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Friday, February 21, 2014

NIGERIA!-CASSAVA BREAD WILL SAVE NIGERIA ATI HELP OUR FARMERS MAKE GOOD MONEY INSTEAD OF IMPORTING WHITE FLOUR FROM AMERIKKKA,MAKING THEM RICH ATI GIVING US CANCER ATI DIABETES!-REAL CASSAVA BREAD CAN BE MADE AT HOME ATI IT'S DELICIOUS ATI HEALTHY!-FROM AFRICAN-RECIPES-SECRETS.COM

from  african-recipe-secrets.com

Try a Sweet Cassava Bread made with Coconut and Raisins


Cassava bread is one of the traditional African breads. It is certainly one you
should try.
Remember, cassava is just another name
for ‘Yucca'. If you're a regular visitor,you know that Yucca root is an African staple.
We’ve already learned how to make cassava with gravy and roast cassava.
Cassava is also served as ‘fufu’ with hot pepper soup.
To make cassava bread, we will use grated cassava mixed with grated coconut. You should be able to find the grated ingredients at the oriental or Spanish store.


Thanks Lillian for this recipe
Here’s what you’ll need:

3/4 C margarine
3 eggs
2 C sugar
2 C frozen grated cassava (see tips)
1 C frozen grated coconut (see tips)
1 C All-purpose flour (sifted)
1 C milk
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 C raisins (optional)


Here’s what you do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour an 11x8 inch pan or a loaf pan.
Defrost your cassava and coconut at room temperature or use a microwave oven. Transfer margarine, eggs, and sugar to mixing bowl. Mix on low for one minute.
Add remaining ingredients to the bowl. Mix on high for two more minutes, scraping bowl frequently. Pour into greased pan.
Bake 40-45 minutes. Bread is ready when it leaves the sides of the pan and a wooden toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.
Serve warm for breakfast with fruit and juice.


Baking Tips:
If you are short of time, you can defrost the cassava and coconut by placing the bags in a microwave.
If you live in an area where these are not available, you can buy fresh cassava and coconut and use a blender to grate it yourself.


Thursday, February 13, 2014

NOLLYWOOD!- STOP BLEACHING! -NIGERIAN ACTRESSES BLEACHING!- EWO!- BLEACH AND YOU DIE OF SKIN CANCER!- DAPADA!- RESTORE YOUR GOD-GIVEN BLACK BEAUTY-DAPADA!--FROM ONE9JAVOICE.COM

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Friday, 22 November 2013

Nollywood actresses that bleached their skin(photos)before and after



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JAMAICIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN ON BLEACHING!:STOP DESTROYING YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK SKIN COLOR!

By Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade
BLEACH AND DIE OF SKIN CANCER EVENTUALLY LIKE BLACK PEOPLE ARE DYING OF IN JAMAICA!
BLEACH AND DIE OF SKIN CANCER EVENTUALLY LIKE BLACK PEOPLE ARE DYING OF IN JAMAICA!
[caption id="attachment_1838" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="IF YOU NEED AN OPERATION THE DOCTORS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEW YOUR SKIN UP AGAIN BECAUSE THESE CHEMICALS DESTROY YOUR SKIN FOREVER!"]IF YOU NEED AN OPERATION THE DOCTORS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEW YOUR SKIN UP AGAIN BECAUSE THESE CHEMICALS DESTROY YOUR SKIN FOREVER![/caption]
THIS SOUTH AFRICAN BROTHER AND SISTER ARE REGRETTING BLEACHING NOW!
THIS SOUTH AFRICAN BROTHER AND SISTER ARE REGRETTING BLEACHING NOW!
[caption id="attachment_1835" align="alignnone" width="232" caption="YOUR SKIN WILL REACT BADLY TO THE STRONG CHEMICALS IN THESE BLEACHING CREAMS AND WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!"]YOUR SKIN WILL REACT BADLY TO THE STRONG CHEMICALS IN THESE BLEACHING CREAMS AND WILL NEVER BE THE SAME![/caption]
BLEACH AND BECOME A MONSTER LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON!
BLEACH AND BECOME A MONSTER LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON!
FROM: blacknet.co.uk
Jamaica warns of skin bleaching risk
Chemical skin lightening has become so popular among young people in Jamaica that health officials launched a campaign to teach them about the dangers. The campaign, Don’t Kill the Skin, will begin next month. “Skin bleaching has become a fast and risky way for young men and women to become beautiful,” Horace Dalley told a group of children at a Kingston library. The focus will be on products that contain hydroquinone, a substance that reduces the melanin growth in the skin, Dalley said.
Don’t kill the skin campaign targets illegal bleaching products Don’t kill the skin campaign targets illegal bleaching products.
Neprosone Gel, Hyprogel, Dermo Gel Plus and Movate Cream are just some of the illegal products used by Jamaicans to bleach their skin which the Ministry of Health will seek to keep off of the street once its “Don’t Kill the Skin” campaign gets underway next month.
Health Minister Horace Dalley said under the islandwide campaign, slated to last for five months, the Standards and Regulations Division will increase its inspection of businesses and individual vendors to confiscate illegal pharmaceutical items. Dr Clive Anderson, consultant dermatologist and venereologist at Nuttall Medical Centre, greets Patricia Eves-McKenzie, a counsellor at the University of Technology, during an Educational Lecture at the Tom Redcam Library in Kingston titled ‘Bleachers Beware’. Valerie Germaine, acting director of the Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Affairs Branch of the Standards and Regulation Division in the Ministry of Health, lookson. (Photos: Garfield Robinson)
“If unaddressed, skin bleaching may soon amount to a health crisis of serious proportion, as many dermatologists are already reporting that some patients seek help far too late to reverse the damage already done to the skin,” Dalley said in message read at an educational lecture entitled ‘Bleachers Beware’, at the Tom Redcam Library in Kingston last Thursday. The lecture is also a component of the campaign.
Dalley added that the lecture series and the upcoming public fora are critical to increase awareness about the dangers of skin bleaching and how to identify harmful pharmaceutical products on the market.
“Dermatologists have pointed out that most bleaching creams contain Hydroquinone, a chemical available only by prescription in Europe and closely regulated in the United States,” he said. “. Prolonged use of creams containing Hydroquinone stops the production of melanin, a natural pigment that protects the skin from the sun, as well as increases the likelihood of cancers.” Some of the products used by Jamaicans to bleach their skin that the health ministry says are illegal.
Dr Clive Anderson, consultant dermatologist and venereologist at Nuttall Medical Centre, explained that bleaching the skin attacks the pigment and is the single most destructive act that can be done to the skin. He disclosed that persons use these creams on the entire body, including the genital areas, which may, over time, cause skin cancer.
“When the skin is damaged it does not perform the protective function it is supposed to, so you can easily get an infection,” said Dr Anderson. “It is very worrying, because a lot of persons know that they are doing severe damage to the skin and persist in it. Some of this damage is reversible; a lot of it is not reversible. We need to realise that when we use these products, we are doing our skin immeasurable harm. There is no advantage to lightening our skin colour and at the same time damaging our skin. Beautiful skin really is healthy skin, whatever the colour.”
Dr Anderson also explained that most bleaching creams contain steroids, which absorb into the bloodstream. He said if used by pregnant and nursing women, the creams can sometimes result in retarded growth of the foetus or infant.
Currently, bleaching creams are easily accessible in Jamaica, especially from street vendors in downtown Kingston and Spanish Town.
Valerie Germaine, acting director of the Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Affairs Branch of the Standards and Regulation Division in the Ministry of Health, said these products are not approved by the Ministry of Health as they are in direct breach of the Food and Drug Act.
Germaine said under the Food and Drug Act, sales and distribution of illegal prescription drugs can attract a fine of $60,000 per offence or imprisonment. She also warned that persons found in possession of these illegal products with no means of explaining how they obtained them, are in breach of the Act and can be fined or imprisoned as well.
Last year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a ban on over-the-counter sales of skin-lightening products, saying possible health risks cannot justify their being sold without a prescription.
Germaine said the ministry has been able to confiscate some of these illegal drugs, which are also sold in wholesales.
“We are currently in the process of tracing the origin of these products with the assistance of the Jamaica Constabulary Force,” she said.
But even as the ministry moves to clamp down on the illegal products, Germaine said persons are also using home remedies to bleach their skin.
“There are several combinations, including curry powder, cornmeal, toothpaste and bleach,” she said. “This is very dangerous.”
And despite the fact that the initial effects of using bleaching cream are normally favourable, Germaine warned that there may be internal adverse effects from using these products.
“Your liver could be damaged and you are not aware,” she said. “While all may seem well for some persons, there are many persons that may be suffering from conditions caused by these products.”
The effects of the use of products containing steroids to bleach the skin include:
. Increased risk in skin cancer
. Thinning of the skin
. Irreversible stretch marks
. Easy bruising and tearing of the skin
. Susceptibility to infection
. Delayed wound healing
. Hyperpigmentation
Hyperpigmentation is where the skin does not return to its original colour after prolonged bleaching but actually becomes darker than what it was in the beginning.

