Skin lightening is an $8.6 billion industry. This woman is trying to stop it
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2021
- For over a decade, Amira Adawe has devoted her life to putting an end to the skin lightening industry, particularly the use of creams that contain toxic levels of mercury. Here's how she's doing it. Join the global conversation on social media using the hashtag #FightingWhitening #CNN #News
This has been an issue in India as well especially the film industry
For literally 000s of years. Just another dark skintoned homosapien race-baiter who actually thinks skin colour means something of importance.
Just say Asia
Imagine if white people were offended by this, or screamed cultural appropriation like the snow flakes in the USA. Every time they dig up a 50 year old black-face photo.
On the Native American reservations here in the US it’s the opposite, the kids with lighter skin are bullied
When I was a kid in Atlanta it was the same for lighter skinned black kids from other black kids. They were treated horribly and told they were "privileged." Being white would get you straight up robbed though and other minorities were also targeted. Funny how CNN spews the exact same messed up hate now and it's considered acceptable.
For light skinned black people it is the same. Ive been called everything from a golden retriever, ugly high yellow bitch, slave masters rape baby and more.
That light skin color probably reminds them of when their ancestors where exterminated without reason. Can’t really blame them
cause native Americans are coping about how desperately they wish they were white
The problem is that the government is allowing this dangerous product on human skin to be sold to the public.
It's the people within the government that are the problem they need to be replaced by better people who are looking out for the health of citizens.
Yes yes I agree if Labour is in power they are the ones to them then if the Conservatives are in power its them the ones to blame , same as in USA if the Republicans are in power its them to blame if its the Democrats it them ... your very smart lol lol ,,, must admit ive never seen a person from a government come round my house and apply creams to any of my family , but we must blame them
More like the problem is that people are getting marginalized/discriminated against/denied basic necessities/denied human rights/even TARGETED WITH VIOLENCE simply for having a different skin complexion…
…If this didn’t happen, less would feel the need to change their skin color in order to not get treated like shit simply over it
How much do tanning places make in the US yearly?
According to a website, its market size in the US is about $3.7bn(while that of skin lightening is $2.3bn.) ,and increases almost year by year(except for the last year due to the pandemic).
@@kisenhakkadonoseki20541 Really? Do you dispute the $8.6 billion figure here from Global Industry Analytics? Seems rather counterintuitive given history, culture, and societal standards tending to lend more cultural value to lighter skin. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if on a larger spectrum, you have the tanning industry which persuades very light-skinned people, who socioeconomically have an advantage and spend more time indoors and have a predilection for the tanning need anyway, to get "just enough" darker skin at an optimum, while darker-colored skin must go to greater lengths to achieve that cultural "optimum" in turn, and hence spend more resources on it per person.
@@niarazu3883 if people want to lighten there skin what's the fucking problem. You people have control issues
@@ChadDidNothingWrong The White victimhood is just old at this point. Neither you nor I have experienced a fraction of what black people have experienced in their lives on account of skin color. Instead of focusing on yourself and what people of your own skin color are going through, try expanding your horizons a bit and showing empathy for those that suffer. Drawing equivalencies is silly given the circumstances. Moving beyond the victim mindset and instead vicariously lending credence to what others are going through does wonders for your own self-esteem and emotional wellbeing.
@@niarazu3883 And it’s because of people like you, who focus purely on color, why that won’t happen. Suffering would be significantly diminished if education wasn’t culturally attributed to a color. A good education is seen as “whiteness,” which is far from the case. Kids in lower income areas who desire to strive academically undeterred from peer influence will have a significantly higher chance of success than those who fall into the category of assuming the system is meant to break them.
Focusing on yourself is the only way to excel and escape suffering, if you’re to focused on color and physical attributes then you’re just going to fall right back into the endless continuum of “racial prejudice” nonsense, 99% of people aren’t racists. Having empathy for others doesn’t mean sacrificing your own personal agenda to thrive and it most definitely shouldn’t involve a color ideology.
Im a white dude who grew up with no dad, and a mom who drank heavily. I basically raised my brother and worked my ass off in school so I wouldn’t end up where I started and now I’m a nurse. A black kid can do the same thing I can, it just takes a mental and physical determination to succeed, blaming the system only further perpetuates failure.
