BS. Self-hate is the worst mental disease to be on this planet.
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

MRBITCHES
	WOW STILL IN THIS DAY AND AGE BLACK PEOPLE STILL DO NOT LOVE THEMSELVES..... WHEN WILL WE LEARN THAT BLACK IZ BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE MYSELF, DO YOU? BLACK POWER!
	--------------- Itz 2009, Happy New Year!!!!

Drea2660
	This just shows the uber-ignorance that our people face- They don't know any better... For what it's worth- They are just ignorant!!!
	--------------- TWITTER.COM/drea2660harlem

whatwhatwhat
	It's just disturbing that black people are ghetto all over the world. No common sense or self love at all. I'm going to nightmares about these chicks running me down with skin falling off their face.
	--------------- My love is right smack in the socket

focus
	It is 2008 and this issue is so old that if people want to bleach their skin and damage their skin cells, let them go right ahead. The only thing is, they should not try to have a conversation with me because I don't want to hear that ridiculous brainwashing. Years down the road when they get a deadly form of melanoma, they'll have regrets.


HUEmanbro
	They look stupid as hell to! That [EXPLETIVE] makes them look fuked up!
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

GuavaJelly
	tHEY'VE been doin' it for eeeeeooooonnnnssss. rubbins, or get dainty. sad but ture.
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

mzzlisha75
	so sad and the mother's face is already getting eaten up she looks hideous! she needs to be ashamed bent over on a motorcycle like some little 20 y/o!!!
	--------------- This is RES

Balucciano
	white people wanna get darker..black people wanna get lighter..wtf..u never see latinos or asians complaining about dat ish..get it togeva people!


Drea2660
	BTW- I ONLY date Dark Skin people!!! Lite Brites ain no good with me!!!
	--------------- TWITTER.COM/drea2660harlem

NegritaTanRica
	What's crazy about it all is they aren't even getting any lighter. Instead, they are smearing cancer causing agents on their face looking ashy as hell thinking they gonna be "redbone." Damn, negros these days are gonna drive us back to slavery with this coonified mindset. We were black and proud in the 70's and even had white folks wanting to sport a fro, and now look at us 30 years later wanting to be so damn white. No lo entiendo...


NegritaTanRica
	What's crazy about it all is they aren't even getting any lighter. Instead, they are smearing cancer causing agents on their face looking ashy as hell thinking they gonna be "redbone." Damn, negros these days are gonna drive us back to slavery with this coonified mindset. We were black and proud in the 70's and even had white folks wanting to sport a fro, and now look at us 30 years later wanting to be so damn white. No lo entiendo...


izthatright
	MTO, please not this again. we all know skin bleaching is not safe and done by insecure people that are not grateful for the skin their in. Ya'll just lookin to start another black self hatred argument in here. Let this ignorance stay where it is at, please. I bet if they had 3rd degree burns they wouldn't be in a rush to bleach it.those people are lucky to have skin. GEEZ!
	--------------- Germany‘s finest! ich liebre dieich

GuavaJelly
	Lawd god almighty. Puhleez fada god mek di pickney dem tap' rub dem self wid di babylon cream. all di man dem fi kno betta 2.
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

sweeterthanhoney
	smh... it doesnt make sense the daughter bleaches but she admitted that if she was the reporters color she would tan...wtf


dukesman
	I am Jamaican, born and raised and yes some of my people have insecurities but those are the few.


GuavaJelly
	When dem old up. dem face start fi look like leather face. droopy and saggy.
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

GETTINGDOWN
	SAY IT LOUD " I AM BLACK AND PROUD." WHY BLEACH YOURSELF TO LOOK WORSE THAN YOU DID FROM THE BEGINNING.
	--------------- PLEASE LOOK IN THE MIRROR FIRST

diamondsR43v3r
	yea so ive heard its mainly west indians bleaching their skin...it hurts 2 watch dat seriously


CutemilFactory
	You would think William Lynch was still alive..this is truely sad


deontaer
	this isn't new. I grew up around Jamaican's and this has been happening for waaayyy longer than 10 years. It's horrific what it does to your skin.


Farrah_Gooden
	That's crazy. I'm dark and beautiful and never had problems or issues with my chocolate complexions. Parents who bleach their kids should be arrested for child abuse.


Farrah_Gooden
	That lady looks horrible. Why the hell she's bleaching it's obvious her skin his discoloration and looks bleached.


Farrah_Gooden
	These people don't need bleaching they need therapy for self esteem and JESUS!!!!!


Chokalate_Kiss
	This is sad! What a backwards @ss way of thinking... Love yourself for who you are! Light skin people are no better than dark skin people... We were made diffrently for a reason...
	--------------- hit me up @ myspace.com/misskeva84

sexCmodel
	Thats why her skin all [EXPLETIVE] up.
	--------------- http://www.myspace.com/drenetta23

rebelspeaks
	BOB MARLEY IS SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE SO FAST THAT ITS BURNING UP!!!!!
	--------------- www.myspace.com/rebelspeaksone

Blkgodus
	This is so sad. but think about it, what makes a black person who straighten there hair any different?


MzMuffin03
	This is very sad, when i was growning up, i found all my drak skin friends to be soo pretty, Sh!t every time my lite bright azz felldown you could see every mark on me lol, and gettin sun bruned, being lite is NOT any better from being Dark, the white men still gone treat you teh same way at the end of the day,
	--------------- Is it wrong cuz i wanna get it

prettybrowneyes00
	I think they feel they have to be lighter in order to feel beautiful because today the way society is if your lighter you get noticed more so they begin to hate there color. I feel sorry for young girls growing up it's alot of pressure on them to look a certain way because everything is starting to become about beauty it's sad but true.


esotericdredz
	This is heart breaking... The doctors are TELLING them that its dangerous and they are still doing it... Its like they don't even see how bad it makes their skin look... And to see young ones doing it... Sad...Just sad...
	--------------- Not liking bullshit doesn‘t = hating

kis2000
	This is so pitiful and sad. they aint doin shyt but fvckin up their skin
	--------------- Let the games begin!!

Kita2009
	The society/media does it to people...I don't agree with it just saying...
	--------------- myspace.com/kitagrider

niayah
	everybody has flaws and things they don't like about themselves. it's when you take it too far & know you can damage your body...that's the sad part. unfortunately , it's true. people are judged by the color of there skin all the time. some people do think lighter is better. all you can do is love yourself & get some type of self -esteem. ::Africa's finest.
	--------------- www.myspace.com/niayah

WineDine69
	Whenever there are pics of Chris Brown posted on this site, hundreds of women always talk about how he can "get it with his young ass fine self". I've never seen such posts about ANY young darker artists.
	--------------- Wine Me * Dine Me * 69 Me

monique2468
	u can always tell when some1 is bleachin their knuckles feet and ears are always darker than the rest of them


2island4gurl2
	thats some sad [EXPLETIVE], why would they want to be white,black is beautiful,ever time i see a girl bleaced out it looks so nasty
	--------------- Bahama 4 Obama

Blkgodus
	Again, what makes a black person who straightens their hair any different? no one cares to talk about that!!


Swamianan
	so what my skin is pale and i tan whats the diff ! these people have been raised to think black skin is ugly !
	--------------- CURE THE CANCER WITHIN YOURSELF !

lipzsoglossi
	smdh! this is a shame! embrace who you are! you got the whites tanning themselves orange to be darker and the dark skinned bleaching? this is foolish and dangerous


GuavaJelly
	ASIANS, WEST INDIANS, AFRICANS, EAST INDIANS BLEACH. GET UR FACTS STR8. BLACKS R NOT THE ONLY ONES. D.R., PUERTO RICO, ETC.
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

Swamianan
	BOB MARLEY IS SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE SO FAST THAT ITS BURNING UP!!!!! Mr Marley was light skinned lol ! matter of fact he was half english
	--------------- CURE THE CANCER WITHIN YOURSELF !

GuavaJelly
	ESPECIALLY ASISANS, AND EAST INDIANS.
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

TinaLynnLove
	Yes this is truly sad. You have to learn to love who you are. I love my dark skin. Wouldn't mind being darker. I embrace it and I love it.
	--------------- Jobs@http://workhomecareers.blinkweb.com

callicrew
	PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THESE LIKE THEY TRULY DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD SO SUCH A THING. HOW ABOUT THEY DOING IT CAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS ACTING AS IF LIGHT IS BETTER? YOU REWARD THE LIGHTER ACTRESSES, REWARD THE LIGHTER SINGERS, REWARD THE LIGHTER DANCERS, ETC. SO PLEASE, GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE, AND STOP ACTING LIKE THIS SHYT CAME OUT OF LEFT FIELD. IT'S BEEN A LONG STANDING PROBLEM IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY; AND EVEN THOSE RIGHT NOW SAYING THIS IS A SHAME, GIVE MORE CREDANCE EVERYDAY TO THE LIGHTER SKIN BLACKS IN THEIR OFFICES, SCHOOLS, AND WHEREVER THE HELL YOU GO DURING THE DAY. BUT YET YOU WANT TO SIT AND JUDGE THESE PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD DO SUCH A THING! PUH-LEASE! BLACK PEOPLE ARE SICK BEYOND WORDS AND IT RUNS DEEP. SELF HATE IS RAMPANT. WE ARE SO QUICK TO SAY A LIGHTER SKIN PERSON LOOKS BETTER WE THE DARKER COMPLEXIONED ONE CLEARLY HAS THE BETTER BODY AND BETTER FEATURES; BUT SOMETHING IN YOUR SPIRIT STIRRING THE POT OF SELF LOATHING WON'T LET YOU SEE IT. WE ARE SO PROGRAMMED, AND THE FIRST STEP TO HEALING IS ADMITTING THAT WE DO THIS.


Swamianan
	the great majority of african american women have bought into this nonsense so dont start acting holier the thou ! Look a Bey and lil kim and the rest please come one people look at the avatar of TINALYNNLOVE LOL !
	--------------- CURE THE CANCER WITHIN YOURSELF !

Browngurl81
	The difference between straightening your hair and bleaching your skin is that bleaching your skin is dangerous and have painful side effects. If the mother was bleaching her skin to appear more attractive it backfired badly, she looks a mess. I feel sorry for the people who believe that being light automatically makes you attractive or gets you a job, because that is not true at all I know a bunch of ugly a$$ light skinned people LOL. I love dark skinned men and women. Those people have alot of psychological problems that will take years to overcome because they have been brainwashed for so many years. My prayers go out to those who believe that their worth is measured by the color of their skin.
	--------------- IMPERFECTLY MADE

izthatright
	BLKgodus: I'll answer. Straighten hair can be seen as the same thing but it is different. perms and relaxer have been tested. Even though some perms can totally take all your hair out. These people are doing it dealing with chemicals not tested for the conditions they are using them. Bleach, a high corrorsive chemical, was not meant for skin but for (and tested on) tough materials other than skin. Yes both situations are cosmetic> done to enhance the appearance. but it differs when it is harmful and repeatedly done to achieve effects that has long term conditions. hair can grow back or in many case there are other alternatives. BUT your skin is a humans first line of defense, it should should be moisturized not bleached!
	--------------- Germany‘s finest! ich liebre dieich

Swamianan
	AMEN CALLICREW TELLING IT LIKE IT IS !
	--------------- CURE THE CANCER WITHIN YOURSELF !