21 Responses to “JAMAICIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN ON BLEACHING!:STOP DESTROYING YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK SKIN COLOR!”

  1. finanza a milano Says:

    finanza a milano
    JAMAICIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN ON BLEACHING!:STOP DESTROYING YOUR
  2. Lee Says:

    Its sad that our people have been taught to hate themselves to the point that they are becoming irrationall and destroying themselves. Im a 17 year old Black american girl. I love Black, Black is beautiful.
  3. Sanajakim Says:

    white people are trying to be like us. they try to get tan, they get dred locks, they dress like us and act like us. if we are trend setters we shoudn’t lower ourselves by following the follower.
  4. olubimbola Says:

    black is definitely beautiful! i learnt that after 15yrs of bleaching my skin with all manners of steroids. i stopped bleaching 3 months ago and i’m liking the way i look now. sometimes, i get the occasional temptations to lighten some parts, but i overcome them eventually. please do the same.
  5. Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

    Sister Olubimbola, E ku se o!(Well done!) You have stopped bleaching and you are now no longer “sinning” according to the l0 Commandments,thou shall not covert another man’s…skin color” but thank Olodumare(GOD) for your own beautiful BLACK skin color. The devil cannot tempt you again! Ase!(Amen)
  6. Cee Says:

    I’m using glyquin xm (which has 4% hydroquinone) to help remove dark spots on my face and bikini area. Should I stop? Please let me know. I’m getting married in November and I really want these spots gone.
  7. charismaallover Says:

    From a black woman on the blackness ,It’s the melanin that keeps us younger looking longer and keeps our skin looking fresh and beautiful. It’s the melanin that protects our skin
    from the sun. Melanin is our friend.
  8. charismaallover Says:

    Yeye, it’s terrible Jamaican people using these products. It’s best to be black and stay black.
  9. Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

    CEE,You must stop! Remember that any chemical you use on your skin will harm it and the strong one you are using will eventually cause skin cancer! It will mess up your skin and the side effects will be more problems with your skin until there is no real skin left-then if you have to go for doctors help there will be no skin for him to operate with. Even ordinary face powder contains chemicals which will produce different shades on your face ruining your natural skin color. The best advise always is not to use anything that is not natural on your skin.Dark spots you are talking about where no doubt cause by face powder use etc. so now you you need to look for natural methods like egg yolk mask etc. Go to any site that talks about natural (kitchen) methods to care for your skin. I will look too,BUT STOP USING THAT CHEMICAL ON YOUR SKIN NOW!
  10. Dulce Says:

    this was a wonderful post sister and right on time. i have a blog dedicated to the health of blacks world wide. my current theme is skin and the post i am working on right now is about the dangers of bleaching creams and hydroquinone. I am saddend to know that this epidemic still plagues African descedants and other people of color world wide.
  11. Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

    A reply from my bleaching emails:
    Akli,
    This article is god sent. I dont know if you know that I am working as a licensed esthethician in Washington , DC and I have so many
    African clients that have permenately damaged their skin with bleach.
    A little sun screen every day will take care of uneven skin tones and prevent cancer causing cells from starting. Our Mothers used to say stay out of the sun. This advice is so timely as the sun is our worst enemy for different reasons now. The mantra should be use sun screen not bleach.
    Peace and love
    Jennifer I. Latifa Johnson
    umosman@yahoo..com
    Jenniferlatifajohnson@gmail.com
    1927 Otis Street N.E.Washington, DC 20018
    202 635-7842
  12. Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

