Comments on: NEWS:TYRA BANKS EXPOSES A MOM WHO BLEACHES HER KIDS’ SKIN

By: Mina

Mina — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:12:28 +0000

It seems to me that no one is happy with the way they look. Gals with pale skin sit in the sun or tanning beds for hours tryng to darken their skin while darker skin gals bleach their skin to be lighter. White females perm their hair to make it curly and gals with natural curls want straight hair. It is all about style and we all want to look like the models in the magazines. I am one of them and I admit it, I spend a lot of money on clothes, make up and all the rest. However, kids should be left alone to be kids. Bleaching their skin sends the message that they are flawed in some way and gives them an inferriority complex.

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By: Samantha

Samantha — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:58:33 +0000

I am simply disgusted by these women and all woman who have so much self hatred that they had to go to great lengths to lighten their skin. Will people of color ever realize their self worth? I find it very ironic that while millions of people of coloring are bleaching their skin to look white millions of white people are tanning themselves to get some color. I feel skin bleaching is the ultimate sin because you are telling God that he made a mistake when he made you and God makes no mistakes. Instead of trying to fit societies standards of beauty fit your own. I just hope these woman can love themselves one day because they are truly pathetic.

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By: viola

viola — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:55:23 +0000

Yeah this is very common all around the world, i see it a lot with Haitians, i actually know one of the guest on the show, the 1st one Mya, went to school with her here in Miami and actually have pics of her from high school, not sure about this whole ” I moved to NY when i was 16 with my sister and my skin got really light cause at 16 we were in high school, but anyway I am Black American and i do know other Black American girls that also do this but the high school i went to was a lot of Haitians, the neighborhood i grew up in is called Little Haiti and the girls bleached all the time, i never understood cause i always loved my complextion, not the darkest girl and defenitely not the lights but just the i was intended to be, and the sad thing is its not just the women, but the men to, i went and did laundry the other day and the Haitian man that runs the laundry-mat had totally bleached his skin, i noticed he was doing it months ago, starting with his face but when i saw him recentely he had totally bleached face, neck and even his hands, now needless to say he look like a damn fool cause anybody with eyes can see that this is not his natural complextion, these creams are to be used for skin discoloration, dark areas and spots, not to wipe out who you really are as a Black person.

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By: Maryamb

Maryamb — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:27:31 +0000

babieblu_law I could not agree more. Very simple and very true. I think you said it better than me.

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By: babieblu_law

babieblu_law — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:30:57 +0000

that’s sad you should be proud of what color you are and what color you kids are. just cause you may be darker doesn’t mean anything, we all are the same in god’s eyes so i don’t see what’s the problem

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By: YAYA

YAYA — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:12:05 +0000

It is not a race thing, that is a mental thing. (haha) It did not make Michael Jackson look any better. Duh!

Nobody is happy. Whites want to be black with tanning and lip injections and blacks want to be white especially when they do this desperate stuff.

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By: kris

kris — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:11:20 +0000

i dunno if the white women were laughing inside. my white friends are always tanning to the point where they will probably get skin cancer and will definitely age faster. They always say they wish they had my complexion and they wouldn’t have to tan . I don’t know if its a race thing; Men (media) put women up on this high pedestal they expect us to be tan but not too dark, skinny etc

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By: jasmine

jasmine — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:00:29 +0000

I don’t think Tyra is sincere or has the skills to adequately cover such a sensitive topic. I feel like all she cares about are ratings and getting gasps from the audience. This is a serious topic that should be handled thusly, and I just don’t get a serious vibe from her…just seems corny. =/

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By: Anyom

Anyom — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:17:01 +0000

Tyra Banks should have done this show with an all black audience. The white women in there are laughing inside. This is exactly what they use agaisnt … They are watching for entertainment.

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By: SUZ

SUZ — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:36:51 +0000

The video was wow…It’s real messed up how society has made people think things like that. Smh…Them poor little boys. And Latisha,(I think) she bleached her face with actual bleach. Like that’s really extreme. She is lucky the bleach didn’t eat through her skin and that she doesn’t have scars over her face.

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