GuavaJelly
	BLKGODUS: AGREE WIT U 100000%. PERMS HAS HARMFUL CHEMICALS 2 (LYE). BUT THEY DONT' TELL U THE LONG TERM AFFECTS FR. USAGE.
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

sexy41
	LMMFAO, AINT NO WAY THEY CAN GET LIGHT. THEYRE SO DAYYUM DARK IF THE BUY A WHOLE CASE OF CLOROX AND A TEAR SUPPLY OF SKIN WHITENER, AND THEY STILL WONT BE LIGHTER. LMAO. DONT THESE DUMB NIKKAS KNOW THAT THE BLACKER THE BERRY THE SWEETER THE JUICE. IM LIGHT AND WISH THAT MY SKIN WAS DARKER. DARKER PEOPLE HAVE BETTER SKIN, THEY HAVE LESS BLEMISHES AND DARK PATCHES.


sexy41
	LMMFAO, AINT NO WAY THEY CAN GET LIGHT. THEYRE SO DAYYUM DARK IF THE BUY A WHOLE CASE OF CLOROX AND A TEAR SUPPLY OF SKIN WHITENER, AND THEY STILL WONT BE LIGHTER. LMAO. DONT THESE DUMB NIKKAS KNOW THAT THE BLACKER THE BERRY THE SWEETER THE JUICE. IM LIGHT AND WISH THAT MY SKIN WAS DARKER. DARKER PEOPLE HAVE BETTER SKIN, THEY HAVE LESS BLEMISHES AND DARK PATCHES.


ISIS
	IT'S SAD THAT SOCIETY HAS MADE FOLKS HATE THEMSELVES THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY HATE OTHER CULTURES BUT ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK LIKE THEM . LOVE YOURSELF ,YOUR CULTURE AND STOP TRYING TO ASSIMILATE.


Swamianan
	TRYING TO MAKE YOU HAIR LIKE A WHITE PERSON IS THE SAME DONT THING DONT FOOL YOUR SELF ! A WHOLE INDUSTRY CREATED ON THE BACKS OF INSECURE BLACK WOMEN ! ERIKA BADU IS CRAZY BUT HE KEEPS HER HAIR HOW IS SHOULD BE
	--------------- CURE THE CANCER WITHIN YOURSELF !

Swamianan
	A WHOLE INDUSTRY CREATED ON THE BACKS OF INSECURE BLACK WOMEN !
	--------------- CURE THE CANCER WITHIN YOURSELF !

GuavaJelly
	DAMN U WILLIE LYNCH SYNDROME!!!!!
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

tootallk2000
	I blame the Jacksons. Bigup Yawd str8!!!


sexy41
	LMMFAO. THOSE DUMB ASSED NIKKAS HAS GOT THE MICHAEL AND LATOYA JACKSON,BEYONCE'S DISEASE. A BUNCH OF SORRY ASSED LOSERS. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. TOO BAD THOSE AZZHOLES DONT REALIZE THAT!!! IM SEXT 41 AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!!!! BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. CAUSE I'M BLACK AND I'M MOST DEFIITELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!


TSingA
	Love Yourself


sexy41
	MOST DEFINITELY EXCUSE THE TYPO


L7EVEN
	It's like they can't see how awful their skin looks. That mother looks like a monster


GuavaJelly
	SEXY 41 AMEN. IF SOMEBODY WALKS PAST ME TO HARD I CHANGE COLORS. BUT I CONSIDER MYSELF CARAMEL.LOL
	--------------- I was born a star, not made one

soulsangr
	thank GOD for subtitles! My head hurts now... but on the real black is beautiful... we spend too much time figuring out what we are NOT! We are beautiful! GET iT TOGETHER!
	--------------- Black is BACK!!

spicy_creole
	This is just sad that people can't be happy with themselves. Don't the know BLACK is Beautiful! psychological issues
	--------------- http://www.twitter.com/sherrardonline

lady_jo
	damn shame
	--------------- hot jo

AKeysWannabee
	Thats a damn shame..


WifeyNStillDatWork
	Thats crazy I dont even know what to say about this.
	--------------- All the way from GERMANY!

jessicaBunnii
	they skin dont even look good it looks really bad
	--------------- http://www.myspace.com/jeszicarenee

hottrucker23
	W-O-W!!! I BLAME MAGAZINES AND THE MEDIA FOR THIS SH*T. THEY ONLY SHOW LIGHT SKINNED PEOPLE IN "HOLLYWOOD" AND CERTAIN PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE WAY TO LIVE IN EVERDAY LIFE. UNBELIEVABLE.


DaCLASSICVERSEKid
	well damn i feel like a dik...remember dat reggae song : DEM A BLEACH on dat ol' BAM BAM IS MURDER album back in da 90s?...i remember just boppin my head to da beat as a youngn, laffin' like wat da fuk is this guy singin about? lol...this nig was dead on! on some prophecy sh!t, lol! his agent shoulda got em booked on Tyra to CPR his career...
	--------------- Visit my artist: myspace.com/kayeyedee

STAYPOPPIN01
	I still think it mostly has to do with money. If people think they'll get more respect as far as getting a job, or marrying somenone with money, or anything that will get them out of poverty into riches, we've only seen the beginning of this problem.
	--------------- Knowledge Kingpin

barbinbmore
	That's just sad but of course wherever there are really poor people, ignorance abounds. They didn't go to the middle and upper class areas of Jamaica, they went to some shanti town where people are ignorant.


neeshab1
	LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING- I BLEACH MY SKIN BECAUSE WHEN MY FACE BREAKS OUT, IT LEAVES THESE BLACK MARKS...THATS THE ONLY REASON WHY I DO THIS...I DONT SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT IF UR DOING THIS FOR BLACK MARKS PURPOSES NOT TO CHANGE UR COLOR BECAUSE UR IGNORANT!
	--------------- 100% INTELLIGENT BLK CHILD!!!

monique2468
	do they not realise how bad thier skin looks


MzJSUFan
	I've used Ambi in the past to get rid of facial discolorations but NEVER to make myself lighter! This is why it is SO important to come from a family who tells you, you ARE beautiful NO MATTER what industry standards and American and other ideals dictate. It is true that society now thinks fairer skin is the best. You look and it's everywhere. If a darker skinned person is not secure enough in their own right, they could fall victim to this foolishness and non-sense. I am blessed with a deep bronze skin tone that I LOVE! My husband and his family however are cafe au lait and lighter. I just gave birth to my son who is a caramel complexion. Love yourself first people, then NO ONE can f*ck with your mind! When you can't/don't love yourself, this is the kind of "ish" you do, bleaching yourself!
	--------------- The Blue Bengal Nation!

Thoro
	No surprises here that explains why so many of our caribean brothers and sisters will sell their souls to have a light skinned baby or get pregnant for a light skinned or white man.Looking like a guerrilla holding a kitten! LOL


pina_colada
	THIS IS SO SAD. I LOVE JAMAICANS AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL CULTURE. IT'S A SHAME TO SEE THIS. I KNOW I NEED TO GET UP ON MY HISTORY LESSON BUT CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS WILLIE LYNCH???
	--------------- imma bad cat

Judah0677
	Wow....That is sooo sad, man. I'm a beautiful dark skinned woman and I've never had a problem with my skin tone. I still attracts all kind of men from different races. God made each one of us different for a reason. And you should embrace who you are and love the skin you're in. If you don't love yourself, then who will? Putting all kinds of bleaching chemicals on your face will do nothing but make it worst. I don't think just light-skinned people are beautiful, I think ALL people of all color are beautiful. Black people has 24 different skin tones and that what make us unique and beautiful. I feel sorry for those who think light-skinned is better because in the bible,God did NOT say light is better. There's a purpose and reason why HE made each one of us different in his own image and for people who are trying to change HIS image are just foolish and there will be consequences.....just like that Jamacian lady with the f@*k up skin discoloration.
	--------------- www.myspace.com/quisquis

izthatright
	neesha and jsu: thank you. There are products out there but those are tested (like ambi) and not used for the extreme. These people are in it for the wrong reasons. I thank you for pointing out that there are safe products and for alternative uses (not because you think lighter is better). My husband is way darker than me and gave him ambi after he came from iraq. But people have to realizes INSECURITIES and mis-information plays a big part why this form of self mutilation is in our community.
	--------------- Germany‘s finest! ich liebre dieich

huhduh10
	buju sang it best
	--------------- seeanferneejosephrun.blogspot.com

dabaddestup
	@Judah0677,Aman to everything you said! There is nothing wrong with dark skin.We really have to stop letting people,put this non-sense in our heads BLACK PEOPLE!I used bleached to get my knees even with my skin tone.Light is not better,this non sense is just put into our head,making us believe this mess!
	--------------- -Da Baddest up! Boss Bitch

TriniCandy
	jus like queen ifrica say.... ah now everybody ah rub, jack & jill and him granny ah rub.... fire bun all then bleachers. black is beautiful. me nah change jus to be part of society
	--------------- 2 hot 2 handle

dabaddestup
	@callicrew,you took the words out my mouth!
	--------------- -Da Baddest up! Boss Bitch

monique2468
	@ TriniCandy WORD


carameldrops
	some people think that just because you are light skinned you are pretty. My man is 100% sexy chocolate- just as black as he want to be i dont discriminate but I love me some dark skin and i will take me a dark skinned brother anyday. And anyways somebody tell me how light can you actually get bleaching your skin. (I cant see the video)
	--------------- ~TRULY A WORK OF ART~

carameldrops
	OREOHEARTS YOU ARE AMAZING. Thanks 4 keeping it REAL
	--------------- ~TRULY A WORK OF ART~

lowerlevel82
	i'm glad i'm not dark
	--------------- myspace.com/jbreezy1982

Judah0677
	@lowerlevel82...you glad you are not dark? What's your point?
	--------------- www.myspace.com/quisquis

mayfield1970
	Colors, hairtexture. The two things that define, reflect and also keeps black people away from success, acceptance and in some cases love. Many shades that glow within the black community but we seem to only ACCEPT one shade which is usually more white oriented or very light. Many women on here that perm their hair would not leave the house without one, that is a form of selfhate. If we have to love ourselves we have to love ourselves fully not just only dealing with skin color. YOu can't go around sweatin skincoloring and discount perming or straightening your hair. If you are born with a certain hair texture you embrace it and not hide from it. Its very embarrasing at the growing ignorance within the black community. We have all the technology and opportunities now then we had back then yet we are growingly becoming very stupid. Until we truly embrace who we are as people we will never be seen as a real threat in society. We will remain a group that bitches, whine and blame along with buying instead of selling.


