A few weeks ago I wrote about ‘That dirty word bleaching’ and my experience with it. Today I came across this interesting project titled Our Skin by London-based photographer and writer Jendella. The project features one powerful image which artistically visualises some of the effects of bleaching on an African woman.
I didn’t know what skin bleaching was until I was eleven and I asked my mom why one of my aunties was much lighter than her sister. My mother explained that she lightened her skin using creams and that you can tell by looking at her knuckles. I didn’t quite understand but I surmised that it was the reason why my auntie’s skin looked blemished and uneven and I wondered why someone would choose that over the smooth and even beauty of her sister’s skin and my mother’s skin and all the other women I admired in life.
After reading Jendella‘s thoughts has made me curious. Now I want to ask someone who bleaches why they do it. I probably will never know since it’s a dirty word!
SOURCE: AFRICA IS SUFFERING via BLACK CULTURE
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