    Dulce,please list your site here or give me permission to list it,so that Black people can be helped without bleaching.
  13. portia Says:

    i feel like i am truly blessed to have come into this site and join this conversation. I have used quite a number of skin products in the last couple of months because of pigmentation and blemishes on my skin. These where over the counter products, not containing hydroquinone according to my knowledge. Until a friend gave me a product to use a month ago i have received comments from collegues and friends about how my face is so light in comparison to the rest of my body. Though i stopped using the cream now, the distinction is still there and i feel so embarrassed because throughout my body my skin is so uneven. How can i get an even tone throughout mybody and hopefully reverse the damage on my face even though it’s not so serve?
  14. Litic Says:

    I have been using clear essence fade cream for the passed 6 yrs. It contains 2% hydroquine and has lightened my skin uniformly with no mess . So which creams do u people use that damage ur skins to the extent that u start condeming all the lightening creams. Of course there harmful creams like bio claire, movate,G&G,peau claire, jaribu, makari to name but a few. Then there good ones like fair&white exclusive whitenerzer(oil,soap & lottion) clear essence max tone lottion n fade cream. Body white clearing gel. Fade out lightening milk. Caris. Palmers skin success . For more info u can contact me on +260977966239
    • Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

      Litic,Sister you are playing with fire! You are putting dangerous chemicals in your body which will destroy it little by little and give you skin cancer in the long run,if it doesn’t kill you on the operating table! Blacken up! Bleaching is wrong,unGODLY and not defendable! Be proud of the skin GOD has put you in! Stop coverting another person’s skin color and breaking the 10 commandments. Start loving you beautiful Black skin! It is the best and last forever-BLACK DON’T CRACK! CUT OUT THIS INFERIORITY COMPLEX induced by white slave mentality! LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK SELF!
  15. Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

    I PUBLISHED THIS AT MY FACEBOOK SITE IN MY ALBUM: “BLEACH AND BE A MONSTER LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON! BLEACH AND DIE!|” JUNE 25
    JUST SAW IN THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER(LONDON),SAT. MAY 23,2009,PAGE 44 IN “THIS WEEK” COLUMN BY LUCY MANGAN COMMENTING ON MICHAEL JACKSON’S UPCOMING TOUR OF UK-
    “AND THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN RUMOURS THAT MICHAEL JACKSON HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SKIN CANCER” !
    THAT’S WHAT BLEACHING LEADS TO-SKIN CANCER BECAUSE THOSE CHEMICALS DESTROY YOUR TOP SKIN AND LEAVE YOU UNPROTECTED AGAINST DISEASE ETC.
    NOW THE BROTHER IS DEAD! ON CNN MAN IN THE MIRROR LAST NIGHT 28JUNE A SKIN DOCTOR SAID THAT MJ BLEACHED SO MUCH THAT HE GOT A SKIN DISEASE AND IF THIS DEVELOPED INTO SKIN CANCER ALREADY SEE WHAT THIS HAS ALL LED TO! THE LESSON IS DON’T BLEACH!
  16. MOMO Says:

    20 years ago when i was 15 years old i was made to use Jaribu soap (antiseptic soap with bleaching agents) to clear the acne/pimples and it did. Soon after, my skin was asking for stronger creams to clear the acne/pimples whenever they appeared.
    I leant a healthy lesson recently as i am now a total vegetarian and i do not take any drugs. I use the eight (8) laws of health to heal when i get sick. i.e Natural Remedies: It is called NEW START.
    N – Nutrition
    E – Exercise
    W – Water
    S – Sunshine
    T – Temperance
    A – Air
    R – Rest
    T – Trust in God
    I discovered that my body reacted severely to drugs taken in so did it with those applied on the skin.
    So i have done away with all sorts of skin treatments and i am home and dry. No acne/pimples. No succumbing to peer pressure and being happy the way i am. I am lucky i haven’t developed “i cam to stay marks” on my face. Actually i look younger that my age.
    • Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