MissDaniBaby
	Not this subject again! MTO, man, you guys are killing me. This video is so sad and pathetic. That young girl was so pretty, her rich, dark brown skin was BEAUTIFUL and she had no idea. Doesnt she see that her mother looks a friggin mess?!? Why would she want to copy THAT? People, people, people. This is so sad. I can understand how some vulnerable folks may fall victim to the "light is right" motif, but it is nothing but straight BULLSHT! Always has been. It's gotten so bad that even tons of dark-haired WHITE GIRLS don't feel as beautiful as their lily white, BLOND HAIRED, LIGHT BLUE EYED counterparts.... wtf? I say it's time for a revolution! Fck this wack azz, brainwashing bull sh*t!


cruziangirl6
	"dem a bleach out dem skin" were the words to a dancehall song I heard a few years back. I never really paid any attention to it because I thought it was just a silly track. I was raised in the islands (not Jamaica) and I was never exposed to "bleaching." In fact, I always wanted to be darker; I was raised in a household that didn't really like "light" or "white" skin. But it seems that times have changed for the worse. I am hurt to see black women destroy themselves with this practice. Do they not realized that they aren't really lighter? Now man can destroy what God has made. Are skin color is genetically hardwired into every cell in our body. The only way to "permanently" remove skin color is by gene therapy; thereby changing the genetic makeup of the targeted cell. I am not sure our society has even been able to successfully tap into this technology, but even if we could, why? Look at the guy who posted "I am glad I am not dark." How sad is that? Really, black people. What would the leaders of the civil rights movement have to say..... what would MLK say? Did he give his life for this shyt? Black people, we are beautiful. BLACK IS NOT A DISEASE. Lighter skin does not equal beauty. Please stop the ignorance.


cruziangirl6
	*Our skin color, not Are skin color... Sorry, I am emotional.


blkngrekbeauty3
	AND JUST TO THINK..I WANTED TO BE DARKER:(
	--------------- BRB GOTTA TINKLE.....

Dreayonn
	Healthy skin is pretty skin. I guess having damaged skin is consider pretty to some people!!!


King_Menes
	The mother of this lot looked completely insane and she must be held responsible for this madness. It's unfortunate and sad to say, but some Black people have been rendered mentally useless. I hope the interviewer,who looks part Indian,after the interview was concluded hopped on a plane to India to speak with her people about their skin bleaching practices as well. I would have also liked to see her interview Indian,Mulatto and Chinese business owners in Jamaica and question them about their hiring practices. Is there skin tone discrimination, which causes these Black Jamaicans to do such madness to themselves? As sick as these Black people may be,we still see that same madness with whites tanning themselves,so let's also keep that in mind.
	--------------- The first king of Egypt was Menes

ladydutchess28
	Cosign w/Lioness360 & Cruziangirl6
	--------------- Chicago/Belize/Jamaica Stand Up!!!

MissDaniBaby
	And for the record, I do NOT believe using a RELAXER is a form of self-hate. Not everybody want's to rock an afro, dreds or a fade-cut. Especially females! So what is a BLACK WOMEN suppossed to do that has long length to her hair? Yeah, she can probably plat it or braid it but that sht will get old real quick too. Don't get it twisted. Relaxers in most cases just loosen the natural curl or wave pattern of the hair to make it more manageable...you brothers ever try to COMB OUT natural hair that is ACTUALLY LONG? So don't be so judgemental about a simple relaxer or texturizer being a self hate. On the flip, I thing the aggressive WEAVE wearing of so many of our women is indeed questionable. Now it's ok to rock weave every blue moon...just to be fashionable or whatever, but some women are wearing that fake sht in all kinds of unnatural tones, dragging lengths past their behinds 24/7 like their peers don't know it's weave. Not to mention the damage it's doing to their hairlines. smdh. In closing, I will add that skin-tone cream (bleach) is not bad if used ONLY to get rid of skin discolorations from ex: acne, burns etc. And only in moderation. But to MISUSE such a product on children or to try to change one's RACE (impossible) is dillusional and simply f*cked up. My people, we can NEVER let the media dictate who WE are!


UKCHICK
	EWWWW I FEEL SICK Can Da Woman Not See Her Skin Iz Mash Up?


MissDaniBaby
	@KingMenes<<< I agree. Hope the interviewer took her "knowledge" to other countries as well and wasn't just using this family's pathology to ostracize "black folks" even more.


King_Menes
	OreoHearts your remark to lowerlevel82, "You are still a NIG.GER to a lot of white people." is one of the all time slave minded comments that Black people make. How long will we continue to give white people a pass for their ignorance. We are decendants of people who have been known by many names. Whether it be Nubians,Sudanese,Akan,Mande,Enger,Netjer or the people of the NIGER.Because ingnorant,illiterate whites pronounced NIGER as NIG.GER,should we be concerned. I don't trust you any way but I just wanted to state that for the record. As far as I'm concern white people are all genetic mutations of us and I have very little regard for their opinions of us or what their Albino asses call us. As for lowerlevel82,let's all just shake our heads and walk away.
	--------------- The first king of Egypt was Menes

mskiki
	i will neva understand why ppl cant jus love themselves! look at that ladys skin! would u want yo skin 2 be damaged like that jus so u can be light?! ppl act like bein dark or bein black is a virus or something! i dont give a fukk what nobody say! i love my beautiful mahogany skin and i dont care what anybody thinks bout it! u gotta problem w/it oh fukkin well! thats yo problem and u cant please everybody! that fam is jus so stupid! what makes it even more stupid is that bleachin yo skin doesn't even make u lighter! it jus fukks it up! its impossible 2 erase yo race! man this is jus despicable!
	--------------- Ignorance is bliss on this website!

PAREFO
	I guess white people feel the same way when their people over tan or go to tanning booths. But this will never end in America or anywhere else in the world. Blacks will always be inferior to light-skin too. I don't care how friggin light you get you will always be inferior to europeans, always. It's like the days at the Cotton Club or when black & white movies were made dark women were cast as the mamies, lighter-skin was on excepted to play lead roles and so on. Nothings going to change, you just have to be educated enough and God fearing to know differently about yourself...
	--------------- Don‘t bother it won‘t matter!

PAREFO
	And by the way was there a dark-skinned doctor around to comment. Or how about the chick interviewing, was there a dark-skinned journalist around to maybe conduct the interview. Ooops guess not...cotton club days still around.
	--------------- Don‘t bother it won‘t matter!

lifegroove
	Sad indeed and to those who bleach their skin because of self hatred you get what you deserve. Please love yourself people.


artlady52
	WOW!!! This is crazy and everyone is making valid points. I DO NOT agree with bleaching, I repeat I DO NOT agree with bleaching. Thus, I do I do understand why some people are doing it. It is so true that alot of BLack people (not all) favor lighter skin tones. When we see B, Halle and others, we say how beautiful they are (and they are). But a dark skinned women who is just as pretty does not get the same amount if treatment and or acknowledgement. As I grew up, I would always hear, "you are so cute TOO be dark skinned." Why I cant but just cute? I will never consider bleaching but some people are not as strong and let their surroundings affect their thinkings. We have to stand up and uplift one another!
	--------------- We have to do better!!

dnycegirl
	WHY DO YOU THINK EVERYONE WHOSE NOT BLACK IS TRYING DESPERATELY TO IMMITATE US ???
	--------------- DNYCEGIRL

dreams2reality
	hhh
	--------------- My Dreams Turn 2 Reality

oshaniz
	ME BLEACH TOO, LOOK HOW WHITE I AM!! AND I SELL THE CREAM TOO! FROM SINCE I TURN WHITE MAN WON'T STOP FLOCKING. WHEN I WAS DARKER, GOT NO LUV, EVEN THOUGH I CARRIED MYSELF GOOD WITH GOOD SELF ESTEEM. MY LIGHTER FRIENDS ALWAYS HAD IT ALL. NOW IM WHITE, YOU CAN'T TOUCH ME!!


dreams2reality
	I think society is brain washing people. Look how all our black men r running behind white woman.They are just ruining black woman minds.I put it like this it's no better than lipo,society says your a hottie when you a size 2 or paper thin. Our black men neeed to stop going outside there race and support there black woman, if they don't know there pretty they need to hear it. Ex. who's mother took her life just to be smaller to have the "it look" when all along she was pretty for her age.Wake up America and don't get waked.
	--------------- My Dreams Turn 2 Reality

Oprahsbigblackcorn
	I don't get it. All the Jamacians I've dealt with have mostly been dark brown and ppear to be proud of their black African roots. Self hatred is rough.


Blkgodus
	Anyone who straightens their hair, use bleaching creams or had a nose job need not speak....Hyprocites!!!!!


esotericdredz
	People need to take accountability...Confidence and love has to start and come from within...If it doesn't then nothing else matters....No one can MAKE a person feel bad or inferior unless that person has something lacking within... We have to instill a pride in who we are in our children from a young age, so that they are not swayed by the things they will see as they grow older. The problem in this video is that the parent was passing down her self hate to her children which is the saddest part of all.
	--------------- Not liking bullshit doesn‘t = hating

HUEmanbro
	Oshaniz, are you serious?
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

oshaniz
	I'm dead ass serious, I'm gorgeous already but it just put me on a totally different status. And I'm not ashamed!


oshaniz
	Not only black people bleach. I have philipino, indian, asian and spanish customers. They all bleach!!


Blkgodus
	@Browngurl81 Chemical hair relaxers are just as dangerous. Think, if you touch up new growth their is still dangerous chemicals seeping through the pores of your scalp. Not to mention the physcological effect it has on a black mind. Most of us believe to be light w/straight hair is more beautiful. Research... I personally am a dark skinned woman with natural hair, and you wouldn't believe the dirty looks and slide comments I get from some of my own people. This is my second time postng this; it probably won't make past MTO monitoring because it's too real for them!!! "To know thouself is to love thouself"


yupIsaidit
	this is horrible. to think that race isn't an issue, is a lie. i think that horrible to do. be black and proud!


HUEmanbro
	Oshaniz, sorry you have self-hatred and low self-esteem. What makes you think you're gorgeous? U look average to me if that. And you're right the indians,Africans and others bleach as well. It's dayum shame whites know black is beautiful, but wanted you think it's ugly that's why they act like us and try to look like us by tanning and getting all types of enhancements.
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

Fatblackman
	Someone please pick my fat @ss off the floor because i'm laughing so hard, this is funny as hell to me.


