tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684347969793655496.post251641426758221649..comments2021-11-06T03:53:12.940+00:00Comments on African Soul Caribbean Spirit: Boycott timeAscsunitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386840838385309101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684347969793655496.post-9122273819197719352009-06-29T14:13:15.378+01:002009-06-29T14:13:15.378+01:00Using light skin women is not only within the whit...Using light skin women is not only within the white advertising industry but also in our own and that's the biggest issue for me,UK Black hair beauty magazine, Pride magazine which I may purchase every now and again, if a friend of mine is featured, have several pictures with the typical airbrushed make the women look as light as possible even if she isn't and bleach blonde hair look, I am embarrassed to open it up around white people, it desperately screams I want to be you or close enough.<br /><br />It has been proven within social pyshc studies of resent years being white is gives you a higher status within society and I am sure the majority of us didn't need a study to show that,but if this standard exist today is it any surprise people will strive to be lighter to feel more excepted. <br /><br />Where do we battle this from?Ascsunitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386840838385309101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684347969793655496.post-54709342725971116642009-06-29T01:52:35.893+01:002009-06-29T01:52:35.893+01:00I don't use Loreal products anyway. Never have...I don't use Loreal products anyway. Never have. But they along with Oil of Olay, CoverGirl and a host of other "beauty" companies always take the lightest of us (halle, queen latifah) for their campaigns. It's easier to fix the lights to brighten our hues. <br /><br />They are more aggressive with their campaigns overseas. Most major beauty companies pimp skin lightening creams all across the world, especially in countries where the majority of the population are people of color ie India, Korea across Africa, etc.JaGramerican Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07913421806822647632noreply@blogger.com