      MOMO, you are great! YOU HAVE LEARNT A GREAT BLACK LESSON-DO NOT EVER TAKE DRUGS TO DO ANYTHING TO YOUR SKIN! THE CHEMICALS IN THEM WILL START YOU ON THE ROAD TO SKIN CANCER AND DEATH! YOUR EXAMPLE WILL INSPIRE MANY BLACK PEOPLE. ME TOO, I EVEN ONLY USE WATER TO WASH MY FACE SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER AND DISCOVERED THAT WHITE PEOPLE’S SOAP AFFECTED MY SKIN TOO MUCH. ANOTHER ADVICE IS TO NOT USE POWDER,ESPECIALLY WHITE POWDER WHICH NIGERIANS ARE FOND OF USING ON YOUR FACE FOR IT WILL RESULT IN DIFFERENT SHADES OF COLOR ON YOUR FACE!
      BLACK ON SISTER!
      • Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:

        MICHAEL JACKSON BLEACHED AND DEVELOPED SKIN DISEASE,VITILAGO AND BEFORE HE DIED HAD DEVELOPED SKIN CANCER AND SKIN CANCER IS WHAT BLEACHING LEADS TO EVENTUALLY-THAT IS THE BLACK TRUTH! TAKE THE TRUTH OR LEAVE IT! HERE AT BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL! WE TEACH THE LOVE OF BLACKNESS! WE CAN NEVER DEFEND BLACK SELF HATRED IN ANY FORM! CORRECT YOURSELF IF YOU HATE YOUR BLACK SELF- GO TO GOD AND LET GOD SHOW YOU THAT HE HAS CREATED YOU THE BEAUTIFUL CREATION THAT YOU ARE! DON’T COVERT ANOTHER MAN’S SKIN COLOR-LOVE THE SKIN YOU ARE IN! LESSONS FOR BLACK PEOPLE WE WILL CONTINUE TO PREACH! WAKE UP SKIN BLEACHERS-BLEACH AND DIE!
  17. Carl Says:

    This is definitely a criminal act on the part of pharamceutical companies that produce and sale this hideous product , and a crime against humanity ! Iam appalled that The Untited States Government allows Corporate pimps to engage in this type of exploitation of the masses !
  18. HELPME Says:

    It sad to know so many black people in the world are bleching, i used to bleach and thank god i dont anymore. I wish others could wake up and be proud of how god made them. I want to share my story with everybody but i want to email you personally sister so could you please email me because i dont know where to reach you at. Keep up the good work, you are such a big motivation to all black people.

BEYONCE! -STOP BLEACHING! -YOU ARE A "DISGRACE TO THE BLACK RACE!"-DO IT FOR "BLACK IVY" SO SHE CAN HAVE A IYA(MOTHER) TO RAISE HER,CAUSE BLEACHING WILL KILL YOUR BLACK SELF O!

FROM YEYEOLADE.WORDPRESS.COM

BLEACHING beyonce! -THIS BROTHER TELLS IT LIKE IT BLACK IS!-beyonce-SHAME ON YOU!- BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!-DAPADA!-((RESTORE YOUR GOD-GIVEN BEAUTIFUL BLACK COLOR!)-BLEACH AND DIE! -FROM huffingtonpost.com » BEYONCE! -SHAME ON BLACK YOU!-NOT ONLY BLEACHING YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK SKIN BUT A WHITE NOSE JOB TOO?- AS IYA MI WOULD SAY-”YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE BLACK RACE”!- STOP BLEACHING BEFORE IT KILLS YOU LIKE IT WOULD HAVE KILLED MICHAEL JACKSON SO THAT “BLACK IVY” WILL HAVE A IYA(MOTHER) TO CARE FOR HER!

BLEACH AND DIE! (OF SKIN CANCER!)
BLEACH AND DIE! (OF SKIN CANCER!)
YOU MUST STOP BLEACHING! WHAT A BAD EXAMPLE FOR BLACK CHILDREN,INCLUDING YOUR OWN “BLACK IVY”! DAPADA!(RESTORE YOUR GOD-GIVEN BLACK SKIN! DAPADA!



