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		<title>By: CRYS2 RN</title>
		<link>http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/dying-to-be-white/comment-page-1/#comment-25175</link>
		<dc:creator>CRYS2 RN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a registered nurse. It always confuses me to learn that blacks are chasing an inferior physicality like lighter skin.  That somehow they don&#039;t see that their skin is the MOST dominant, the MOST sturdy, the MOST beautiful. If they only realized that white ENVY the darker complexion-which is why they tan and burn themselves every chance they get.  There is a recessive genetic mutation in the caucasian passed down through generations that causes their skin to take on that &quot;raw-chicken&quot; complexion. It&#039;s also a mutation that allows their eyes to be blue. The mutation can be likened to the very mutation that resulted in the white-skinned blue-eyed crocodile.

As white become geriatric, that very skin becomes withered to the consistency of tissue paper. And tears just as easily.  Black geriatrics maintain their skin turgor BECAUSE they are the more dominant, genetically complete being.

This is why acne is more pink, raw, and hideously inflamed on a white person vs a black person.  This is why a 25 yr old white woman is fighting wrinkles with the use of anti-aging creams while at the same time envying the black woman of the same age and OLDER because black skin is genetically COMPLETE.

Blacks are not meant to be white and blacks are better off for it.  Blacks of every continent need to own their dominance and their beauty. The very race that blacks envy is the very race that envies the black person.

Case in point, EVERY race other than caucasion has the same skin texture. An arabian woman/man has the same skin texture as an black woman/man who has the same skin texture as an asian woman/man.  The only race of people who have that fragile, raw-uncooked, skin texture that needs tanning, is the caucasian.  EVERYONE ELSE IS GENETICALLY COMPLETE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a registered nurse. It always confuses me to learn that blacks are chasing an inferior physicality like lighter skin.  That somehow they don&#8217;t see that their skin is the MOST dominant, the MOST sturdy, the MOST beautiful. If they only realized that white ENVY the darker complexion-which is why they tan and burn themselves every chance they get.  There is a recessive genetic mutation in the caucasian passed down through generations that causes their skin to take on that &#8220;raw-chicken&#8221; complexion. It&#8217;s also a mutation that allows their eyes to be blue. The mutation can be likened to the very mutation that resulted in the white-skinned blue-eyed crocodile.</p>
<p>As white become geriatric, that very skin becomes withered to the consistency of tissue paper. And tears just as easily.  Black geriatrics maintain their skin turgor BECAUSE they are the more dominant, genetically complete being.</p>
<p>This is why acne is more pink, raw, and hideously inflamed on a white person vs a black person.  This is why a 25 yr old white woman is fighting wrinkles with the use of anti-aging creams while at the same time envying the black woman of the same age and OLDER because black skin is genetically COMPLETE.</p>
<p>Blacks are not meant to be white and blacks are better off for it.  Blacks of every continent need to own their dominance and their beauty. The very race that blacks envy is the very race that envies the black person.</p>
<p>Case in point, EVERY race other than caucasion has the same skin texture. An arabian woman/man has the same skin texture as an black woman/man who has the same skin texture as an asian woman/man.  The only race of people who have that fragile, raw-uncooked, skin texture that needs tanning, is the caucasian.  EVERYONE ELSE IS GENETICALLY COMPLETE.</p>
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		<title>By: SkinLighteningInfo &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;Dying To Be White&#8221; - in Ghana&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator>SkinLighteningInfo &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;Dying To Be White&#8221; - in Ghana&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Sauda Voice</title>
		<link>http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/dying-to-be-white/comment-page-1/#comment-18297</link>
		<dc:creator>Sauda Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>More attention needs to be brought to this matter.  Thank you for the article.  It is as thorough as it is sad.  I think we often forget just how much of a negative impact colonization has had on many brown-skinned countries across the globe.  Things are changing for the better (in terms of self-love and self-appreciation), but not quick enough.  

- Sauda Voice (www.thesaudavoice.com)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More attention needs to be brought to this matter.  Thank you for the article.  It is as thorough as it is sad.  I think we often forget just how much of a negative impact colonization has had on many brown-skinned countries across the globe.  Things are changing for the better (in terms of self-love and self-appreciation), but not quick enough.  </p>
<p>- Sauda Voice (www.thesaudavoice.com)</p>
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		<title>By: Ivy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ivy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am so glad that we are finally trying to shed light on a problem that exists globally, not just with black Africans, but with people all over the world.  Hopefully people realize that self hate is very real and cause people to use corrosive, dangerous chemicals on their skin.  They are willing to destroy their skin and health just for the chance to look whiter.  Hopefully through education and increased awareness, we could stop this and other harmful practices.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so glad that we are finally trying to shed light on a problem that exists globally, not just with black Africans, but with people all over the world.  Hopefully people realize that self hate is very real and cause people to use corrosive, dangerous chemicals on their skin.  They are willing to destroy their skin and health just for the chance to look whiter.  Hopefully through education and increased awareness, we could stop this and other harmful practices.</p>
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		<title>By: Nlka</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nlka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I meant products.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I meant products.</p>
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		<title>By: Nlka</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nlka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very interesting the picture of Africans you used. You should have gotten a picture of the women who use it, a beautyful picture of black unadulterated skin or even the poroducts on sale.
On the comment about whether or not tanning is the same as bleaching I&#039;ll have to say that self tanning lotions do not cause skin cancer like these products do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interesting the picture of Africans you used. You should have gotten a picture of the women who use it, a beautyful picture of black unadulterated skin or even the poroducts on sale.<br />
On the comment about whether or not tanning is the same as bleaching I&#8217;ll have to say that self tanning lotions do not cause skin cancer like these products do.</p>
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		<title>By: La Reine</title>
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		<dc:creator>La Reine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article.

