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Wow, this is just pathetic, if there was ever a reason to flood this planet and start over here you go. Whats funny is the twisted logic behind both the victims of this mind sets and these enabling doctors and media workers, how do you figure that going for a more “globalization” look means looking white? The whole damn planet is brain washed.
Especially if they were really thinking “globally” they would realize white people are not the majority on this planet. SMH
Globalization my @$$! This is nothing but insecurity and lack of self-esteem.
If the Black man ruled the world, white people would be jumping in tanning bed and washing their hair everyday to have the nappy look and those people you saw would do just about anything to reach this ideal.
This documentary had me in tears. I remember being a child and wishing my hair was straight and flowed down my back. It took ditching the lye and cutting it all off in my early 20s to make me at peace with the way God made me. Now I have beautiful locked hair flowing down my back. I fee that Jett, who received the nose job, actually took away some of her beauty with the nose job. Her “black” nose was regal, defined, and accentuated her eyes. This new nose does not suit her; it looks out of place. The Indian women is passing on negative self-image to another generation (her daughter) and perpetuating the cycle. All of these people have suffered torment regarding their looks. Instead of being angry at them, we should hope that they find peace with themselves without surgery or chemicals.
@labopeep i have to agree with you. while i can sit here and be angry at these people and call them sell outs, i can’t help but feel incredibly sad for them. however, they do have a point in terms of western features being more acceptable. i’m pretty sure that it doesn’t hurt that beyonce, rihanna and halle berry have more european features. i’m not even going to get started on the craziness about indian and asian culture. they are even more warped than blacks about skin color.
WOW just WOW. It’s crazy that a man with a degree making him a practicing medical doctor just said that this is globalization. Why does globalization=white?? And how does a doctor not understand genetics??? Genes NEVER forget so you can do whatever you want but your children are going to come out looking like the former you or their Dad or their Grandmother!!! It’s crazy how the Asian model kept on referring to his fat asian face and I couldn’t help but notice that his child looked just like that image that he was trying to erase. So he’s telling his child that he/she is ugly? And it should have been a wake up call that even when he returned to the location where he was victimized with a new face and new body they still saw him from their own limited view as a “terrorist”.
We have to praise and love ourselves in our own communities. It’s sad that when people feel so inadequate it usually starts from within their own communities and families…it’s bad enough society doesn’t find you beautiful but to hear it from you own just make its so much worse.
This video just illustrates that people are never satisfied and self-love is a diminishing thing. It’s extremely sad that these people actually looked up to Michael Jackson for changing his features which they thought was an improvement. Now I loved Michael for his beautiful music and his insurmountable talent but in the latter part of his life, it was really difficult for me to look at what he became. It was also quite difficult to watch this video without cringing and passing judgment on these people. To hear their claims that their Black or Indian features were unpretty and unacceptable was completely ludicrous. Why would you want to conform to a society that doesn’t accept you for who you are and what you were created to be? For the male model: He didn’t do his research about how hard it is for Black models to be accepted in the fashion industry and are still discriminated against but there are breakthroughs which make the journey worth the battle. For the diva: She wanted a nose job to complete her Barbie doll transformation to become what she thought was beautiful…Removing pieces of your ethnicity is so darn ugly. For the mother: who wants to bleach her skin to be lighter so people won’t judge her is blinded and doesn’t realize the message she is teaching to her children..to not love themselves unconditionally! Here’s my message…Don’t conform…Reform!!!
Wow, that was alot to watch! What is sad was the Indian guy who wanted to look white, but when he went back to the spot he was attacked, they called him racists remarks. I mean it is like wanting to be like your oppressor.
I don’t think white people would have respect for someone they thought was less of trying to be like them. It is sad…very sad! You wonder if anyone has good sense in the world, if anyone likes to be themselves anymore. Everyone wants to ‘blend in”. It is no longer unique to be yourself.
Jet is a black woman and she will always be black. I feel sorry for the Indian lady who hates her skin color. Her daughter made a hugeeeeeeeee point. What then happens when your skin turns light and they make fun of your nose? Why are people doing this for ‘other people’? Very sad!
What stuck out to me was the guy who wanted to be a model: he wanted to get back at his attackers by becoming successful. It was ironic to me that he wanted to rub it in their faces and ask them what they’ve done with their lives, but the only way that he thought he could go about doing that was by making himself look more like them. He’s still giving them the power in the end.
I felt like Jett had issues with poverty as well as race. In her mind being poor and black are synonymous. Everything she does is about erasing those two things. Aesthetically speaking, I think her veneers were oversized/out of proportion for her face – not her nose.
Jett had a broken nose that wasn’t set correctly, so I saw nothing wrong with that. She was right, she looked a lot better after getting the bump removed.
As for the others, they need to see a psychiatrist.
i think she needs to see a psychiatrist just as much as the others. if she had said she was ONLY getting the bump on her nose fixed–even if it was a complete lie and she was secretly beaming at the idea of having a “white” nose, i wouldn’t care. but she spent the whole time talking about her “horrible african nose” and how “wide” it was and at the end she even said her new nose made her feel wealthier. i don’t know about you, but i get my worth from my accomplishments and feeling like i am contributing positively to this world. i thought her new nose was OK, but i do think she has a lot of self-hate she needs to work through.