MochaDLight
	This isn’t' the 1st time I heard of this bleaching craze in Jamaica. I remember my mom talking about this when I was in the 3rd Grade. Anyway I remember when I was 10 or 11 I went to this class for young woman and in the class one of the woman handed us bleaching cream. At the time I didn't know what bleaching cream was and the lady didn’t tell us what it was she just showed us how to use it. Well when I got home my mom saw it and threw it away. But think about it I was young and most of the girls in this class were under privileged and they tried to teach us to bleach our skin that wasn’t right!
	--------------- http://www.myspace.com/mztecie

Blkgodus
	@Fatblackman What do you find so hilarious, Fat Azz?....


oshaniz
	Listen HUEmanbro I am gorgeous trust me. I'm a West Indian with very exotic features, jus because da picture small don't get it twisted. It's not that I don't like being Black, it's dat black come in all differen't shade, just like clothes and I prefer the whiter shade! Same way I prefer a white blouse dan a black blouse, does dat make me hav low self esteem, ansa dat!


oshaniz
	Listen HUEmanbro I am gorgeous trust me. I'm a West Indian with very exotic features, jus because da picture small don't get it twisted. It's not that I don't like being Black, it's dat black come in all differen't shade, just like clothes and I prefer the whiter shade! Same way I prefer a white blouse dan a black blouse, does dat make me hav low self esteem, ansa dat!


Foxy90210
	@HUEMANBRO...YOU ARE SO RIGHT!! I WISH I WOULD PUT THIS [EXPLETIVE] IN MY SKIN.....DNT WORRY YOU ALL WILL BE LOOKIN LIKE MICHAEL SOON....LMAOOOOO! NO MATTER WHAT UR STILL BLACK! AND NOT ALL LIGHT SKIN GIRLS HAVE IT ALL....I KNOW SOME THAT ARE BROKER THAN [EXPLETIVE]!!! SO DNT EVEN SAY THAT....SMDH!
	--------------- I‘m so 3008 U So 2000 & LATE!

youarejinxed
	READ THIS!!! The main ingredient in those skin bleaching creams is hydroquinone, directly linked to skin cancer. Recently there was a report that the number of African Americans diagnosed with skin cancer has risen dramatically of the past few years. I believe its because these products that contain this dangerous chemical (Ambi creams do too!) Don't use products with hydroquinone, EDUCATE YOURSELF TO PROTECT YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL! And just look at that woman's face, it is so f u c k ed up, just learn to love your beautiful Black skin.


esotericdredz
	@ Blkgodus, I agree...Chemical relaxers aren't far off from this because they both take an inherently black trait and minimize it..
	--------------- Not liking bullshit doesn‘t = hating

MissDaniBaby
	@OreoHearts<<<< All due respect sista, but a relazer/texturizer does NOT take all the curl from black hair. Me, even with a relaxer if I let my hair air-dry, this sh*t will still be curly, just LOOSER and easier to comb. YOU CANNOT ERASE YOUR BLACKNESS ONLY ENHANCE IT. So if your hair dresser left the relaxer in your hair so damn long that it became too straight and fell out then obviously the brawd didn't know what she was doing...no offense. I used to know a girl that actually SLEPT with a relaxer on her head overnight thinking she'd miraculously wake up with non-black, europeanish hair the next morning! That is called MIS-USE and yes, I'd definitely catergorize THAT as self-hate, not to mention foolish since she is as bald-headed as a goose with a diseased looking scalp... But as pitiful as that is, I still don't feel simply using a relaxer/texturizer in and of itself is hate. If a girl decides to go natural that's fine too, but I'd personally get tired of the same plats everyday. And what is it called when a WHITE CHICK gets a curly perm? Is that self hate too? I think sometimes we take this drama a little too far. Yes, SOME stuff is definitely self-abuse and needs to be called out and corrected but other things are simply women wanting to feel nice and good about themselves in the most low-maintenance way possible! lol


oshaniz
	Well put Ms Danibaby! You tell dem!


HUEmanbro
	Oshaniz, Don't give me that I'm west indian crap, because I'm west indian also. And I'm neither dark or light. I have a nice brown complexion, but I'm proud the way I am. I can see your pic very clearly and I think you need to worry more about your weight than bleaching your skin and yes you do have low self-esteem. Denial(the nile) isn't just a river in Kemet/Egypt.
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

Blkgodus
	@oshaniz. Why are you trying to covince us that you're so gorgeous? You can't deceive our eyes, we see the picture...blew it up and everything...LMAO


oshaniz
	Listen Blkgodus, Me a black west indian with unusual exotic features, dat alone make me gorgeous. I'm differen't. I don't know how to blow it up. I wish I could to prove my point!


HUEmanbro
	Listen Blkgodus, Me a black west indian with unusual exotic features, dat alone make me gorgeous. I'm differen't. I don't know how to blow it up. I wish I could to prove my point! If you had unusual exotic features, then why did you bleach your skin? Do you know the lighter u are the worst you age? Melanin is everything and is greatness having it means life. Go a head and do like Michael jackson so you can look like walking corpse like most white people do when they age.
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

MissDaniBaby
	And yes, I agree that relaxers are definitely STRONG CHEMICALS that can harm when misused but so are HAIR DYES, body INK, mineral oil in lotions that so many blacks use, FLOURIDE in toothpaste (betcha didn't know that huh?), MSG that is put in 90% of our food, LEAD put in some lipstick and eyeliner, DIMETHICONE used in hair sheen spray and hair gloss, ACETONE used to take off nail polish, TALCULM used in Body Powder (can cause ovarian cancer if women put inside their panties on a regular basis), PHENYLANALINE in diet gum and sodas cause cancer in lab animals, and the list goes on and on about things we use on the regular to remain so-called "beautiful". Don't get it twisted. It's not just the "boogey-man" relaxers.


Conscious1
	dukesman Flag post I am Jamaican, born and raised and yes some of my people have insecurities but those are the few. ===== No wonder you always on here praising non black women like Kim K and saying, "I gotta get me a white woman." Speaks volumes.
	--------------- I‘m feelin‘ it.

