Read on Twitter
two different things https://twitter.com/klvssie/status/1248708960745590784
The skin bleaching stems from discrimination, colourism, generations of people perpetuating the idea that the darker you are the uglier you are (etc.) In the newer generations, skin bleaching is discouraged* and weâve actively been trying to dismantle the idea that whiteness is..
(* as a Congolese woman, I can say that a lot of my peers discourage it from what Iâve seen in todayâs Congolese community. And a lot of tantineâs are growing to understand and unlearn the toxic ideas of darkness being associated to ugliness that theyâve been raised to believe.)
..associated to beauty, like a lot of older heads were taught. Colonialism also plays a role. European countries would use whiteness to sell the products that they sent through to their colonial places, depicting whiteness as associated to power&privilege. So itâs not that simple
People that darken their skin, try to imitate black features and try to âact blackâ like her do it because they fetishizes black culture and try to fit into it because itâs âcoolâ or âtrendyâ all while [often times] disrespecting the people within the culture & having the ability
to âwash it offâ when âbeing blackâ becomes an inconvenience.. where as we actually have to live with all the disadvantages and the stigma attatched to our skin tone, our hair, our facial features and our culture. (aka everybody wants to be black but nobody wants to be black)
This is literally what I said put in action. She darkened her skin, played into the aesthetic of âblacknessâ in her tiktok. Someone called her out & she proudly stated the privilege that comes w her actions
Participate in blackness when itâs convenient, wash it off & disrespect. https://twitter.com/woah_mona_lisa/status/1247652088450080768
Participate in blackness when itâs convenient, wash it off & disrespect. https://twitter.com/woah_mona_lisa/status/1247652088450080768