The Darker you are the more beautiful you are, the more pure you are. Don't change a thing .
Thats racist
What do you think caused this in the first place, RACISM!@@alexv1190
Yeah in ancient times
@@alexv1190😂😂😂😂
Black is beauitful, Brown skin is beautiful no need to bleach. love the skin you are in.
Many light skinned people want to be dark and many dark skinned people want to be light... People just need to accept themselves for they are
So im confused are you racist if you want to be dark .... THE skin DARKENING industry needs to be stopped as well its wrong , we need to educate people that the colour of your skin and the need to be darken with these bad chemicals is wrong
If they can make it safe to do, then let them do it! I mean, who are you to tell me or anyone what we want to do with our own skin?
White person ur missing the point. Globally black women think they have a better chance at life when resembling white people. Self hate is a thing.
@@billywiggins9893 then stop hating yourself
Lol It must be stop
It’s like a reverse Rachel Dolezall thing. Weird.
Crazy , I’m brown and love my skin . I have no desire to be lighter and would never use harmful chemicals on my skin. It baffles me to hear these stories
That's probably because you're a guy? We're not judged the same.
It's called the right to choose..
I've never thought 2 seconds about my skin color. It's an alien concept to "love" a part of your own body( to me).
@@jw4972 if someone chose to kill themselves do you think people should just let them or try to prevent it?
If someone wants lighter skin that is their choice if someone wants darker skin that is also there's choice this is supposed to be the land of the free yet CNN chooses to be racist
I don't really see the point of trying to stop something that is a personal choice with regards to how one views one's own beauty.
Sure, you can make the argument that it somehow communicates that a lighter skin is better, but it doesn't have to be seen that way. If someone wants their skin to be a tad lighter, it's what they feel looks better on them. It doesn't have to turn into a "lessening" or diminishing of anyone else with darker skin. Anymore than a tanning or bronzing treatment isn't a sign that pale white skin is somehow inferior. It's just personal taste.
It's just more propaganda to continue dividing the nation on race, CNN are a disgusting news network.
its not the personal choice things its that the products actively hurt people's skin and it pushes a inferiority complex in non-white ethnicities instead of allowing the people to just embrace their own look and not chase after being white stupidly.
Firstly it’s not safe at all and will probably never be. And even if there is a safe way, that will be in the not so near future. Secondly, not only does it feed off the narrative that lighter skin is better, but the only reason this is even a thing is that it’s the beauty standard. You don’t see lighter skin people getting tans do you? Unless it’s for a little amount of time, not for long. Thirdly, why is it even there in the first place? People just want to copy European standards created by white people a long time ago. Pale skin, sharp nose, bigger eyes, and slim body
People gotta chill here in Minnesota the white girls like to tan there skin orange just be you💪🏽
@Jo Sm Huh? Why would you comment something stupid like that? Jesus Christ. No wonder our country’s gone to shit.
@Jo Sm exactly. In other countries its a class thing. CNN and others promoting the idea of white privilege has made it an issue here. Trying to put out the fire they started
@Jo Sm a tan is good...but let's be honest everywhere you go in the world..black people are looked down on, ...
Talk to your women about their real hair wigs then. Hair shaved off the heads of political prisoners and girls with poor social scores in China. So your women can have white girl hair. Hypocrite.
@Jo Sm You people (of “color" lol) Hate the beautiful white skin yet, they will do anything to look white! They are correct, it is great to be non-colored! lol
Imagine a white girl is trying to stop tanning for the same reason... Crazy times.
Tanning is crazy. It's damaging your skin.
Its not the same thing tho
You can’t dictate personal choices and expect the self esteem of that person to rise. While I can understand why this person feels the way she does, it still seems to me it’s still a personal choice.
The biggest markets for skin lightening products are in Asia, both South Asia and East Asia. It's always portrayed as an almost exclusively African problem, but Asians do it too. Why do you think Koreans look like paper?
Wait, I thought this was going to be about India... WTF is the matter with us? I spent a few months in Ecuador on study abroad in 1996, and yes, the local guys who came out to clubs with us who were even a little non-white had to produce credit cards to enter. And the one black guy in our group couldn't get a bus to stop for him.
