Yeah she wasn’t comfortable in her skin, so she changed it just like white people tan, and black women rip their edges out with weaves and burning their scalps with perms..
she gave something away about her husband and kids. she married into a white family. not inherently a bad thing. but i see how being around white people and having mixed kids may lead to her to feeling the need to bleach to conform. but she can't do that and teach her kids to love their Blackness and not give them a complex.
This interview was problematic - the host repeatedly talked over and pressed the guest, demonstrating a lack of understanding of the nuances of African American history and experience. When the guest described issues of self-hatred and colorism within the Black American community, the host tried to steer the conversation in a different direction, as if invalidating the guest's perspective. We can't generalize reasons for skin bleaching across cultures - the sociocultural factors vary greatly. In the US, it's often seen as a rejection of Blackness, but that dynamic doesn't necessarily apply elsewhere. Additionally, the host's comment about British Black people being mistakenly viewed as African was troubling, an erasure of their British identity and citizenship. The lady bleaching her skin and being married to a white man clearly shows she rejects her own identify and didn't want her kids to look like her or her ancestors, that's horrible but the reasons why is not going to be known or make sense to use that see it as a rejection of ones self. Overall, this interview lacked the cultural competence and sensitivity required to engage respectfully with complex racial issues.
There are very light skinned African people so she can be excused for wanting to be lighter. Africans have preference for lighter Africans so there is a problem that is deeply entrenched. Then there's the issue of slavery which pitched the light skinned African against the dark skinned african. Beauty standards also makes light skinned more socially acceptable. All of the above places pressure on dark skinned people who are not confident in their skin to want to change their skin tone so skin lightening is not going to stop just as the use of tanning beds will not stop.
It's so sad indeed 😢she said NOTHING sensible at all. She is NOT comfortable in her skin. I hope that she will never get in the ☀️ 😢😢
what about the host? she tans and changes her skin color, what she isnt comfortable in her skin either?
Yeah she wasn’t comfortable in her skin, so she changed it just like white people tan, and black women rip their edges out with weaves and burning their scalps with perms..
she gave something away about her husband and kids. she married into a white family. not inherently a bad thing. but i see how being around white people and having mixed kids may lead to her to feeling the need to bleach to conform. but she can't do that and teach her kids to love their Blackness and not give them a complex.
This interview was problematic - the host repeatedly talked over and pressed the guest, demonstrating a lack of understanding of the nuances of African American history and experience. When the guest described issues of self-hatred and colorism within the Black American community, the host tried to steer the conversation in a different direction, as if invalidating the guest's perspective.
We can't generalize reasons for skin bleaching across cultures - the sociocultural factors vary greatly. In the US, it's often seen as a rejection of Blackness, but that dynamic doesn't necessarily apply elsewhere. Additionally, the host's comment about British Black people being mistakenly viewed as African was troubling, an erasure of their British identity and citizenship. The lady bleaching her skin and being married to a white man clearly shows she rejects her own identify and didn't want her kids to look like her or her ancestors, that's horrible but the reasons why is not going to be known or make sense to use that see it as a rejection of ones self.
Overall, this interview lacked the cultural competence and sensitivity required to engage respectfully with complex racial issues.
I call bs..."I love my complexion I will never change it"completely"... Is a load of BS
She makes no sense
There are very light skinned African people so she can be excused for wanting to be lighter. Africans have preference for lighter Africans so there is a problem that is deeply entrenched. Then there's the issue of slavery which pitched the light skinned African against the dark skinned african. Beauty standards also makes light skinned more socially acceptable. All of the above places pressure on dark skinned people who are not confident in their skin to want to change their skin tone so skin lightening is not going to stop just as the use of tanning beds will not stop.
Very ignorance.
Very well articulated BS.
i hope irene is doing better now.
Stop talking about Irene and start listening to her.
It her choice and it has nothing to do with slavery
2:04 Rpq. How does people who blame everything on America explain fair skin bias in African countries
What she really needs to do is grow some hair