4 Responses to “BEYONCE! -SHAME ON BLACK YOU!-NOT ONLY BLEACHING YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK SKIN BUT A WHITE NOSE JOB TOO?- AS IYA MI WOULD SAY-”YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE BLACK RACE”!- STOP BLEACHING BEFORE IT KILLS YOU LIKE IT WOULD HAVE KILLED MICHAEL JACKSON SO THAT “BLACK IVY” WILL HAVE A IYA(MOTHER) TO CARE FOR HER!”

  1. Kai Says:
    What’s real?
  2. Rhett Bogan Says:
    Self hatred…Very sad and very ignorant.
  3. Lewis Says:
    How white do you desire to be, Ms Role model?
  4. Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade Says:
    Ma binu!(Sorry!) I don’t know how this but will fix it with BB! BEENI! Beyyonce is ,as my late IYA used to say-”A DISGRACE to the Black RACE!

Sunday, February 09, 2014

BEYONCE! -BLEACHING beyonce! -THIS BROTHER TELLS IT LIKE IT BLACK IS!-beyonce-SHAME ON YOU!- BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!-DAPADA!-((RESTORE YOUR GOD-GIVEN BEAUTIFUL BLACK COLOR!)-BLEACH AND DIE! -FROM huffingtonpost.com

From. huffingtonpost.com

Beyonce, Colorism, and Why All of This Needs to End in 2013
Ernest Owens
02/14/13 07:02 PM ET
Yes, the Super Bowl was on fire. As one who is very critical of halftime show performances, I cannot deny that Mrs. Carter brought the energy and attention. All of this led to her releasing her tour dates for the Mrs. Carter Show. As excited as I was to actually buy these tickets, despite the factthat I can expect to see a Pepsi logo on everything, something turned me off.
The poster.If you haven't seen the photographs for Beyonce's new world tour, you probably wouldn't even recognize her. Go on her official Facebook page or website and you will see an image of what looks like a Victorian white woman in the Elizabethan era. Her (prosthetic) blonde hair puffed and extended to reveal a face that is almost as white as snow. Lips red and her skin powdered. This is not the same bronze Beyonce that I saw rocking the stage in an all female band with her darker Destiny's Child counterparts.
I was only left with memories of previous patterns that the multi-Grammy award winning artist had done in previous years in regards to her skin. And I asked myself the question: why, Bey?
Let's not act like this is something new. Over the years, it seems as though Beyonce has gotten lighter as she has gotten older. No, this is not genetics and let's not act pretend her skin color in her first Destiny's Child album cover matches that of her latest album 4.
Whether it is that
highly controversial Revlon advertisement or her own album cover art, Beyonce has consistently been called out on alterations done to her pigments.
What does this say about our society for black women?
It tells me that in 2013, an independent, confident and successful woman of color still struggles to have the confidence to fully embrace the skin she is in. If one of the most powerful women in entertainment feels she has to lighten her skin for projection, what does that say for the rest of us?
Believe it or not, colorism, the stigma associated with skin complexion, has been an ill that has not yet been dissolved by the black community. What was first given to us by slave masters in separating the house slaves from the field ones, has now taken place in how we objectify our women and each other. I cannot begin to count how many rap lyrics point out how fine she is to be a "yellabone" or how, as Kanye put it, "light skin girls and some Kelly Rowlands" to point out how exceptionally attractive dark skin girls have to be to fit the norm of beauty.
This is pretty problematic in many ways. It's first of all self-loathing and unnecessary for today's times. The fact that our nation has an African-American first lady with a complexion that isn't on the lighter side of the spectrum, nor does it try to be, shows a compelling advancement in appreciation for all women of color in many ways.
Furthermore, the only reason why such stigma in our country continues is contributed to our own behavior that is shaped by the influential people of color around us. It devastated me when I saw that Sammy Sosa had lightened his skin
. As successful as he was in a field that was not necessarily fixated on male skin complexion, it saddened me to see him do it. In many ways, it even made me reflect back on the transition of the late great Michael Jackson and what explanations he had for such a more pale white appearance.
And why does all of this matter? Because I grew up hearing stories of young dark black girls getting their faces scrubbed with skin lightening soaps out of their free will. Tales of young women being abandon by their mothers because they were too dark. Visions of parents on the Tyra Showsayingthey will bleach their young black children's skin so that life would be easy for them.
If this is the reality that had more implications back in the early 20th century than it does now, please stop it. Stop trying to explain why you are dating the ebony skin girl. Stop making it seem exceptional that a girl of a darker complexion is actually attractive. Celebrities, stop putting extraneous powders and lighteners on your skin: we all know what you used to look like and we still love you. And people of color: let's not continue to perpetuate an oppressive cycle of self-loathing of our appearance and heritage, we have future presidents and movers and shakers that are in our race looking for more because they can do such.
If this can be accomplished, then perhaps even in our own race we can truly make our lives not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character.

