Sunday, April 6, 2008
when we did the reading on bleaching of skin, it really surprised me. I didn't know that this was something that a lot of people around the world struggled with and for this reason it really was rather shocking. i knew of Micheal Jackson bleaching his skin for whatever medical reason he claimed to have, but i didn't know that people in different cultures did this to fit in. I think that fact that people do things that drastic to fit in is really makes me happy that i live where i do, that i am not faced with these issues.
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This certainly is something that, if you don't experience it directly, you often don't see (since the results, of course, are expected to be seamless). Outside of Michael Jackson, skin lightening also has a history (and still has a presence) in the U.S. as well. As white women, we often aren't faced with this particular issue, and so, because it doesn't affect the majority, it often isn't discussed. But it certainly is startling to discover its current prevalence elsewhere.
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