Tyra Banks Covers Skin Whitening

Keena says:

I am a dark skinned woman who happens to be very attractive and I can honestly say that I never ran into problems growing up or dating because of my complexion. A man can smell an insecure woman from a mile away ad if you give off the vibe that you a uncomfortable in your own skin nobody will approach you! If you go to a job inteveiw acting all insecure, 9 times out of 10, you wont be hired.

The root of skin tone politics stem from the days of slavery when the light skinned slaves stayed in side while the dark skinned slaves worked in the sun. In some parts of Africa, where the Europeans decided to return the power back to the native people, they turned the power over to those that possessed more of a likeness to them. This means they were slim with longer limbs and necks and they were also lighter in complexion with smaller lips and thinner noses! This gave blacks the feeling that not only are we inferior to or white counterparts, but if you are dark skinned, to are inferior to your light skinned black counterparts as well! This notion was not only adopted by BLACKS in America but it was also adopted by many countries in Africa as well as Jamaica, and a few other Caribbean island. Unfortunately enough , we are fooled into believing that blacks are the only ones that suffer from these Color Line insecurities! Our EAST INDIAN people do as well! What we share in common with them is: they have also been infiltrated by European colonization and enslavement! Therefore, sharing the same beliefs of inferiorty to whites, dark skinned Indian men and women also bleach their skins to look more European. To this day, darker Indian women have a much harder time finding husbands than their light skinned counterparts. East Indians come in may different shades just like Africans and the Europeans has done a great job at teaching us how to be ashamed of this when we should be embracing it!

Anyways, I have always been a confident chocolate sister. I never had trouble getting any job that I was qualified for, I am a college graduate with a bachelors degree. I have also dabbled in modeling, and acting and have been hired for these jobs by mostly whites. I walk down the streets of NYC and I get attention from men of all races and complexions so my skin ain’t stoppin’ me! Why let it stop you?

BE STRONG AND BE CONFIDENT!

Keena says:

Caribbean that is!

Dena says:

Its so sad that women of colour still view their own skin so negatively. What is even sadder is that some women directly pass that negativity down to their own children by actively bleaching their skin and telling them the lies they have heard all their lives about lighter skin being better. WHAT IS HAPPENING?!!? Why anyone would encourage this in their own children instead of instilling confidence and self love is beyond me.

Melissa says:

Horrified to see this happens in the US.

Lee says:

Keena, it’s a pleasure to read you. I come from the Carribbean too, and i can write the same thing than you. I’m a dark skin woman and i have NO problem with men too. I have the same success than my lighters friends and we all don’t give a danm about skin colour. We are who we are. And we’re all beautiful in our own way. I understand the pain of this woman ’cause i know that it’s a society fact. So I don’t judge them, but i feel very sad to see woman suffer and hate themselves like this. You’re right, we all have te try to be more confident. It’s the key.

Maya says:

Everyone always has so much to say but never realize or ask the real truth. If I wanna bleach my skin or enhance my beauty and tell the world it does not mean I dont love myself or Im crying for help. We all like to enhance our beauty it is why we as women go to beauty supplies and salons for all u weave and perm wearing people in the world including me. Check ur own closets b4 u start judging others cause what ur hiding is what ur insecure about at least I have the nerve to say it in public and be proud.

Mya says:

Ok I think this is ridiculous. True, these women ont he show have problems.
Not everyone who likes lighter skin has “self hate issues” Just like white people tan and black girls have blonde weaves with green eye contacts..nobody says anything to them!!! Some people LIKE LIGHTER SKIN..IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOCIETY!! IF U CHECK THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO BEFORE THE AGE OF THE “MEDIA”light skin was seen as a sign of beauty.
Also, not all skin lightening creams contain mercury or hydroquinine..I know of a line that doesnt use harmful chemicals and it does get u lighter.
Anotehr point i want to make is There are many non whites who have skin discoloration(which are areas of the body that are eseveral shades darker then the original skin color), so they lighten them using creams. SO WHAT?
True society does hold light skin people higher up and true these women do have issues…but to say that every person who likes lighter skin and wants to achieve that is a “self hater” is ridiculous!
this is something manifested soo deep within human beings.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK LIGHT SKIN IS MORE BEAUTIFUL!! SO WHAT? SUE THEM!

cemeg25 says:

but tyra is light brown she is not a redbone y do she keep putting herself in the lite category she did that last time.some of the girls on the stage on the left is the same complexion as her