HUEmanbro
	Your brain and body can't function without Black Melanin! Few people know what Melanin, the pigment that colors the skin & hair, is found in almost every organ of the body and is necessary in order for the brain and nerves to operate, the yes to see, and the human body ot reproduce! At the core of your brain is found the "locus coeruleus," a structure that is BLACK because it contains large amounts of (neuro) Melanin which is essential for it to operate! In fact, all the most crucial brain structures are heavily melanized! Melanin in the brain increases from the lower primates and reaches its peak in the BLACK HUMAN. "All humans possess this Black internal brain evidence of their common Black African Origin. The All Black neuromelanin nerve tract of the brain is profound proof that the human race is a Black race, with many variations of Black, from Black-Black to Whtie-Black, all ineranally rooted in a vast sea of Brain Blackness." Dr. Richard King * Melanin i sthe chemical key to life itself! * It is the major organizng molecule for living systems! * It's found everywhere! -in animals, plnats (that's why raisins are brown), soil, oceans, clounds even stars & comets! * It is essentially linked to the DNA of the genes! * It shows the potential to reproduce itself! Black Melanin is necssary in order for humans to reproduce! Melanin is present at the inception of life: a Melanin sheath covers both the sperm and the egg! In the human embryo, the melanocytes (skin pigment cells), brain and nerve cells all originate from the same place; the neural crest. Melanocytes resemble nerve celss and are ssential for conveying energy. When Melanin is missing or insufficient in the ectoderm of the early embryo (blastula),this causes the mother to lose her baby; in the case of whites, a defective baby is produced. Black Melanin is the super absorber of all forms of energy. It has "black hole" properties. It can convert light to sound and back again! It stores, transforms and conducts energy! The color of Black is the perfect absorber of light and all energy frequencies, giving Black Melanin thse properties! Thsus scientists describe Melanin as acting like a "black hole." Melanin can rearrange its chemical structure to absorb ALL wavelengths of energy (sunlight, X-rays, music, radar) and can transmute and store this energy for later use! In The Isis Papers, Dr. Cress Welsing writes that Melanin gives us the ability to use our bodies as direct connections witht he God Force, the source of all Energy -like plugging a cord into a wall socket. It also gives our hair antennae-like ability. (see page 2). How does Melanin cause racial differences? The science of Genetics shows that Blacks can produce all races but it is impossible for a brown, yellow or white race to produce a black race. A Japanese scientist showed that inside melanocytes (pigment cells) are tiny packets called melanosomes that contatin melanin. The four stages in the maturing of thse melanosomes counts for racial differences: Stage 1: The melanosome is empty & doesn't have the machinery to make melanin. Stage 2: The melanosome has the machinery to make melanin, but is empty of melanin. Stage 3: The machinery is there and the melasosome is half filled with melanin. Stage 4: The machinery is there and the melanosome is completely filled with melanin. Whites have mainly stages 1 & 2, whereas all people of color have melanin, with Blacks having more of stage 4. Other amazing facts about Black Melanin: * Melanin granules are "central computers" and may analyze and intiate body responses without reporting to the brain! * Melanin slows agin & protects you from daming effects of sunlight. The darker your skin (genetically) the less it ages. Thus whties ofthern have wrinkled skin in there 30s while Blacks ofthern have smooth, unwrinkled skin even in "old" age. * All people of color have Melanin circulating in the blood due to spllage from the melanosomes (Melanin packets). People containing high levels of Melanin (mainly Blkacks) will always show a positve test for the use of marijuana! The chemcial species found in the urine which indicates comeone's use of marijuana is also found in the urine of Blacks! The Melanin molecule is so stable that it has been found in 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils! It is highly resistant to chemical and physical analysis, this its precise structure is unknown! "BLACKNESS" is a divine, cosmic principle of the Universe. BLACK is the meaning of Kam or Khem -the name which the ancient Egyptians called themselves. From this word we get "Chemistry," the study of the building blocks of Life. Life is founded upon CARBON, the Black element present in all living matter. Black carbon atoms link to form Black Melanin, which has "Black Hole" properties! Black Holes are found at hte center of our own galaxy and countelss others. In physics, a "Black Body" isknown to be a perfect absorber and perfect radiator of all forms of light and energy. This "Black Body Radiation" is at work in the electron, as shown by Nobel prize winner, Richard Feynman. The electron is responsible for ALL "Khem-ical" changes in matter. It has been present since the creation of the universe. The scientist, Jean Charaon proved that the electron has all the properties of the Black Hole, plus it exchanges "Black Photons" with other electrons, enabling it to continuously accumalate data. This means that if we view the electron as a carrier of memory, it has experienced everything in creation since the very beginning. Blackness is fundamental to the operation of the universe of Engery. God is the Giver of All Energy: "Blackness" (not darkness) allows the perfect reception of all wavelengths of Energy 8 of 35 Melanin gives Black people superior physical, mental & spiritual ability. Melanin refines the nervous system in such a way that messages from the brain reach other areas of the body most rapidly in Black people, the Original People. Black infants sit, stand, crawl and walk sooner than whites, and demonstarte more advanced cognitive skills than their white counterparts because of their abundance of Melanin. Carol Barnes writes "...your mental processes (brain power) are controlled by the same chemical that gives Black humans their superior physical (atheltics, rhythmic dancing) abilities. This chemical... is Melanin!" The abundance of Melanin in Black humans produces a superior organism physically, mentally and spiritiually. This why all the founders of the world's great religions are Black. Melanin is the neuro-chemical basis for what is called SOUL in Black people. In the same way Blacks excel in athletics, they can excel in all other areas as well (like they did in the past!) once the road blocks are removed! Is God Black? The Original Man was BLACK, "made in the IMAGE of God" his Parent, according to scared books. Children look like their parents. All the other races are but diluted variations of the Original Black Race. (see pages 7 & 8) Most whites have calcified pineal glands which thwarts Melatonin production, therby limiting their moral capacity. Located in the brain, the tiny pineal & pituitary glands regulate the body's other glands. Esoteric tradion regards the area of these glands as the third eye, seat of the soul, and the mystical Uraeus represented by the cobra on the forehead of Egyptian royalty/crowns. Why did Africans view the European as a child of God, but the Europeans viewed the African as a soulless savage? Because of "melatonin," described as a mentally & morally stimulating humanizing hormone produced by the pineal gland. Scientific research reveals that most whites are unable to prduce much melatonin because their pineal glands are often calcified and nonfunctioning. Pineal calcification rateswith Africans si 5-15%; Asians - 15-25%; Europeans -60-80%! This is the chemical basis for the cultural diffences between Blacks and whites, causing some Black scholars to raise the question that the European approach, that of the logical, erect, ridgid, anti-feeling posture, reflects a left brain orientation and reflects that they lack the chemical key of melatonin to turn on their unconscious and therefore cannot get into feelings. Carol Barnes writes "Melanin is responsible for the existence of civilization, philosophy, religion, truth, justice, and righteousness. Individuals (whites) containing low levels of Melanain will behave in a barbaric manner." Melanin give humans the ability to FEEL because it is the absorber of all frequencies of energy. Dr. Welsing wrties "Since melanin is a superior absorber of all energy , it is essential to establish this understanding of God and 'all energy.' The fact thaat the albinos (whties) lack melanin may also help to explain ...why, in the view of many non-white peooples, they (whit4es) lack 'spirituality" and the capacity to tune in to, and therby establish harmony and justice..." The scientific evidence of Melanin threatens the ideology of white supremacy. After considering Melain to be a "waste" product of body-metabolism which "served no useful function," Western (white) science has now discovered that Melanin is the chemical key to life and the brain itself! All studies and facts about Melanin suggest that after 400 years of attempting to inferiorize the Black race, "Western science is facing the sobering reality that, by its own self-defined standards, Black people are probably superior to whites in both intellectual potential and muscle coordination." (Sepia magazine interview). The central role Melanin plays in the body has been "suppressed to maintain the mythological inferiority of blacks...and the defensive clinging to whiteness as some token of superiority." (Dr. Richard King) The "superiority complex" of white people is a defense mechanism and a mas for their deepset inferiority complex which they project onto people of color. Psychologists say insistent denial means readlity in the opposite way. If whites really believed that white skin was "superior," why is "tanning" so important in white culture despite its known health risks (thousands die annually from skin cancer). Also, curling or permming lifeless, straight hair, and the lastest; lip injections for a fuller look! And it is the white female who tells you that her ideal mate is "tall, DARK, and handsome!" "Dark" indeed refers to more Melanin! "Messed-up Melanin" is killing Melanated people! In their ongoing effort to destroy people of color, whites create "designer durgs," structured to chemically bind with and alter the Melanin molecule, causing it to become toxic and even fatal to highly melanated people! Carol Barnes, who documents this subject writes, "MELANIN can become toxic to the Black human because it combines with harmful drugs such as a cocaine, amphtamines, pyscholic, hallucinoge... marijuana...etc." The molecules of these drugs resemble the Melanin molecule! The body is fooled and its balance is thrown off as it relies on its drug-wrecked Melanin in order to function. Even legal drugs such as tetracyclines, neurolepts (tranquilizers), have strong affinity for bind to Melanin. Herbicides (paraquats,'agent orange' [dioxin]) bind irreversibly with Melanin & remain in the Black human throughout life causing many disorders. Drug abuse by Blacks is more likely to occur because Melanin causes Blacks to become addicted faster and stay addicted longer from thses drugs which are deliberately placed in Black communites. Drugs are destroying the heart of Native American and Black society, causing many deaths. For more information on the wonders of Melanin: Dr. Richard King's superb African Origin of Biological Psychiatry and Carol Barnes' information rich Melanin: The Chemical Key to Black Greatness (C. Barnes, Box 3009189,Houston Texas, 77230). Also the technical paper Melanin, The Organizing Molecule by Dr. Frank Barr, discoverer of Melanin's organizing ability & other properties (Institute for Study of consciousness (510) 849-4784 /2924 Benvenue Ave., Berkeley CA 94704). 9 of 35
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oshaniz
	Huemanbro let me tell you, the real reason that everybody saying the bleaching is dangerous is because it's taking money away from the Dermatologist dem. I know for a fact, I know many different dermatologist. They charge thousands of dollars in the plastic surgeon office to get my results, so they mus be losing money. That's why they making dis such a big issue. I know people who bleach for years with nothing wrong, like me self as well. And I'm 40, people think I'm still in my 20's, the bleach also getting rid of wrinkles too because I have not one on my face. I'm speaking because I know for a fact! No Michael Jackson going on over here!


Conscious1
	Black people don't bleach. Use cocoa butter on your skin and you'll have healthy looking skin with that nice glow.
	--------------- I‘m feelin‘ it.

Conscious1
	...and drink plenty of water...alkaline water. Eat healthy too and SWEAT.
	--------------- I‘m feelin‘ it.

oshaniz
	Huemanbro please, you need glasses, it's not one ounce of fat on my body baby. You really do, cause you know more about me than myself. Wa you name inspector gadget. I don't have low self esteem because I don't want to be white. I just prefer a lighter color. Like I prefer lighter color clothes over darker color clothes, does that mean I have low self esteem too? You da one wit low self esteem, because anybody who put people down have it bad. And yes I'm still gorgeous!


DaisyDooks
	There are so many valid perspectives on this subject, but one thing is clear...every human being on this planet has been tainted with the supremacy of white skin and heritage ideology. It is so haunting that the descendants of the first human family - the black skinned inhabitants in what is today known as Ethiopa - feel inferior to other racial classes. This is so twisted on so many levels.
	--------------- Save Darfur!

DaisyDooks
	If you truly understood the metaphysical and scientific properties of melanin, you would look at skin color differently.
	--------------- Save Darfur!

Sunday
	respect to mzJSUfan, callicrew, trinicandy, cruziangirl6, Judah0677, lifegroove, esotericdredz, and anyone else on here who believes black is beautiful and there is no need to bleach or alter your skin color.


Sunday
	QUESTIONS: @ izthatright - why did you give your husband ambi? @ OreoHearts - the light-skin person you knew that bleached... WHY DID SHE?


DaisyDooks
	Oh Humanbro, I see you addressed the melanin issue. I didn't see your post before I commented. P.S. Bold statement with your avatar.
	--------------- Save Darfur!

Sunday
	@ Swamianan, I think tanning is different because the change in skin tone is temporary and it is only unhealthy if you do it excessively. @ Thoro - it's not just in the Caribbean, this happens everywhere there is dark skinned people in America, in the West Indies, in Africa, in Sri Lanka, in India, etc. @ dreams2reality - I agree with you but I don't think all black men are running behind white woman. I CERTAINTLY AM NOT! I think the media black and white gives too much attention to inter-racial couples. Black men are not marrying or having children with white women anymore than black women doing it with white men. It gets blown out of proportion to try and drive a wedge between black man and black woman to breakdown the black family structure.


HUEmanbro
	That's right @ Diasydooks If you truly understood the metaphysical and scientific properties of melanin, you would look at skin color differently.
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

sweetkina30
	That is soooo sad world that those black people will wanted to be something that they are not. I dont understand what they trying to do to them self.. I dont care what color you are black, light, red, white, purple..WE are all beautiful of what God made us. Color is just a color. They need to get some mind evaluation done. Cuz those people are not thinking straight. What differnt it going to make if you bleach it, it wont make them no better. See that girl face got all mess up.. that her dumb ass fault to be messing her face up. That is sooooo sooo sooo sad. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL.
	--------------- www.myspace.com/femmred

BleepThis
	@calicrew part of your statement says: WE ARE SO QUICK TO SAY A LIGHTER SKIN PERSON LOOKS BETTER WE THE DARKER COMPLEXIONED ONE CLEARLY HAS THE BETTER BODY AND BETTER FEATURES; BUT SOMETHING IN YOUR SPIRIT STIRRING THE POT OF SELF LOATHING WON'T LET YOU SEE IT. ----- You are doing it too...you just stated that "WE" the darker complexion have better feature...BULLSH*T...Black is beautiful in all shades light skin, carmel skin, dark skin, Blue-Blaq...we all possess GREAT features, Good Hair, Great Personalities and Great Opportunities in life...i get tired of this same ole debate...no one treats me any better because im lighter than most...im still black and I have the same BLACK issues as everyone else... Again my son is yellow and my daughter is CHocolate Brown both of my kids are gorgeous...and i would never let them think any different...BRAINWASHED IS THE WORD...And Calicrew your statements make you sound just as brainwashed so your point was not well taken...
	--------------- G E O R G I A! G E O R G I A!!!

LoveJones
	Stupid Motherfcukerz... Weed is all dem kno.
	--------------- "It‘s only Entertainment!"

BleepThis
	@topic She said she would spend her money on the bleaching product before food...I HOPE SHE DOES TURN WHITE MAKING DUMB AZZ COMMENTS LIKE THAT! We do not need anymore MISrepresentation then we already have as a race...
	--------------- G E O R G I A! G E O R G I A!!!

BleepThis
	@lowerlevel82 You might not be dark BUT YOU SHOLL IS UGLY!!!! LMAO!!!!!
	--------------- G E O R G I A! G E O R G I A!!!

superWET
	oshaniz Flag post Listen HUEmanbro I am gorgeous trust me. I'm a West Indian with very exotic features, jus because da picture small don't get it twisted. It's not that I don't like being Black, it's dat black come in all differen't shade, just like clothes and I prefer the whiter shade! Same way I prefer a white blouse dan a black blouse, does dat make me hav low self esteem, ansa dat! ----- YOU AVERAGE I C UR FACE CLEARLY. I AM LITE SKIN BUT NEVER BLEACH. I THINK LITE IS CUTE DARK IS CUTE. DEM TRICKS IS CRAZY 4 DAT MESS.
	--------------- PENNI FAC WIT UGLYYY HERT!

