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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Skin-whitening products are huge hits in Asian countries such as Korea and the Philippines. I personally know the distributor that deals with those countries. If they want to look more white, big deal.
Second that!
“Skin-lightening creams often contain toxic chemicals...”
Nothing new there. Search “white lead as cosmetic” for a little history.
In modern times, I believe clown makeup is fairly non-toxic.
Don’t pay any attention to Omar. She the same one who married her brother. That’s right, married her brother. Besides, she fits right in with the other evilness in DC.
Ilhan Omar is angry that they don’t offer a skin reducing cream so she can reduce her five-head to a forehead.
Why not go after tanning beds?
Blacks straightening their hair or wearing straight hair wigs should be branded “cultural appropriation” the same for dying their hair blonde or red or anything but their own natural color. Same for using tinted contact lenses.
Suntan...the woke blackface?
“Suntan...the woke blackface?”
We’re on Ocracoke Island, NC right now...exercising our First Amendment right of melanin-conversion therapy. Beautiful day here!
Wasn’t familiar with it until I just looked it up.
Wow, beautiful.
Have a great time!
Comedian Nipsey Russell once commented about white folks using "Man Tan" to go darker, and said he was going to use Yellow Fellow and meet us halfway!
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