It is so sad and tragic that in the year of 2009, we still have this type of vile, hateful and stereotypical ideology happening. Shame on the medical profession, media print or otherwise for perpetuating this nonsense! When are we going to start having our own standard for we deem as beautiful and stop looking at what the white world deems as acceptable? We must stop this cycle of self hate for the sake of our children. What folks fail to understand with M.J. is that he paid a heavy price for what he did to his face. I believe that he regretted it and what addicted to plastic surgery as well as prescription drugs. This simply needs to stop.
I’m from London, UK, and watched this documentary when it came on tv.
It’s all crap, most black people in London do not agree with this. She just has her own mental issues that she needs to deal with.
People, in black areas in the UK/London appreciate black features, alot. This documentary is mainly for white people to understand some black issues…
Like the previous commentator, SJP, I’m from the UK too – Birmingham. People like the black woman in the documentary are in the minority in Birmingham, however, nobody should feel insecure about their skin colour or heritage.
I feel that the families of such individuals missed the responsibility in making their children proud of their heritage and that the euro-centric ideal of beauty is not a case of one size fits all.
I guess that’s the problem when you’re so insecure – you focus on other people instead of focusing on your own beauty, talent and success…. People like that always miss out on the good things in life.
Also, am I the only one that didn’t think there was anything wrong with her nose?
I’m a Caucasian male and, to the extent that I ‘have a dog in this fight’, please let me cast a ballot for keeping whatever racial heritage God gave you. He didn’t get ANYONE wrong.
A healthy woman from any racial group is de facto lovely without reference to any external standards what so ever.
My wife is mixed … black, white, Indian … and who knows what else. So am I … in different proportions.
When you look in the mirror be the best (whatever) is staring back at you that you can be.
You are first and foremost a human. Get that right and the color of your skin won’t matter nearly as much.
i could relate to jet when she talked about feeling uncomfortable around a lot of black people. while i’ve never been gang attacked, i have had from the ages of 11-15 black kids i went to school with affect me psychologically deeply. they were always the people who made from of my west african features and treated me like crap because i “talked white” and wasn’t into the stereotypical black things. because of that, i don’t know how to act around most black people or how to approach them. even in college, some black people make jokes on the side about me “acting white” and i have to be extra careful that i don’t let the real me show–that i remain neutral in all situations.
yet at the same time i know how racist and ignorant of their own privilege white people can be, which is why i am actual friends with very few of them. i can associate with them and talk to them, but all of my friends with the exception of 1 person is black. it sucks on a lot levels. yet i think me being proud to be black despite how other black people may have treated me is the giant difference between me and jet.
I feel sorry for them. But I do believe it has everything to do with a person’s upbringing. If a child is not taught self-awareness and love and is bombarded with negative self-images/thoughts this is what happens.
How tragic that they will spend all this money/time/energy not to mention put their lives at risk under a surgeon’s knife because they see this as a physical problem instead of a mental one. If they don’t deal with the issues within it doesn’t matter how small they get their nose or how light they bleach their skin, they will never be satisfied.
Little do they realize a lot of white people aren’t even happy with the way they, themselves look and are addicted to plastic surgery. They are trying to emulate a LIE.
And its too bad that the people in this documentary who idolized Michael Jackson for successfully altering his skin color can’t see that he died unhappy of drug over doses, never being able to come to terms with his psychological issues.
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This bitches are wacky…..I feel really sorry for them, who hasn’t gone through this….but to go this far???
Damn.
Wow, this is really sad. I know this sounds crazy but you either have to look in the mirror and see your own beauty or you need to move to a place where your looks are more accepted. For instance, as soon as I saw the Indian guy, I thought,”Wow, he’s hot”. I think that there’s plenty of people in the US that would find him to be very, very attractive. So why doesn’t he market himself globally? There’s also the woman who compares herself to her husband’s skin. I can’t even imagine what he must think about his wife underneath. Either he thinks that he’s better than her (and then treats her like he is) or he has to think that he’s married a rather sad woman!
I remember when I was younger i used to look at my nose and hated it. Then as I got older, it blended in with my looks. Not only that but I started looking around at white people and started to notice that regardless to being considered by some as more attractive, they still weren’t happy. They still tan themselves risking cancer to be darker, they get butt injections and boob jobs to be as curvy as I am. At the end of the day no matter what you look like you’re not going to be satisfied until you like who you are inside and out. A true warrior is not one who conforms to other people but one who can conquer his/her own mind.
its a sad case becauase deep down,all any of us really want is to be accepted for what we are.instead we start despising each other more and more.only way to cure it is for the impossable.a world for whites,blacks,asians,etc.hold on.then you would need a world for pretty people of 1 race,fat people,spottty,deformed.wheres it stop…..in the state of how people think we are never going to accept each other regardless of whatever we do.because we are all taught if they dont look like you,dont believe in what you do,dont talk like you,got more or less money than you.its not acceptable.people just want to be what they are as looks go and be accepted for it….never going to happen.so lets just keep killing each other till there is no one left.and let the ones that can accept each other have the planet,they deserve it.its not for the rest of us.
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