MissDaniBaby
	"MELANIN can become toxic to the Black human because it combines with harmful drugs such as a cocaine, amphtamines, pyscholic, hallucinoge... marijuana...etc." The molecules of these drugs resemble the Melanin molecule! The body is fooled and its balance is thrown off as it relies on its drug-wrecked Melanin in order to function. Even legal drugs such as tetracyclines, neurolepts (tranquilizers), have strong affinity for bind to Melanin. Herbicides (paraquats,'agent orange' [dioxin]) bind irreversibly with Melanin & remain in the Black human throughout life causing many disorders. Drug abuse by Blacks is more likely to occur because Melanin causes Blacks to become addicted faster and stay addicted longer from thses drugs which are deliberately placed in Black communites. Drugs are destroying the heart of Native American and Black society, causing many deaths..." ----- Good info. But no suprise here even though it's a friggin disgrace how the powers that be use our own bodytypes against us...experimenting with blacks like lab mice. obviously afraid of the original black in all of us.


oshaniz
	Thank you Bleep This, point well stated. Super wet you can't see me good in that picture, I am not average believe me. I know how the original picture looks and that is not clear.


Violetta5
	OK. DON'T GET WHAT IS SEXY ABOUT HAVING LIGHTER FACE THAN THE REST OF YOUR BODY


mandingo7777
	The emotional and psychological damage done to black people is just sad. I have never disliked my dark skin nor would I ever think of lightening it up. I guess unlike so many people of African background I love me and my dark skin. There are women out there that don't have a problem with my dark skin but there are some that do. It's called life and no one will make me feel less than just won't happen. I say be proud of what ever your skin tone is. Many Jamaicans and other West Indians for the most part worship and relate to the European culture and way of life anyway.


plug
	really now, do they really think that they going to get my color. oh my


Blkgodus
	@oshaniz... Oh, Now I get it, you wanted us to cosign on your disillusion!!! Well sweetie, as a, Wise One, once said to me, "The time spent trying to convince others, should be sent convince yourself." Work from the inside out, cause you reek of insecurities!!!


RedDragon
	SAD SAD SAD. NO SELF LOVE AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYBODY WANNA BE WHITE ANYWAY. DON'T THEY KNOW THAT THEIR DARKNESS IS ACTUALLY A SKIN PROTECTANT. MELANIN CREATES BROWN SKIN AND IT ALSO PROTECTS THE SKIN FROM THE SUN'S DAMAGE. IM LIGHTSKINNED AND I HAVE TO WEAR A CAP IN THE SUMMER DURING THE SCORCHING HEAT TO KEEP FROM GETTING SUNBURNED. YET IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, I SEE DARKSKINNED GIRLS WALKING IN THE SUN, NO HAT, NO UMBRELLA, LIKE IT FEELS GOOD!!! EVERYONE HAS THEIR CROSSES TO BEAR, BUT THIS IS JUST DEADLY VANITY. AND IT COULD COME BACK AND HAUNT THEM IN THE FORM OF SKIN CANCER...PLUS, THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE BESIDES YOUR SKIN TONE. THE WORST PART IS, THESE CHICKS AREN'T EVEN GETTING ANY LIGHTER. WTF...


RedDragon
	ANY IDIOT THAT COMPARES THIS ISH WITH GETTING YOUR HAIR RELAXED IS DUMB AS ALL OUTDOORS. WE GET OUR HAIR RELAXED...FOR , I DON'T KNOW....SO WE CAN GET A FREAKING COMB THRU IT!!!!!


RedDragon
	PRODUCTS SUCH AS AMBI AND ESOTERICA SHOULD BE USED NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS. AND IT'S ONLY FOR SMALL MARKS. NOT THIS MADNESS.


queenof256
	DID YOU SEE THE ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE SIDE?? LOL!! But really..that stuff aint cool. MTO, that image thing is ridiculous
	--------------- SWAGGA ON 100 THOUSAND TRILLION

queenof256
	@UEmanbro cliffs notes please??
	--------------- SWAGGA ON 100 THOUSAND TRILLION

YOUNGHECTIC
	this is some sad stuff. i dont even like when people say im lite-skinned. our people are so phucked up in the head it dont make no sense! everybody and anybody who does this should KILL THEMSELVES since they hate who and what they are. im serious, they should commit suicide!!!!
	--------------- www.myspace.com/jdubbthayounghectic

izthatright
	Sunday: I gave my husband ambii because while in iraq his neck, brow and other parts of his faces got darker than others. I gave it to him to even his skin tone back out. Once it did he stopped.
	--------------- Germany‘s finest! ich liebre dieich

MadeNKorea
	this is so damn sad i dont under stand why people are doing this just to have light skin sheesh iam light skin and when iam out in the sun i dont get dark i get sun burn so i dont see why people wanna go threw all that for light skin
	--------------- www.myspace.com/only1lia

THE_WAY
	ROTFLMBAO @ oshaniz. I honestly think this is a MTO staffer at work. Last night they worked out the story and today they come in with their cast of characters and prepared scripts. This CHARACTER,who I've never seen before on MTO, sounds so damn ridiculous. I have to put oshaniz and FATBLACKMAN (who you know is white) in the same category of fake MTO users created by the MTO staff. Just like OreoHearts.
	--------------- NGR(Enger)=King until the Devil lied !

girlygirl
	Silly me, and I spend a few weeks in the beginning of summer actually trying to get darker! This is the saddest thing in the world right now! One day these people are going to wish they didn't do this to themselves. And one day EVERYONE is going to wish they had DARK skin! It's sun friendly, nonbiogradable!
	--------------- BLACK POWER!

THE_WAY
	BTW peace to HUEmanbro. Excellent post!!!
	--------------- NGR(Enger)=King until the Devil lied !

Judah0677
	@oshaniz.....I'm gonna be real with you. You sound sooo conceited and you are making yourself look ugly no matter how beautiful you look on the outside. Beauty is from within, PERIOD! People like you are so stuck into the light/dark skinned stereotypes that you are brainwash, like seriously, it's not even funny! It's sad how people think that only just ONE color is better and trust me, that shyt is NOT true! That sounds so f*&$kin ignorance. You may be light and gorgeous but I'm dark and beautiful. Self-hate is a disease and people woth it should really get themselve cure. SMMFHO...I love the skin I'm in and would never change it for the world, thank God!
	--------------- www.myspace.com/quisquis

Tiffany347
	Sigh...people still believe this "light is right" mess? I know lots of people who can't get enough dark chocolate, lol. I think I've been brainwashed as well. I prefer to call my self brown skin not dark skin, when its just light or dark, plain and simple. I think because of the negative aspects associated with being dark skin: Dark skin people are stereotyped as "haters," being miserable, and jealous of lighter complexions. Nor do I call or consider myself light skin, cause then that would be viewed as self hatred. Light skin people are viewed as conceited and overprivileged. So, just call me "brown skinned."


sweetpeaches45
	smh @ jamaica, when y'll go stop?! STOP USE OUT DI NADIOLA!!!! LOL
	--------------- myspace.com/sweetpeaches45

THE_WAY
	@queenof256 Learn how to focus your attention and simply read the passage,you dummy ass Alabama hick.
	--------------- NGR(Enger)=King until the Devil lied !

donthateonthegreat
	So sad! I would never think to do no fukked up sh!t like that! Skin bleaching?? That sounds dangerous! No thanks, I love my skin color!!
	--------------- Pink hair don‘t care!!

Missyboo
	for me as a young jamaican girl it's not only for style but all so acceptions bleaching people don't look right Listen to Queen Ifricka song "Mi Nah rub" its not a pretty sight in Jamaiaca everybody in Jamaica wan to be a "Bleach Browning" thats how it set up I am disgrace to see this things i don't find it pretty at all


HUEmanbro
	Naw @queenof256 There is no cliff notes. Learn how to read or don't acknowledge my post. That's the problem with today's society they want the fast way to everything, but there isn't a fast way or easy way at all.
	--------------- http://shiitushouldkno.blogspot.com/

MuddButt
	that is some sad [EXPLETIVE]. for someone that is is not Africa American like me...why would people do that? black is beautiful! I love the black ladies! it's not the color of your skin that i love about yall...it's the content of your character that i appreciate. BTW...interracial relationship is a good thing. =)


mizz_naysi
	I just don't understand... Maybe its not for me TO understand...
	--------------- myspace.com/430295996

sofistikatedlade
	About a couple of weeks ago didn't you feature Africans bleaching their skin? What, this skin bleaching thing again? It is a sad thing that some black ppl, african, jamaicans and other people of color chooses to make a statement to the world that lighter is better. Racist people and countries don't particularly care if you are light, dark, or inbetween. If you are black( have color in your skin) you are considered inferior to the rest of the world. Instead of being proud of who you are by trying to be something you are not proves them right...you are inferior. Don't believe the hype! Light or white is not right, or if you are black, get back! Those are the hateful sentiments shared by racist ppl of the 50's 60's. This is a new day! Stand up and be proud of who you are....or sit down and cover your face in shame. I am The Sofistikatedlade
	--------------- Get it together or leave it alone!

CaramelSunday
	Thats a damn shame....that stuff dont even make people look lighter..it makes them look reall ashy..and looks like they have a disease..ughhh
	--------------- Simply Delicious

Lexia
	Okay I'm about to go off subject a little bit since most people have already touched on everything...And let me start off by saying this...I hate the fact that people feel they have to bleach their skin to look "better" or "prettier"...But...There are alot of things that people do that aren't good for them... Using Anti-perspirants...It isn't normal to not sweat... Using steroids is not good for you... I hate for people/women to have plastic surgery...That shyt is bad...but alot of women do it... I mean people are so outraged by this, but what about the things that we do or eat on a constant basis? One isn't any worse than the other...In terms of for our HEALTH that is... It's hard to lead/live a very healthy life without subjecting ourselves to any danger... Next...Relaxers...That's why I don't relax my hair anymore... Using BIRTH CONTROL....It isn't normal to MISS or SKIP your monthly cycle...And you have to know that if it's preventing you from conceiving, it's some strong shyt... Diet Sodas...It contains aspartame...If you don't know what it is, google it... So do those lil Crystal light packets and what not... There's so much more...But those are just a few... And I don't use birth control(that's what condoms are for and if you have a "slip up" THEN you can resort to the morning after pill, which still has it's risks though)...BUT my weakness is that I still eat shyt that I know isn't healthy for me...I don't eat it as much...but even then, something still could happen to me...I'm healthy and I'm a small petite female so it hasn't done anything to me yet, but I'm still going to do better... And The one thing I always tell people/women to try and keep themselves healthy is when they have babies, please please breast feed them...It helps with the strength of the immune system... I'm a health freak...I'm always about having good health...And plus, that is my field...
	--------------- Actions have consequences...

