Women in Ghana are fighting back against societal pressure to bleach their skin
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I don't know why this thread hasnt gotten traffick. Very interesting.
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I have seen a few Liberians that bleach but they usually get clowned for it when they go out in public. I'll never understand the mindset though but it seems to me that this is common amongst younger generations (as in Gen X and after) who probabaly literally worship the western world.
It was posted at 5:18AM breh
Anyway, can't watch because I'm at work but I've always said that colorism is a much bigger issue outside the US, which is why I laugh when American folks complain about colorism in the states
My thing is, what benefit is there to being lighter skin in Africa. I understand the Caribbean and Latin America but Africa? AFAIK most African nations don't have entrenched light skin elite classes
Watching video and GOD DAMN!!!! Ghanaians worship white people...
No offense...
No offense...
It was posted at 5:18AM breh
Anyway, can't watch because I'm at work but I've always said that colorism is a much bigger issue outside the US, which is why I laugh when American folks complain about colorism in the states
My thing is, what benefit is there to being lighter skin in Africa. I understand the Caribbean and Latin America but Africa? AFAIK most African nations don't have entrenched light skin elite classes
Thats what I was thinking...
In my limited view only in maybe South Africa would lighter skin help youThats what I was thinking...
nikkas in Ghana trying to look light for what
Not that I condone bleaching but I understand it
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It was posted at 5:18AM breh
Anyway, can't watch because I'm at work but I've always said that colorism is a much bigger issue outside the US, which is why I laugh when American folks complain about colorism in the states
My thing is, what benefit is there to being lighter skin in Africa. I understand the Caribbean and Latin America but Africa? AFAIK most African nations don't have entrenched light skin elite classes
Once again I can only speak for Liberia, but historically colorism was never an issue. The issue when the Americo liberian elite class was established was indigenous traditions being seen as uncivilized and people wanting to adopt western names and religion.
Watching video and GOD DAMN!!!! Ghanaians worship white people...
No offense...
Yeah, when I saw the part about a white person being God if you saw them on Sunday, I was
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It was posted at 5:18AM breh
Anyway, can't watch because I'm at work but I've always said that colorism is a much bigger issue outside the US, which is why I laugh when American folks complain about colorism in the states
My thing is, what benefit is there to being lighter skin in Africa. I understand the Caribbean and Latin America but Africa? AFAIK most African nations don't have entrenched light skin elite classes
The image of "white is right" is worldwide breh, lest we forget these countries were colonized (White = Ruler) and indeed in various countries mixed people formed an elite used by the colonizers to rule over the rest of the locals.
People in Africa end up watching the same movies, see the same magazines etc in which the beauty standard is the white european/american woman. A lot of men also fall for that and will chase lighter skinned women more. It's different dynamics than in the US, Caribbean or Latin America indeed, but the core reasoning ("white is beautiful") and end-result (skin bleaching) are the same.
Was the mixed population ever that big? And outside the Portuguese colonies and I don't believe there was widespread mixing
Idk it seems to me that Africans bleaching is more about beauty and westernization than any color caste system
Anyway bout to watch now
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Yeah, when I saw the part about a white person being God if you saw them on Sunday, I was
Man I'm still looking at my screen like
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With a fully westernized name like Comfort Arthur, she still has a long way to go.