Skin Bleaching in Jamaica More Popular Now?
12 January 2011 by Karin in Fashion [ 10 comments ]
Attention is once again focused on the issue of skin bleaching in Jamaica, thanks mainly to Vybz Kartel who recently commented that bleaching was no different really than white people wanting to tan themselves.
As Annie Paul points out in her recent post, skin bleaching is no doubt an act of wanting to “improve” one’s colour in the mistaken belief that whiter skin is “better” somehow than darker skin.
Bleaching seems to be working for Mr. Kartel as he declares in his new song ”from de gal dem look pon me dey tell me dem love me” (please listen to the lyrics of this song).
I’m not sure what it’s going to take for those involved in bleaching to consider the damage they’re doing to their skin and desist but I doubt Mr. Kartel’s remarks will help. His new lighter countenance is far more likely to encourage further imitation.
My goodness, do I have so much to say about this whole leap of foolishness, but I will try to keep it short. From the time we gave up our power to Caucasians, we have been the main subject of their miseducation. They have forcefully and cunningly stolen our legacy and gave us some warped His-Story that has allowed us to become dependent on his word. The pale Caucasian race is the dominant power now, not by majority, but by trickery, which led to the blacks, browns, reds, and yellows, submissive nature to ‘white is right.’ To emmulate this power, females straighten their hair, buy weaves, do whatever it takes to abandon the false history we were fed. The men will ‘upgrade’ to a couple shades lighter then the very women who took care of them, and are now too following the bleaching trend. If we would research our true history, we would be absolutely conformtable in our own skin and be proud of our heritage.
Thx. for the comment Shauna. Yes, this whole issue is quite complicated and has much to do with our colonial history. Hopefully we’ll be able to rise above some of our brainwashing and learn to fully love ourselves at some point soon…
They can’t stop because their brains are already bleached by an inferiority complex. Beyond sad.
Yes, Blipsterfarian, I think you may be right on that one…
Shauna, you’re spot on. I couldn’t say it better myself.
Although many things are cyclical in nature, the disturbing trend is that bleaching canl affect an entire generation very quickly b/c of the long lasting health effects that could cause tremendous strain on healthcare in Jamaica. This is especially true if it goes unchecked for too long.
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