Lexia
	Oh and here's a health tip for the women... Eat Yogurt on a regular basis...It helps prevents and fight off yeast infections...Doctors and pharmacies don't want you to know that because they want your money and business...Yogurt is alot cheaper...
	--------------- Actions have consequences...

sofistikatedlade
	@ARTLADY52: Listen baby, people will make all kinds of assumptions about you no matter what. Just like if you are attractive and overweight. They will say: You have such as pretty face. Not, you are pretty, but they will alude to your face therefore telling you that you are pretty but need to do something about that body. Or like you said they will say: You are pretty for a darkskinned girl. What does color have to do with it? That kind of stuff goeson all the time. It's such a shame too. I am the Sofistikatedlade
	--------------- Get it together or leave it alone!

Lexia
	Oops I meant to say what I tell women to keep their BABIES/children healthier and for them to grow up having a stronger immune system...I was indeed breastfed too...
	--------------- Actions have consequences...

jusbillie
	DONT BE TOO SHOCKED. WE ALL COMPROMISE AND PUT OURSELVES IN DANGER EVERDAY. THIS IS JUST A SAD EXTREME


watzgood
	IT'S SAD AND PEOPLE WHO BLEACH THEIR SKIN ARE SO BRAINWASHED THAT THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF BLEACHING THE SKIN. DARK SKIN IS SO BEAUTIFUL LIGHTER PEOPLE WANT TO TAN IN ORDER TO GET DARK. PEOPLE NEED TO APPRECIATE WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN THEM.
	--------------- myspace.com/nazarrah

sassy1225
	THIS [EXPLETIVE] IS WHATS CALLED REVERSE RACISM ON YOUR OWN RACE... THERE ARE LIGHT SKINNED PEOPLE WHO ARE WORSE OFF THAN DARK SKINNED PEOPLE AND VICE VERSA SO SKIN TONE REALLY DOSENT MATTER IN EVERY SITUTION. AND THIS [EXPLETIVE] MAY END UP KILLING


mzFASHIONISTA
	theyre doin it cuz its a color problem down there.. when i went there a man told me that the ja guys dont like dark woman.. the british fcuked their minds up.. u should see how the british act down there like its a scene out of TAMANGO! trust me i lived in red hills 4 yrs!
	--------------- dont make me SMACK THA BLACK OFF U!

kahmmillion
	All ya'll full of ish! How many guys in this room turned down a good woman because she wasn't the right shade? I'll answer that...the majority of you!! Ya'll make ppl feel like they are nothing unless they are light skinned. Dark skinned women (especially) never seem to be in style. I am a dark skinned chick and I have hated myself so much while I was growing up. The police mess with dark skinned brothers a lot more than the light skinned brothers. Lighter skinned ppl do get better jobs than ( a lot) of dark skinned ppl. This is the society that we live in and you are all sitting here acting like it's not happening. I just can't stand when ppl try to make it look like they aren't like that when they are. How many ppl have said that dark skinned women are not pretty? Why do ppl act like they do not know this is the way that blk ppl have treated one another for ages. It all started from the time of slavery...where were the dark skinned ppl? Outside...where where the light skinned ppl inside. Bleaching is a way for ppl to be accepted. I got into hella fights when I came to this country (yeah, I'm Jamaican from up in the hills). I had no friends because of my color. I was treated like crap and made to feel like crap, which brought my self esteem to the lowest of the low until I finally said f u c k this s h i t I can only be me. So, ya'll can't say this is sad. Blk ppl makes this sad. Ah hunu do one anedo so! So wha mek is a issue now dat ppl ah chat bout it?


esotericdredz
	THE_WAY ROTFLMBAO @ oshaniz. I honestly think this is a MTO staffer at work. Last night they worked out the story and today they come in with their cast of characters and prepared scripts. This CHARACTER,who I've never seen before on MTO, sounds so damn ridiculous. I have to put oshaniz and FATBLACKMAN (who you know is white) in the same category of fake MTO users created by the MTO staff. ----- 100% Truth...I have no doubt that some posters are nothing more than MTO staff members who come in and post incendiary comments just to p!ss people off and keep the comments flowing.
	--------------- Not liking bullshit doesn‘t = hating

bahamachyck
	Much Respect @ kahmmillion! that is the truth. Let a gorgeous natural sista like,say....Lauryn Hill walk by, and I guarantee she is invisible to most of the guys in here. In all fairness, I can't say the same for the ladies. 9 times out of 10 they always talk about how they love chocolate men.
	--------------- rastafari forever

mzFASHIONISTA
	what people say or do shouldnt make a difference to u. if ur black like tar if u look good u look good.. nobody can deny that! if a man has a color problem wit u thats HIS FCUKIN PROBLEM!!
	--------------- dont make me SMACK THA BLACK OFF U!

Joey
	I tell you some people are a disgrace to the race. Here you have whites that will risk the change of getting cancer to get your color and these dumb as** is talking about bleaching there’s. My skin is dark Carmel color but when I get in the sun and get darker my skin looks gorgeous and glowing, and white people just stare and smile. @kahmmillion You need to seek help for your self concept and anybody else who feels the way you do. And if society is this way you shouldn't acquiesce to these standards but be strong and fight against them. And what are you talking about; my brother is light skinned and gets stopped by the police all the time. Seek therapy because people will look down upon you talking the crap that you do.


STAYPOPPIN01
	Lexia Good points. I'm a bit of a health freak myself, I feel I'm my best investment. What good is it to have all the clothes, cars, homes etc. and can only enjoy it for a few years, then die?
	--------------- Knowledge Kingpin

STAYPOPPIN01
	Lexia Oh yeah, but you're right. It's hard for me not to indulge myself in a Klondike Bar. It just draws me. Sometimes I can fight it off. Other times it becomes my "master" and I become a "willing slave" LOL!!
	--------------- Knowledge Kingpin

Phat_Gemini
	Bleached skin is ugly anyways. I hate to see a female with bleached skin. It's always the ones with the worse skin. Here in NYC, you see it everyday especially in Brooklyn. They look strange with that pink,orange glow. Black Africans bleach the hell out of their skin too. ILL!!
	--------------- Pop off!

SisterSoldier
	Marcus Garvey must be turning in his grave [fyi: his was born & raised in Jamaica]. But we live in a WORLD that embraces white supremacist values. There are Asians that have plastic surgery to change their eyes, there is a color complex in Latin America, Africa, etc. As a result of slavery, colonialism, and imperialism whiteness and white supremacist values dominate.


oshaniz
	Joke on all you ROTFLMBAO, all you tink I really bleach. I got you all worked up like Black Exec!! rotflmbao Psych, And I do work for MTO. My whiteness is natural ya'll so stupid, couldn't tell, ya'll act like I look like dem people on the video all pasty n sht! Joke on all of you!!


bboyblue
	STUPIDITY...


MissDaniBaby
	@Kahmillion<<<< Sorry to hear u had to go through that sis. Keep ya head up and tell the haters to fall back. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, acquiesce to the self hate that our own disillusioned, ignorant bretheren will push upon you. Seeing all this heartbreak makes me sad. Especially when WE are our worst enemies. Truth be told, I'm glad to just be a safe "brown", somewhat under the radar and away from all the hateful eyes of folks that constantly criticize light and dark skin people... Just like the hideous color divisions exposed in Spike Lee's infamous "Skool Daze" film, his point was absolutely correct: PEOPLE WAKE UP!!


MissDaniBaby
	One additional note, my "caramel brownishness" definitely does not help a sistah in the eyes of RACIST white folk... again, black is black is black. But it does help when I'm among my own people, as SOME of us can be the most hateful, judgemental, mean-spirited individuals to our very own. smdh. In that case, it actually helps to be invisible color-wise!


STAYPOPPIN01
	Kahmillion I agree with some of your comments, I stated earlier that this had to do with getting more opportunities in life (money). Maybe it's the state I grew up in (Cleveland, OH) I saw this darksinned ish true enough. I have to say though, if a darkskinned girl was hot, in which a lot were, she was the bomb in my neck of the woods. I can't speak on your experiences, I'm sure you're on the money when it comes to your neck of the woods, but I've lived all over, and if the dark woman was hot, she got much love, but again, that's been my experience in life!
	--------------- Knowledge Kingpin

JamPrincess87
	bleaching is like a world wide disease now. Damn. Asians and the East Indians are notorious for this. SMH. I don't know man. The whites want to be darker the non whites want to be lighter. SMH


JamPrincess87
	bleaching is like a world wide disease now. Damn. Asians and the East Indians are notorious for this. SMH. I don't know man. The whites want to be darker the non whites want to be lighter. SMH.


Lexia
	Poppin, you're right...I'm glad, especially as a female, that I had a 10th grade female teacher to tell us that we only get ONE body so we better take care of it...That always stuck with me... That's why sometimes I find myself "preaching" to some of the women here on MTO about certain things/issues...I just get passionate about things concerning/affecting Black women and men...
	--------------- Actions have consequences...

STAYPOPPIN01
	I just can't remember a time in my life, where I was sitting around with a bunch a guys, and they start saying dumb ish like "I would date her, but she's dark" WTF?? I've been in social clubs all over the U.S. and I've still never heard GROWN MEN say this ish. Kamillion This might've been the cruelty of young kids in your youth, I doubt if grown men are still coming at you with this nonsense. (I could be wrong)
	--------------- Knowledge Kingpin

STAYPOPPIN01
	Lexia You were wise to listen, and APPLY wise words. That's why I say a lot of the things I say on here too. MTO say they have 5 million visitors daily, which means a lot of the people we see in our everyday lives possibly visit this site. If wise words are spoken here, it can have huge impacts on our community one day at a time.
	--------------- Knowledge Kingpin

EritreanBeautyxxx
	perming your hair is NOT healthy!!! regardless of what your hairdresser is telling you ladies!! the chemicals that you cant even begin to pronounce making its way into your beautifully nappy hair is not the BIZ.. TRUST!!! and just b/c its been tested in labs doesnt make it any better. thats just dumb!!! ALSO there are Bleaching creams that have been tested and proven to be legit and healthy by the FDA.. YES THEY DO IN FACT EXISTS!!!! and ppl do use them BUT that does not make it OKAY does it ???!!! BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!


Lexia
	That's true Poppin...Because this is a very public forum...You can help or inform some people on here...Somebody is going to take notes...you better believe that...
	--------------- Actions have consequences...