So what ? Who cares ? Maybe it has nothing to with his color ; maybe no one likes him !
There no way this woman can stop people from using skin lightening in china 😂😂🤣
@@Saiputera We can't even get them to stop eating endangered species because they think it's magic... China, oof.
No. It's not about india.
Well what about the tanning industry? Just indoor tanning makes $5 billion per year, and then there's all of the outdoor tanning that is free
That’s right
Might as well ban tanning salons while you’re at it! ☀️🕶
Good idea
Yep, but the Left hates white people so, they might even encourage that unironically, even if it's blatant hypocrisy.
I'm so happy.to see somebody bring this to the fore front.this product.should be ban world wide.take product off the market. it's a health hazard.a person should accept the skin color you been given. don't try to be what you are not.just be happy with yourself.people should accept you for yourself
It’s wrong to want to change your appearance? So plastic surgery, tanning salons & transgender operations should be wrong as-well?
Also skin darkening is a huge industry it’s called tanning
👆Exactly, I had a goth white girl tell me that she was too pale. She wanted to be darker. I said “Girl get your self esteem together .”
Nah... Not the same. Because the world has been taught for centuries that lighter skin denoted beauty, intelligence and power. Along with the historical fact that dark skin meant servitude for many in the world for the past 500 years.
Do not attempt to whitewash the history of Racism with false equivalences.
@@esobed1 no one is whitewashing racism history. They’re literally just saying tanning is a thing too. Studies show many people believing or thinking tanning makes you more attractive. And tanning is harmful.
Honestly the big problem with the products isn’t really the “internalized racism” but the harm and danger the products pose to human skin, organs, health in the long run.
@@unapologeticpatriot6504 wow... typical. I can see you doing the Obi-Wan "aren't the droids you are looking for" hand gesture the entire time you posted this.
Tanning pales in comparison, pun intended, to the negative psychological and physical effects of skin lightning... which was the initial subject of this video.
But not only does one have to deflect from an non-eurocentric concern, one must also deny the severity of said concern as well.
Typical behavior. No matter how passive the approach, one knows what you are by your actions, your avatar and your chosen name. Typical closet racist.
I think a woman should be allowed to do what she wants with her body.
@@dismemba nice
Men too
Political slogans don't make good arguments interesting how irony hasn't picked up on this 😃🤣✌️
Oh that's pretty great...I love it when hypocrites get their own words tossed back at them.
@@jamesstaggs4160 not to be brilliant but everybody is a hypocrite in some form or fashion. Ideas are not absolute and change in different situations in other words duh 🕯️✌️
This is a problem worldwide. Having light skin is equated to beauty in Hispanic and East Asian cultures as well as African/American cultures. I remember someone in my family (I come from a Hispanic family) saying you can't be too rich, too thin, or too light. Imagine the pressure put on women.
I spent a few months in Ecuador on study abroad in 1996, and yes, the local guys who came out to clubs with us who were even a little non-white had to produce credit cards to enter. And the one black guy in our group couldn't get a bus to stop for him. I knew an Uribe, actually. Licenciado! Everybody has a title, lol. Oh, I went back by myself in 2002 for 8 months, is when I really got to know Ecuador and speak the language.
its obviously not a problem it is natural to think light is beautiful because beaty is hardwired.
however, you shouldnt use harmful products to achieve this.
and you should be happy the way you are.
@@--Traveler-- it's not because dark skin is less attractive. It's all because of those British and American looters in history who brainwashed us into thinking that.
@@--Traveler-- Whiteness is not hardwired, it's a product of colonialism. Beauty as in genetic health markers like height and face symmetry, then sure.
@@--Traveler--you sound ignorant. Either you’re a product of colonization or you’re a colonizer. Either way you’re very mentally disturbed
Sister, you're very beautiful. Skin lightening is not an indication of problem with the skin, it's an expression of low self esteem born out of decades of inferiority complex.
Thank you and your kind for standing up to defend your God given beauty. Thank you.
