Posted on 02/23/2021 1:36:02 AM PST by Libloather
For decades, the beauty industry has sold the narrative that lighter skin is more beautiful. Movies, television, print magazines, and nearly every other medium convey the subliminal message that your value is tied to your skin-tone. We’ve seen the media lighten and retouch images of celebrities of color, from Beyoncé and Priyanka Chopra to Kerry Washington and Lupita Nyong’o. This message sends ripple effects around the globe that lighter skin is more desirable; and this leads to real-life consequences. Many women use creams and soaps to fit into societal expectations of what they should look like. It’s important for us to not only condemn this idea that lighter skin is better, but we also need to understand that using skin-whitening products can have lasting and damaging health effects.
This isn’t just my personal opinion - similar sentiments have been echoed by countless women in my Minnesota district who have been personally impacted by this $8.3 billion industry. Many of our minority communities, especially our African and Asian communities, have suffered the repercussions of these skin-lightening products.
Skin-lightening creams often contain toxic chemicals, such as hydroquinone and mercury, that can lead to discoloration, damaged skin, kidney damage, and - if you're pregnant - birth defects, including neurological damage in early childhood. And because this industry is under-regulated, many of the women who are directly marketed to by the companies that create these products aren’t even aware of the side effects and permanent health issues that can occur. The amendment I introduced in July 2020 aims to change that: We need widespread awareness of the dangers of these creams and lotions to change the narrative surrounding them, and to protect those most vulnerable in our communities.
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That doesn’t make White people look bad.
Spreading hate and division is the name of the game.
Another day another round of amazement at what the left considers a priority.
Don’t hate us cause you ain’t us
She was probably thinking about Math too...
Or serving me matcha tea and sushi.
Do Koreans drink matcha tea and eat sushi as well?
IDK
What ever happened to “My body, my choice”?
You're at least a half century late, Ilhan. The "Black is Beautiful" awakening took place in the USA back in the 1960s.
Indeed they do. Pure ENVY. Sad.
But if someone wants to do either who am I to stop them?
Another POS who should be indicted for FELONIES!
Watta bout skin oranging?
I’m against it...Orange Man Bad!!!!
No industry promotes products that their customers don’t want.
The customers want lighter skin,so the cosmetic industry devises a means to make skin lighter.
There is no part of your life too small and personal for progressives to not assert outrage over and use coercion to regulate.
Probably took off in the multi-trillion dollar Hollywood entertainment industry and emulated in the community. As is the case so often.
Barry Soetoro did his part with the 10% tax on tanning (melanining) bed salons.
Melanin is beautiful, baby!
They just want a piece of that “White Privilege.” If successful in making the change, they will get skipped over in job promotion, pay full tuition in college, get attacked randomly on the street, be forced to go to “Whiteness” seminars, and be fired for “Looking Racist.”
Blacks do not like other blacks who are very dark skinned
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