PhreshKidFromDaSouth
	im glad for da subtitles cuz i couldnt understand [EXPLETIVE] they wuz sayin lol but for real STOP BLACK PEOPLE JUST STOP WIT ALL DIS BLEACHING CRAP WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT ALL DAT U ARE THE COLOR U ARE IF GOD WANTED U LITE HE WOULDVE MADE U LITE DANG WATZ WRONG WIT PEOPLE I LOVE MY SKIN COLOR IM NOT LITE I USED TO BE WHEN I WUZ LITTLE BUT I PLAY SPORTS AND THE SUN HAS MADE ME DARKER AND I PERSONALLY DONT CARE IM LIKE A PIE CRUST BROWN COLOR OR WATEVER LOL
	--------------- so freakin pissed at dem damn cowboys :\|

speakerboxxxbby
	WOW
	--------------- my son is my WORLD . lil big head self .

beyourselfalways13
	This is a SHAME! To be honest, I find Black Men that come over to the US from Africa to be Very ATTRACTIVE! Yes, they do have a DARKER Skin Complexion but there's more to them that makes them stand out! Look at Heidi Klum and Seam????


beyourselfalways13
	*SEAL!


ShanAnas
	I am a PROUD Jamaican generally. But, right now I'm soooo ashamed! Its d reality here to a large extent. Bleaching cream sell harder dan food down twn so unless we as a ppl and a nation rise above our inferiority complex, we're screwed. Out of Many One People
	--------------- Made My Bed & I Sleep Like a Baby

Sunday
	@ izthatright ..... aight cool @ kahmmillion I'ma dark-skinned man of African origin and you sistas do the same..... so don't sit up here typing away and make it look like you black women are not also part of the problem.


ladylolita
	O lawdy. What they don't say, is that people who live on the islands get BIG DARK sun spots. It's common. It has nothing to do with trying to be white. Sometimes it amazes me that people comment on just anything, without researching. Island people embraces there blackness more so then the people on the main land ever did. Just look at the black men in the states,they get a little bit of money and the 1st thing they do is marry some white woman. OR SOME light skin mama.


BlackVelvet
	people need to stop looking at whiteness as a status symbol.
	--------------- Yeah that‘s right... AND WHAT???

afrocubanshay
	To be HONEST it's whose ever choice! I'm overly exhausted at hearing people talk about how wrong it is. I don't see anything wrong w/it because it's that’s person prerogative. Every one is claiming that's it's symbolic for wanting to be white, but again, if that's what makes them HAPPY. It's not effecting me... this doesn't discuss me... in actuality... if white women can go and get lip injections and HUGE but implants that makes them happy and on top of that NO ONE EVER METIONS THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE GETTING DARKER THAN THE BLACK PEOPLE... see you all miss these points. I do stand by what these people are doing... i know people who do this... there not DENOUSING there race they just want to look in the mirror and feel pleased at what they see.
	--------------- I rather be a servant for the Lord

Rgmusick
	The way I see it, a woman to me is more attractive when they are in love with who they are from the inside out...Because my children will join this world through the same...from the inside of her out...Will she not love my child?...No matter what my child will be a part of her inside...So my human sisters...love your selves , all of your self...hair, skin, body, mind, and desires...Its a good look ...Trust....laters...Tj
	--------------- myspace.com/demindz or /rgmusick

afrocubanshay
	i agree w/kahmmillion i wrote something else... it was long..and had a lot of valid points a lot people did not touch on but....again kahmmillion is dead on. u men claim and even black women say u like dark or brown woman/man but darker people r looked over.
	--------------- I rather be a servant for the Lord

Total_Revolution
	It is sad but true. Lighter skin is not a promotion out of the ghetto. Prime example take a look at the Mother with loads of sore on her face caused by bleach abuse. Education is the only way to build confidence not bleach. I fault the Jamaica society for allowing this nonsense to continue. I overheard a light skin Jamaican grandma mention that she did not like dark skin people because the were to ghetto. I think Jamaica elected officials she institute a ban on light skin vs dark skin for any job or preference in Jamaica.


Total_Revolution
	It is sad but true. Lighter skin is not a promotion out of the ghetto. Prime example take a look at the Mother with loads of sore on her face caused by bleach abuse. Education is the only way to build confidence not bleach. I fault the Jamaica society for allowing this nonsense to continue. I overheard a light skin Jamaican grandma mention that she did not like dark skin people because they were to ghetto. I think Jamaica elected officials should institute a ban on light skin vs dark skin for any job or preference in Jamaica.


honeybunn
	IF YOU UGLY YOU UGLY THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN DONT MAKE YOU PRETTY YOUR FACIAL FEATURES DO DUMB ASZZES DAMN LOL!!!!! THANK GOD IM NATURALLY PRETTY ALL MY PRETTY CHICKS STAND UP
	--------------- black barbie

honeybunn
	IF YOU UGLY YOU UGLY THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN DONT MAKE YOU PRETTY YOUR FACIAL FEATURES DO DUMB ASZZES DAMN LOL!!!!! THANK GOD IM NATURALLY PRETTY ALL MY PRETTY CHICKS STAND UP
	--------------- black barbie

apnj
	What a shame, self hate is the worst kind of hate!


ptah
	Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA Queen Ifrica - "Mi Nah Rub" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0EnteG9BA


msVeeSweety22
	wow...speechless
	--------------- www.myspace.com/mstooty

poshjosh
	Them Jamacians come black as sh#t. aint enough bleach in world to lighten them people up. Give it up.
	--------------- www.myspace.com/poshstreetjosh

Travis
	This is ridiculous when are we gonna wake up. We don't even know what is dark and light anymore. I don't even know what color I am. I have been called red, yellow, peanutbutter complexed. We as black ppl don't even know the difference is. I was on here the other day and some ppl were saying Angela lola Love was dark some said she is light. I don't even think she know. I don't even know. We put to much emphasis on skin tone and it is getting on my nerve. All I know is, is that at the end of the day we all still ni99as. If you bleach your skin or not you are still you. Nothing changed except the wrapper. I hate it when ppl say black ppl only think light skin ppl are prettier. CUT IT OUT. Ya'll say that every time some body say a light skin person is pretty. As if they are saying dark ppl are ugly. WTF??? You mean top tell me it is that important to you that we acknowledge darker skin ppl that much and every time we say a light skinned person is beautiful we also have to say "I like dark skinned ppl too". Cause as soon as you say the lighter person is prettier some one always talk about how ppl don't treat darker ppl the same. Get the FCUK outta here wit that bullshit. Why do you have to even bring up skin tone if we are talking beauty. Cause bottom line Beauty has no color. Not just LIGHT or DARK but BLACK and WHITE too. Shiite neither does races; American, Iraqi, Hell an aborigine could b a dimepiece. LMAO


porshiie
	This world we live in is sad....we are so far in the shythole I feel theres now digging our way out.
	--------------- -_- enough said.

acceptloveme
	I THINK IT WAS {BUJU BANTON "WHO SANG THIS SONG IN THE EARLY 90'S "DEMA BLEACH, DEMA BLEACH OUT DA SKING, DEMA BLEACH, FI LOOK LIKE THE BROWNIN! GIRL MI HONOR YOU/ A YOU KNOW BLEACH OUT DE SKIN, U NO USE NO CHEMICAL FI LOOK LIKE DE BROWNIN! so this [EXPLETIVE] has been going on all over the world and in Jamaica for years! The indians in India do it too and over in CHINA, chinese people do it as well! not just our black brothers and sister! {WHITE CULTURE HAS POLLUTED OUR WHOLE NATION}... into color classism,racism,infereior complexity...


blqbarbie89
	here we go again....
	--------------- www.myspace.com/rightfullyenvied

rustyhornz
	WHO TAUGHT DARK SKINNED PPL 2 HATE THEIR SKIN COLOR? WHITE RACISTS! THEN LIGHT SKINNED BLACK PPL DO WHAT THE RACISTS DID 2 THE DARKER SKINNED PPL. THAT S**T ALWAYS BOTHERED ME. THEY NEED 2 WAKE UP. I APPRECIATE ALL MY PPLS COMPLEXIONS.
	--------------- music page-www.myspace.com/rustyhornz

LaVezEntertainment
	www.mpspace.com/lavezentertainmentgroup


supremeteam
	Stupid ass ignorant slave minded people when will some black ppl learn to stop trying to look like others, there's nothing wrong with her dark skin, just plain stupid and weak.


susta
	this is mind blowing...white skin is so unattractive. it looks as if the meat isn't fully cooked. i can't believe people are so absent minded. melanin is such a blessing and... well, i think my sig. speaks for itself...
	--------------- ...wish i was darker...

TEDDYBEAR30
	I CAN REMEMBER LIVING IN JAMAICA 8 YEARS AGO, THESE CREAMS WERE JUST USED FOR LIGHTENING BLACK HEAD SPOTS ON THE FACE, BUT NOW THEY ARE TAKING IT WAY OUT OF PROPORTION. ITS SAD TO SAY, BUT ITS THE TRUTH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE TAKING IT TO THE EXTREME IS THE POVERTY STRICKEN INDIVIDUALS. I MAY BE WRONG BUT IT SEEMS TO ME AS IF THEY THINK SOCIETY WILL ACCEPT THEM MORE IF THEY ARE LIGHT SKIN. UNFORTUNATELY THATS JUST IGNORANT OF THEM.
	--------------- BLIND CAN‘T LEAD BLIND

visweetess
	this is crazy.. but check out when ninja man disses and challenges bounty killa at the new jersey reggae fest here !! lets talk about crazy... www.yawdtalk.com


Vivalacious_1
	Smh. Sad Indeed.
	--------------- Add me! @ www.myspace.com/basha2000

Salus
	What is it going to take to knock some sense into
	--------------- Earn While U Sleep - www.net4money.ws

rorocu8521
	The DARKER the BETTER! See how slavery brainwashed people.


VIQUEEN1
	DEM A BLEACH DEM A BLEACH OUT DEM SKIN DEM A BLEACH FI LOOK LIKE A BROWNIN. GAL ME HONOR YOU CAUSE YOU NO BLEACH OUT YUH SKIN. YUH NO USE NO CHEMICAL FI LOOK LIKE A BROWNIN


Blessed23
	LORD PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON US!!! THIS IS CRAZY... THIS IS SO SAD... TOO SAD!! GOD MADE US SPECIFICALLY THE WAY HE MADE US... WHY ARE WE MESSING UP HIS CREATION?!!! WHY DON'T WE ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE ARE BEAUTIFUL JUST THE WAY WE ARE??!!! BEFORE BEING IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB HE DESIGNED US EXACTLY HOW HE WANTED US TO BE!!! "For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb: I will praise You, for I am FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them." Psalm 139:13-16


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