There no way this woman can stop people from using skin lightening in china 😂😂🤣
Do fair skin people who tan have low self esteem as well?
let's be honest she ain't beautiful
Why stop it, people are doing this out of choice
Removing ignorance in society
HOWEVER....the skin darkening industry is probably larger......and also supports our skin cancer industry.
Disgusting and sad. I'm white and I don't love my skin tone. I don't hate myself or anything, but I always thought dark skin was much more beautiful...it doesn't show acne as bad or sunburn. Black is beautiful, and tanning booths or creams... it's not worth putting yourself in danger, there's always someone who will see your beauty even when you don't and thats what will bring you joy in real life.
I thought if a person wants to "identify" as someone else and get a surgery despite the permanent damage, they were to be encouraged and called courageous and all society must acknowledge their new identity? The double standards here are shameless.
Silly.
If you're a democrat you can change the rules on the fly!
In the case of gender identity, there are most frequently underlying contingent neurological, biological, and hormonal effects which predispose someone to that surgery long before any ultimate decision-making process. In this particular case, it is a purely cosmetic decision and has no underlying biology behind it. Note that biology includes neurology as a general rule, which also encompasses cultural artifacts as well as self-identity, which is emphasized highly in homo sapiens due to our expanded theory of mind in our neocortex(and a likely huge part of the reason for the malleability of gender in our species). I would only add here that sex and gender are differentiable in this regard, but even sex exists on a spectrum since we typically define sex as beginning with chromosomal combinations, of which many types exist - whether they are rare or "anomalous" or not does not exclude the fact that they exist, which is the ultimatum typically delivered from the Right.
@@scottharrison699 In what way is it mental illness if your entire biology and neurology is telling you you're one gender, and in what way would it exacerbate that problem that being the case? That's a remedy to the issue of gender being forced upon your biology and neurology, not the other way around. Either hormones, chromosomal combinations, and neurons are telling you you're one thing, or they are not. The healthiest thing both as an individual and as a society is to admit that human biology and intricate synaptic and neuronal connections in the brain are not so simple, and that there are a wide variety of perfectly acceptable possibilities that are quite natural. It's the beauty of DNA and its randomness =)
@@scottharrison699 Jung was not down for transphobia, to be clear. Were you thinking of Freud?
Idiotic take
.... if someone literally wants to do it, who is she to tell them they can't because she thinks they shouldn't do it?
They aren't doing it because they WANT to do it but because they have been made to believe that they HAVE to do it and it is not only wrong but very dangerous physically, mentally and emotionally.
@@shellyveley9515 re-read your statement. Who says they have been made to believe they have to? You are making a major assumption. If they want to do it, they can do it. If they don't want to, they don't have to. I don't think me darkening my skin artificially is dangerous and if I want to do so I will do it, if not I won't.
I really don't get this, Black & brown Skin literally doesn't age not being wrinkled and saggy. It's smooth luminous and looks at least 20 years younger. It's amazing how Gaslight brown people are 😱
Much love to you beautiful sister 🌹✌️
I don't think you understand what the term "gaslighting" means. It comes from an old flim where one person tries to convince the other they're crazy by making them question reality. For example if a light really is on and one person says it's on but the other person doing the gaslighting says it's off, even though they know it's on. So it's when one person deliberately lies to another for the purpose of making them question their own perception of reality. Before you respond with what I think you'll respond with no, white people haven't been telling black people that lighter akin is good while darker skin is bad even though they know darker skin is better. If you then refer to standards of beauty being mostly white people due to them being in movies, the shows and advertisements for it's entire history (the nation of the United States, not the continent of North America) the place has been majority European descended people, so just by virtue of numbers you'll see more white people everywhere. Just in case you haven't noticed that's changed in the last few years because people doing the casting have gone well out of their way to cast people that aren't white in roles and as models. I don't really care either way I'm just using it to illustrate a point.
But again, my original point was you're not using that term correctly. No I don't hate you or think you're stupid or anything else like that. If I were using a word in a way where it doesn't fit I'd hope someone would tell me so I can stop doing it, so that's my motivation behind that.