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Thursday, February 06, 2014

BLACK PEOPLE!-- Bleaching!-THESE BLACK PEOPLE are COMMITTING RACIAL SUICIDE ATI THEY WILL GET SKIN CANCER FROM IT ati die LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON WOULD HAVE!-FROM OPEN YOUR MIND ON FACEBOOK!

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Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade
They are setting themselves to die of Skin Cancer!--www.bleachanddie.blogspot.com
BLEACH AND DIE!-20 YEARS OR MORE YOU DIE!
www.bleachanddie.blogspot.com

Robert Jusdoinhisjob Patton
Ashamed of the black skin their in.
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Takingtimeoutforme Powell
Damn disgrace
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Anessa Companioni
Smfh they all looked so much better before
Like · 5 · Reply · 4 hours ago

Regina R Patton
They should be ashamed because they are denying their heritage and setting a bad example for the younger generation.
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Alexander Bodiford
Lost
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Kevin Keith Walker Sr
Jennifer Hudson need to be in here too. You see how light she has gotten? Just the same as these photos here.
Like · 2 · Reply · 2 hours ago

Jamal Raymond Stuart
these niggas suffer from serious ignorance
Like · 3 · Reply · 3 hours ago

Michael Buggz Lathan Jr.
Lol Sammy Sosa really...
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eeTee Coleman
self hate is the biggest obstacle for some black ppl because they want to be excepted by other races than their own! Then think they are better than their own! sad but true!
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Shirma Cain
Who really know what goes on in the entertainment business. Black people don't own or operate it. So who knows what ridicule they get about their afro centric features. Anytime you see one of our people on t.v, it's either we're displayed as a homosexual, a whore, a dead beat parent, abused or a gangster. Seeing these entainers transformation does not surprise me
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Jordan Jerome
The "white man"
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Rachele Soblessedinlove Wilson
Kelly Rowland had the most beautiful skin!!!! Whhhhyyyy ????? They got famous with the same skin color they were born with!!!! Why change? Yes, I am a white woman but I've always thought African American culture is so amazing and the women soooo beautiful! Black men are Adonises too lol stop the insanity
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Quincy Pegues
Mike Jacking it out!!!
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Dianna Di Wills
Wth
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Lele Robinson
Lighting for sure don't believe it.



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Police are called to keep Beyonce and Jay-Z safe in Cuba as they are mobbed by fans while eating in Havana

  • Dozens of well-wishers led to officers being called to the renowned La Guarida restaurant
  • Restrictions on American travel to Cuba eased in 2011
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 04:52 GMT, 5 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:45 GMT, 5 April 2013

Police were called to keep the crowds at bay after Beyonce and Jay-Z were mobbed in Havana, Cuba.
The celebrity couple were celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary in the island capital when they were surrounded by dozens of well-wishers.
The law enforcement officers arrived at the renowned restaurant La Guarida on Wednesday night.
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Power couple: Beyonce and Jay-Z stepped out in Havana, Cuba, on Thursday as they dined out for lunch to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary
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Power couple: Beyonce and Jay-Z stepped out in Havana, Cuba, on Thursday as they dined out for lunch to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary
 
Cuban police stop people than want to see Beyonce during a visit of the US singer to Havana
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Cuban police stop people than want to see Beyonce during a visit of the US singer to Havana
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Backup: Police were called to keep the crowds at bay after Beyonce and Jay-Z were mobbed on the streets of Havana
 
Mobbed: La Guarida restaurant provided this handout photo of Beyonce's visit that quickly became mobbed
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Mobbed: La Guarida restaurant provided this handout photo of Beyonce’s visit that quickly became mobbed
 