- Someone asked if a black person stripping away their melanin was worse than a white person getting over exposed to harmful UV rays.

Different sides of the same twisted coin, I&#039;d say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article.</p>
<p>- Someone asked if a black person stripping away their melanin was worse than a white person getting over exposed to harmful UV rays.</p>
<p>Different sides of the same twisted coin, I&#8217;d say.</p>
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		<title>By: Tyra Banks Covers Skin Whitening &#171; Clutch Magazine: fashion.beauty.life.culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: NaturalViews</title>
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		<dc:creator>NaturalViews</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 23:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Swati,

Yes you are correct. Even here in America many darker skinned sisters and brothers think that lighter skinned is more attractive and how wrong they are. I am not saying that lighter skin is not attractive but to say only one tone more attractive is ridiculous. We are of various shades and that is what makes us unique. We are not all pale with practically straight hair.  Go even further and the black men/white women! This  too give the stigma legs. 

The problem is self hatred as many have mentioned. Blacks in this country were made to feel as though their skin color was a curse when in fact it was a blessing. Blacks have a higher tolerance to heat  and we can endure much more than the whites. While all the time white men were discriminating against blacks they were lusting for the women of color, hypocrites to say the least.

I heard about the bleaching in African years ago and this is a type of brainwashing that is dangerous. And even women in the US do this also.  But what is even more sinister is that there are white women who are going to Africa seeking these black men to have sex with. So here you have as we have in the US, black men going towards white or lighter skinned and leaving the darker skinned women to wonder what is wrong with them. Well, sister there is not a damn thing wrong with you, its those who are brainwashed into to believing that darker skin is wrong and bad.

We do not have to kill ourselves trying to get darker we are already there. White people will lay on the beach to get a tan, they will inject the fat from their asses to get fuller lips, they will go under a knife to have large breast or buttocks , they will inject rat posion..botox, while we have this naturally. We must educate our people around the world to love who they are and not what someone tells you you have to look like. Too many women are trying to emulate the palefaces without realizing the pales are trying to get to their level. See we can braid our hair, we can straighten it, we can relax it and do so much more and still we are beautiful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Swati,</p>
<p>Yes you are correct. Even here in America many darker skinned sisters and brothers think that lighter skinned is more attractive and how wrong they are. I am not saying that lighter skin is not attractive but to say only one tone more attractive is ridiculous. We are of various shades and that is what makes us unique. We are not all pale with practically straight hair.  Go even further and the black men/white women! This  too give the stigma legs. </p>
<p>The problem is self hatred as many have mentioned. Blacks in this country were made to feel as though their skin color was a curse when in fact it was a blessing. Blacks have a higher tolerance to heat  and we can endure much more than the whites. While all the time white men were discriminating against blacks they were lusting for the women of color, hypocrites to say the least.</p>
<p>I heard about the bleaching in African years ago and this is a type of brainwashing that is dangerous. And even women in the US do this also.  But what is even more sinister is that there are white women who are going to Africa seeking these black men to have sex with. So here you have as we have in the US, black men going towards white or lighter skinned and leaving the darker skinned women to wonder what is wrong with them. Well, sister there is not a damn thing wrong with you, its those who are brainwashed into to believing that darker skin is wrong and bad.</p>
<p>We do not have to kill ourselves trying to get darker we are already there. White people will lay on the beach to get a tan, they will inject the fat from their asses to get fuller lips, they will go under a knife to have large breast or buttocks , they will inject rat posion..botox, while we have this naturally. We must educate our people around the world to love who they are and not what someone tells you you have to look like. Too many women are trying to emulate the palefaces without realizing the pales are trying to get to their level. See we can braid our hair, we can straighten it, we can relax it and do so much more and still we are beautiful.</p>
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		<title>By: J.D. Meacham</title>
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		<dc:creator>J.D. Meacham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a topic that I was not so familiar with, but I am not at all surprised.  I thank you for the article, Ms. Arthur.  I think that on the surface, this is similar to tanning.  But, from a social standpoint, I would say it is much different because of the different motivations.  This may sound extreme to some, but white folks tanning is a result of a self-hate stemming from guilt and hypocritical denial/acceptance of the possibility of dark peoples being beautiful.  Black people bleaching is a result of a self-hate that stems from generations of brainwashing and observation of the quality of life of fair skinned peoples.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a topic that I was not so familiar with, but I am not at all surprised.  I thank you for the article, Ms. Arthur.  I think that on the surface, this is similar to tanning.  But, from a social standpoint, I would say it is much different because of the different motivations.  This may sound extreme to some, but white folks tanning is a result of a self-hate stemming from guilt and hypocritical denial/acceptance of the possibility of dark peoples being beautiful.  Black people bleaching is a result of a self-hate that stems from generations of brainwashing and observation of the quality of life of fair skinned peoples.</p>
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