How far would a person go to change their skin tone? Everyday you see a person with a lighter complexion trying to darken their skin. Mainly using tanning lotion or using tanning bed which actually uses more UVA rays than the sun. Even though it's harmful to the skin, it is still done because "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." But we never really talk about those who try to lighten their skin. Tyra has interviewed six black women who purposely bleach their skin and their children's skin. Even some of the women said their mother bleached their skin at the age of five and taught their children that being dark was not good. A number of reasons for bleaching skin included to make life easier because light black people have it easier, to help with blemishes, etc. Some of the women even went as far as to date someone who is lighter or of another race, just so their child isn't dark. Those women did not see dark skin a beautiful and that was another reason they decided to bleach their skin. They explained that those who are lighter or will never encounter their situation will never understand why they were driven to this point. Tyra does a good job explaining how society has put lighter skin on a pedastal. She said she make it her job to find all colors of skin for ANTM so that others could see that it's okay to be the skin color that you are. That pale is beautiful, dark is beautiful and everything in between.
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