@@jamesstaggs4160 .. gaslighting it’s when the abuser tries to manipulate someone or victim with mentally unfit or too sensitive . Thx 🙏 for the info , I’m still learning English too . Stay safe & blessings from the Sonoran Desert 🌵 Mexico. Feliz Navidad 🎄
If we stopped putting everybody into categories, then people wouldn't spend billions of dollars trying to change categories.
And what about the tanning, bronzer, rouge, and sun tan lotion industry? People need to stop obsessing about skin color in a lot of different ways.
What an ignorant comment lmao
My dear friend's grandmother used to seat her grandchildren from the lightest skin tone closest to herself to the darker skin tone children further away around the Sunday lunch table 🤦♀️ I've never forgotten her relaying this story to me. I shook me so much 😓
They say : Beauty is only skin deep.
It's sad, because it seems that having more melanin can be advantageous to things like protecting from getting skin cancer and seems to help with slower aging, but some people feel they need to go out of their way to lighten their skin due to societal beauty standards.
You're pandering..
It's certainly hard to hide from predators when you glow in the dark. Not making a joke, I can't win hide and seek in the dark unless I'm buried in something.
@@jw4972 No he's not. black women are fine forever. have you seen Angela Bassett? have you seen Regina King? Melanin is the fountain of youth.
I’d say look at Hollywood. You think they don’t have an effect. It’s just movies and songs?
@@jw4972 pandering to what?
I used skin whitening product myself. The products with Mercury is usually cheap and fake. The products that actually work and safe are usually expensive.
None of the products are safe. They all work by removing the melanin from your skin. Melanin protects your body from ultra violet radiation from the sun which causes skin cancers like melanoma.
None of these products are safe, stop fooling yourself!
I totally agree with her, those pigments are there for a reason.
Thank you Amira for highlighting this topic. The sad reality is that people are aware of the implications of these creams yet people choose to peel their skin with dangerous chemicals. I think we should educate young girls and teach them their skin colour isn’t wrong. Soomaaliyeey gabdhihiina usheega midabkoodu inuu qurxoonyahay mid madoow, mid maariina iyo mid cadba.
There no way this woman can stop people from using skin lightening in china 😂😂🤣
Also the same thing happens in reverse at least as often. It's called tanning, which everyone seems to have suddenly forgotten about
People are allowed to lighten their skin. It isn’t your or her business what people choose to do with their own skin.
@@danielbaur5765 that isn’t the same thing dummy. Tanning is natural but skin bleaching isn’t. Also tanning isn’t harmful but skin bleaching is.
@@freeeggs3811 Tanning is often done artificially, with tanning beds that shoot lots of UV rays at you. And tanning is actually dangerous sometimes, it causes cancer all the time.
How sad. I think dark skin is beautiful!
Yeah.....
@@This_Old_Man_PawPaw but i don't think it's beautiful
To me I don’t think is beautiful
Now do weave !
See: "Good Hair."
@@JeffreyGoddin seen that . Just want to see which angle CNN takes.
Why?
As a black man and African British please black is beautiful simple do not bleach your skin
you damn right
Our local sari sari store has the skin lightener on the display shelf as you're checking out and it's almost always sold out.
Again about race or skin color. That woman is just insecure and has no real talents, so she is blaming it on color.
Out of curiosity how much of this is a class thing? Like pale skin being a sign of wealth that you didn’t have to work outside all day
99.99999% .
0% in Africa where regardless of if you’re inside or outside you will still have dark skin. 90% in east Asia.
Are tanning salons part of colorism? How should we deal with them?
i'd say it depends how far you go with tanning. tanning is more natural so therefore is less controversial
Another reason why “My Body, My Choice” is complete BS.
Good luck with that. Next up, she takes on weaves💯🤣
Lol!!!now THTS a challenge lol.these females love their fake hair
The blacker the berry; the sweeter the juice. 😉
I've always found darker skin beautiful and was envious of it as a kid/teenager. But then I'm also weirdly on the opposite end of the spectrum - I'm so pale I was constantly getting teased for it or it was being commented on., especially when I was growing up. I can't count how many times I've had people I knew act as if they'd been blinded by the light from my legs and tell me I needed to get a tan. I was never able to tan naturally, just burn, so these comments and teasing made me pretty sensitive about it, to the point I started avoiding wearing clothes that showed much of my actual skin below the neck. Over the years I've spent some money on fake tan products to darken my skin - most suck and are not pleasant to use. I've gotten rashes and mild chemical burns from some, or just ended up with an embarrassing unnatural color where it was used from others.