 
All eyes: Jay-Z appeared to stare protectively of his wife who carefully stepped behind him in heels as they walked into the flash of waiting cameras
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All eyes: Jay-Z appeared to stare protectively of his wife who carefully stepped behind him in heels as they walked into the flash of waiting cameras
Beaming beauty: Beyonce otherwise beamed and smiled for the cameras and her fans while described by a waitress to have not been wearing a drop of makeup
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Beaming beauty: Beyonce otherwise beamed and smiled for the cameras and her fans while described by a waitress to have not been wearing a drop of makeup
The famous couple’s bodyguards’ presence outside set the gritty, bustling neighbourhood of Centre Havana abuzz, and a crowd gathered downstairs shouting Beyonce’s name until she went to a balcony and waved.
Waitress Silvia Fernandez said Beyonce toured the eatery and looked at photos of past celebrity clients including Jack Nicholson, Jodie Foster, Danny Glover, Will Smith and James Belushi.
‘She was beautiful, without a drop of makeup, very natural,’ Fernandez said. ‘What happened with the people was incredible.’
 
Causing a stir: Jay-Z puffed away on a Cuban cigar as they toured the area flanked by a bodyguard
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Causing a stir: Jay-Z puffed away on a Cuban cigar as they toured the area flanked by a bodyguard

 
Fan frenzy: Crowds assembled outside the Saratoga hotel in a bid to catch a glimpse of the singer in Old Havana
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Fan frenzy: Crowds assembled outside the Saratoga hotel in a bid to catch a glimpse of the singer in Old Havana
 
Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrate fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba
 

Police arrived and made sure she was able to exit without incident.
The 31-year-old singer cut a striking image, with her hair styled into cornrows.
She was wearing a patterned yellow ensemble which showed off her legs while rapper Jay-Z, 43, looked like the quintessential tourist in shorts, a blue T-shirt and hat.
 
You're my idol: The songstress met with schoolchildren and posed for a photograph with them
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You’re my idol: The songstress met with schoolchildren and posed for a photograph with them
 
Famous visitor: Beyonce took time out to chat to the local children
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Famous visitor: Beyonce took time out to chat to the local children
La Guarida staffers showed The Associated Press pictures of the two dining on typical Cuban creole favourites – fish, chicken, black beans and rice – accompanied by their mothers.
The privately run restaurant is famous as the filming location for the hit movie Strawberry and Chocolate, and is a mainstay on Havana’s tourist circuit.
The couple – who married Paris on April 4, 2008 – toured colonial Old Havana wearing dark glasses and were surrounded by bodyguards and excited fans.

 
Taking a breather: Beyonce and Jay-Z took stopped for lunch at a restaurant which boasted a rooftop terrace with a sweeping view of the harbour
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Taking a breather: Beyonce and Jay-Z took stopped for lunch at a restaurant which boasted a rooftop terrace with a sweeping view of the harbour

 
Still going strong: It is five years to the day since they R&B star wed in Paris, France
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Still going strong: It is five years to the day since they R&B star wed in Paris, France
Beyonce posed for pictures with local schoolchildren while Jay-Z puffed on a Cuban cigar, and then they popped into another restaurant that boasts a rooftop terrace with a sweeping view of the harbour.
Beyonce and Jay-Z declined to speak to reporters, and it was not clear why they travelled to Cuba. State-run website CubaSi called it a tourist trip.
 
Just gotta light it! Bey took control of the camera as Jay-Z enjoyed his cigar as they walked the streets
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Just gotta light it! Bey took control of the camera as Jay-Z enjoyed his cigar as they walked the streets

 
Fanfare: A street performer looks on as the famous couple walk on by on their tour
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Fanfare: A street performer looks on as the famous couple walk on by on their tour
 

 

Washington’s 51-year embargo makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to visit Cuba for mere tourism, although tens of thousands of Americans travel there each year on academic, religious, journalistic or cultural exchange visas.
The Obama administration eased many of the restrictions in 2011, but tourists still need a special visa or to be part of an organized tour.

In the past, artists who were challenged by the government have said they visited for cultural purposes.
 
Goods spirits: The power couple looked to be having a great time in the Cuban capital
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Goods spirits: The power couple looked to be having a great time in the Cuban capital