picture of Dancehall artist Alkaline before he bleached his skin

[IWunD3r]

I bet he'll say, he's half Chinese....
Every Jamaican these days are half Chinese.
Bleach in hot as places like Jamaica, Africa, and India breh.... where its benefical to have dark skin breh...

 

[Booker T Garvey]

i talk bad about drill music but the dancehall scene

there is some serious satan worshiping infused into that culture the likes of anything i've ever seen before

these muthafukkas are really practicing witchcraft and cannibalism over there man...

 

[tuckgod]

No u specifically targeted African Americans as the cause of this in Jamaica and that is completely false. Jamaicans are doing this for the same reason any group of people modifys their appearance to fit the current standard of beauty... and that's WHITE PEOPLE. Don't try to blame us blacks here in America for what white people have done to the minds of Jamaican people to make them wanna bleach their skin. fukk outta here

Enjoy your day, breh.

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

Better than Vybz Kartel and his new EP is right there with Islah and I'm Up

Dap for the Islah mention

 

[Yayo Toure]

Alkaline got hits tho.

 

[DontEemTry]

We really are a lost people

 

[Mac Casper]

Nah he got contacts and told everybody they was tatted and had nikkas fukkin they eyes up tryna do what they thought he did. Bro a true fukk nikka

 

[IllmaticDelta]

You took my comment outta context, breh.

I didn't make that statement to imply that all black people in the US worship light skinned black folk.

I'm speaking historically as far as politics and culture are concerned.

It's a fact that light skinned black folks have experienced a certain privilege amongst other black folks in American history.


Because of this, light skinned black folks have been presented to the world, more often than not, as the standard of excellence for black Americans.

My theory is that when most black folks from other nations bleach their skin, it's prodominately an effort to resemble a light skinned black person, not a European.

With anything, there is always exceptions, but i think that's the reason for most.

You do realize these other places have "light skinned" people and their own standards of beauty w/o any influences from America?​

 

[noodles]

Devilish....smh

 

[eternalpangs]

Don't make sense why jamaicans bleach their skin here are no(hyperbole) whites to "appease" in Jamaica. The standard of beauty is African.

have you ever traveled outside of the states?

 

[Arithmetic]

Nah he got contacts and told everybody they was tatted and had nikkas fukkin they eyes up tryna do what they thought he did. Bro a true fukk nikka

 

[frush11]

 

[AV Dicey]

Alkaline got hits tho.

That flow tho
Christ on a cracker that boy is talented

 

[newworldafro]

Well this thread got me curious...

Apparently when you stop bleaching you go back to your original color

I Just Found Out When You Stop Bleaching, You Go Back To Your Original Colour! - Fashion - Nigeria

Not sure if this will encourage more people (idiots) to try bleaching, if its not permanent (receipts on how valid that is?)

 

[Yayo Toure]

That flow tho
Christ on a cracker that boy is talented

Yeah if the music was shyt mi woulda bun him out long time ... but IMO hes the #2 artist in dancehall right now