White people have the worst understanding of aesthetics out of every race. They think their orange tans (or even their natural red sunburns) look good, but they don’t at all. It just makes their skin look damaged. I don’t understand why you would destroy clear pale skin to look like a carrot.
@CBEdits ?
Is she going to put a stop to tanning as well?
Cnn is doing a segment on skin whitening but hasn't mentioned that the OSHA vaccine mandate has been STOPPED!!!! HAHAHAHAHA
You must be new here...
@@Michael_919 😂
Clown. There’s more than one thing going on in the world at once you know.
Too light is real thing too. I have very pale skin and look very ghostly. I wish I was darker. Will they do something for me?
Bless you and your good work.
@@at5545 you read minds? neat.
People do realize that you can have discolored skin and skin lightening actually blends your tone together? I hope you are not just focusing on black people because it's a person's choice to put whatever lotion they want on their body
Everything has to be about racism. I've had black girlfriends (friends) that use the lighter tones and white friends who go get tans. It doesn't really matter, do what you want
Skin lighting and colorism isn't just a black issue it is very rampant globally China, Korea, India, Saudi Arabia it's everywhere. And is it really your choice if you have been told all your life that you won't get a good job, or get married if you don't have lighter skin it's giving brainwashed it's giving self hate and it needs to go. Are there people that use it to fix hyperpigmentation and discoloration yes but skin lighting isn't the only option anymore we have amazing skincare products I should know I used to suffer from cystic acne and the hyperpigmentation was so bad people thought I had skin cancer I was able to fix it all and I never touched a lighting product and now people tell me how beautiful my skin is all this to say these products are unregulated and very dangerous if there was a safer option I would be all for it.
@@Devyn_LV people get tans because they want. Never has anyone been told that if they don't tan they won't get a good job or a good husband. However all over the world people especially woman are being told they need to be light to get a job and a husband.
@@sammagny6548 cnn is telling you that..... Stop watching because it isn't reality
@@billbradskey7063 I'm black from Haiti this comes from personal experience
What about skin darkening?
I wish that people would accept skin lightening the same way that they view tanning. I hope that they get rid of all the bad products with mercury and replace them with healthier options. There is nothing wrong with wanting to remove a tan. It’s just that the colorism is so bad. I wish that would go away. And that people can look like how they want. Because at the end of the day we are all human no matter the shade, we should stop with colorism, cultural appropriation and let everyone look how they want.
Definitely
Nope, they are both bad for your health. If you tan using creams that's not so bad.
I didn't have my skin lightened. My face is not the lightest part of my body. Parts are darker, from the sun, and the lightest isn't even yellow.
Let people do what they want as long as they are not hurting others.
But if their behavior does not fit my ideology..:
Abortion hurts others. It murders innocent babies
@@tracy361361 you know that you are a QAnon freak right
And I thought it was only the United States had that problem😲
If people want to lighten their complexion, then let them. Mind your own business.
Agreed, but it has to be done safely.
Beautiful lady no matter the color. Stay true to yourself.
We women have been changing our skin tones throughout the ages. There is evidence dating back to the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans that people used to lighten their skin using honey and olive oil in order to try to signify that they were wealthy enough not to have to work outdoors.
As most of us know, the Europeans did this for hundreds of years for the same reasons. Unfortunately, they brought this silly belief with them to the places that they colonized.
In 1920's white America what was fashionable finally flipped, as tanned skin served to signify the ability to afford a life of leisure.
I love the pasty white skin I was born with, even though it requires me to be vigilant about skin cancer. It is my hope for all of my fellow women (and men!) to love their beautiful skin. ❤
The philosophy of playing up whatever you have and accentuating the features you like best about yourself seems to be the way to go. Who wants to look like everybody else, anyway? 😉 Dont buy into the hype of whatever is around you. Defiantly enjoy whatever is beautiful about you. ❤
This woman is as beautiful as any woman of any race.i personally don't see what her problem was.she's very beautiful beauty comes in all different colors.and yes black is beautiful as well
"Colorism is embedded into us at a young age"
Actually, several studies have shown it is more intrinsic than that. Ask a 3 year old who is barely speaking and hasn't really seen someone of another color a cluster of faces of different tones. If you ask "which is the mean one" they point to the darkest tone, even if they themselves are dark and grew up in a dark family. Ask "which is the nice one" and they point to the lightest shade. I can think of several reasons why this may be the case, but they aren't the point here.
I can already tell people are going to make a lot of assumptions about me based on me bringing that up. People will jump to the conclusion that this means I'm saying it's "okay" or that I'm trying to justify racism or something. So if you do that, I've already called you out as not being objective, but presumptive.
No, the reason I'm bringing attention to this is because if we act like it is something that is entirely taught, then we will think passive "color blindness" will resolve the issue on its own. It can't just passively "not be taught". It has to be actively "untaught" from children, for whom this is otherwise normal development. Though I mean the solution is still largely the same: Exposure to a variety of people at a young age, in a context where the differences don't really matter.
Well said and I agree
It is quite simple. Darkness is reminiscent with fear of the unknown that in which we cannot see easily. Light is associated with joy and happiness and the known. So asking a small child which color person would seem mean, they would pick the darkest. Based on a natural fear and association with darkness being dangerous. Simple. I would bet the same happens with dogs. My dogs seems to feel intimidated more by darker dogs he encounters.
@@BukitMan Perhaps. And that may have to do with contrast as well. An easier face to read. A study including albino or platinum blonde faces could shed some light on that.
Imo, it may have more to do with pigment developing with age. So lighter tones may trigger an instinct to be more cooperative towards neoteny. A little ironic given how much slower darker people age than lighter people.
Its unfortunate stuff though. But we need to understand humans as we are to know what to do next. Theres a lot of this: people comparing humans to a standard of perfection we made up, then jumping to misanthropy when we fall short. If we let go of perfection and acknowledge our limitations, we can work around them better. We might have some ingrained racism, sure, but we also have very adaptable minds and some of the most advanced empathy in the world. So it isnt that hard to unteach on an individual level.
Culturally....certainly more difficult. There are a lot of feedback loops going on.
@@webx135 We act like it is so important, but I don’t think any of this matters. We try and alter the basic animal instinct we have and simply cause more confusion and chaos. As soon as you try and control behavior it becomes unnatural and fake.
Maybe stopping FGM which is carried out against baby girls in Africa is a better option but no one wants to talk about that, if people want to waste their money on cosmetic surgery that's their choice.
They talk about it all the time. They have multiple organizations. Yall don’t actually care.
The way I hear it, even in countries with predominantly dark skinned people, lighter skin is preferred and light skinned people are treated better. I've heard/read it specifically about China, India and Japan, and have read that it is true in many other countries.
I know it's a big problem in both Africa and Asia.
I don’t understand how light skin has such an impact because even if you lighten your skin your black features are still there. This is the unfortunate product of colonialism. Basically in these countries if you’re born with dark skin your life is over it’s so insane!
….and people with light skin tan to get darker….. maybe white is NOT the beauty standard and we’re all just gravitating toward homogeneity. As f’ed as it is, it warms my heart that we could all just be subconsciously unifying
THE skin DARKENING industry needs to be stopped as well its wrong , we need to educate people that the colour of your skin and the need to be darken with these bad chemicals is wrong people need to stop putting what is Die and paint on there skin to look Black !!!!!!! if your white ,,, its damages your skin
Be whatever you want, I want Tartan paint.
"My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story."
White people tan, black people bleach... so what! Colourism - what next you can't have a favourite colour? Come on people stop being so sensitive.
Its becuase its dangerous.
@@Apple-mg6jr so is driving a car.
She can go to the hood in America and find the same stuff. This is a global problem.
‘problem’
Well I’m looking for what will make me darker in the winter months! Any one? Help!!!
The only place skin lightening should be used in between woman's butt cheeks. That way, men like me, can see that it's clean in there before giving it tongue lashings.
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What about skin darkening? This argument is ridiculous, If somebody wants to lighten their skin what business is that of anybody's. CNN It's one of the main sources of the tension built up in America
Ya know, tge issue of acceptance of our skin isn't just confined to dark skin. For instance, pale people using tanning beds, injection, etc
I think we as people should embrace our own individuality
Celebrities promote plastic surgery, fillers, etc
Real, raw beauty should never be put in a box
All colors of skin are gorgeous
THE skin DARKENING industry needs to be stopped as well its wrong , we need to educate people that the colour of your skin and the need to be darken with these bad chemicals is wrong people need to stop putting what is Die and paint on there skin to look Black !!!!!!! if your white ,,, its damages your skin
Lol people are ok with pregnant dudes but this somehow is a problem.
4:12 • In INDIA yeah maybe some do since there are multiple shades & very light skinned ppl in INDIA
Certainly NOT in KENYA nor SOMALIA…..
@Tosh Media Tv • It’s this Lady herself since she’s the one claiming these things
I’m confused ? Are you saying everyone in Kenya and Somalia are the same shade ?
@@jshaunanderson3957 • I’m saying the Upload itself clearly shows those Nations and everybody knows the difference between INDIA vs KENYA / SOMALIA
@@jshaunanderson3957 • Yes. Indeed. Kenya & Somalia are All-Black Nations. White faces do NOT exist in those Nations so such claims she has made are absurd.
How many beyonces do we need? Is that where we want black girls to look to? Great example Hollywood! Same with being thin same with having a perfect nose. Check your standards with Hollywood because they set the tone.
tone, heh heh
Beyonce is whiter than white people...dunno what she is using.
@@felixplucker8450 I'm an Italian American and I'm darker than Beyonce.
Love yourself don’t change yourself
Would this work on my behind?
Who are you to tell people what colors they want to be in?
...said the white person
@@samflynn3670 Don’t make assumptions. And why would that matter anyway?
I almost totally forgot, what's Sammy Sosa looking like these?
Well why don't you ban skin tanning as well?
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Just be happy who you are
My people are many times an embarrassment.
how about my body , my choice ??? people are free to do whatever so they desire !!!
Very good work done ...
Damn, $8.6 billion industry thats cwaaarzy!
This is not a racial issue it's a cultural one
Where are all these skin lightening products that people claim are so popular? I never see them nor hear about people I know bleaching.
She should also be trying to stop tanning booths too. It damages your skin and is cultural appropriaition
This is well known, yet people still use them.
Vanity is the culprit, not the devices.
Hold on the people walking down the street look as dark as she is?
Governments should do something about this. Heavily fine the sale of these products and ensure *ALL* media represents the people that consume it.
Then it will go underground and become poisonous.
They have. They have outlawed it. But people still sell it.
Beautiful, a woman who loves the skin she's in.
True but she doesn't have to jeopardize people's livelihoods for it.
Black people can’t stand their skin anymore. Democrats got the whole country’s eye balls focused straight at black people. You know, because the first thing we see is race today. Shut up!
@@Ornelas11B dude... Color is going to be an issue as long as dark skinned people are being messed over... And the person who determines if a dark skinned person is being messed over is NOT a white person. Because of the horrible track record in history of white people messing over darked skinned people.
Do not blame the Democrats, Communist, "poverty pimps" or anybody else. If conditions were not so bad to begin with for dark skinned people, all of the groups mentioned above would not have the ability to appeal to so many.
Want to stop the talk about color? Then actually work towards making a truly just and equitable society instead of the typical Right wing Racism Denial.
@Đeath Vader Why are you a racist?
Got a skin bleaching ad before this video
If they wanna buy it, how you gonna stop them. You gonna make it illegal to get tanning spray too.
Our society comes up with these nonsense beauty standards that only a portion of the citizens can achieve.
No one should have to change the lightening of they're skin to appear beautiful/ valued or attractive.
No one is forcing them to. They choose to do it, and they have the right to do it.
Skin tanning is also at that level, so what’s the point? 😂
Tanning is the industry of making skin darker, should we boycott it too now?
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