Comments on: Tyra: ‘That’ Skin Bleaching Episode

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:01:00 +0000

Sorry to say but Tyra is a hypocrite. She has bleach her skin and Michael Jackson has whiten his. My cousin have quit a few photos of Tyra way before modeling because she is friends with Tyra’s cousin Kim. Check out these links to Michael Jackson because here is the proof he doesn’t have vitiligo.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi…white-face.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcizFmiydk

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:40:00 +0000

My nephew once said to me “auntie you are so dark!” then he looked himself in the mirror and said, “i’m okay” I was shocked, He was only seven, i was so shocked that I couldn’t even say anything that would help the situation of him being conditioned. I’m african and It’s very real where I’m from. But in my particular tribe , dark in considered beautiful and if you are light you are considered a bushman which is a big insult.
However recently, after the white folks came along, light was looked upon much more favorably. And my tribespeople who have been exosed to the modern world now think that light is beautiful. and black is not so [retty anymore, but thank God those are a minority.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:18:00 +0000

I love the woman in the audience who gave the Halle Berry analogy. HaHaHaHa! Did you see how the woman on the panel reaction? Priceless.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:16:00 +0000

What issues did Tyra address? What group of people did this show help? It is NOT more POPULAR in black woman, just more severe to change from dark to light. Skin bleaching is mostly used by Asians. I should know, because an Asian woman tried to use Skin Bleaching on me after giving me a facial, and I SNAPPED when she said it would make me BEAUTIFUL.

I love Tyra being on top, I just don't want her to talk down to dark-skinned WOMEN through the disguise of "Dark-skinned Women Don't Feel Beautiful" topics.

Oops I forgot, she gave her dark-skinned friend a shout-out when she made note that her "beauty pageant" friend had beautiful chocolate skin. So, I guess her friend is beautiful for a dark-skinned woman.

Tyra is a light-skinned woman who is always in search of a man; however, dark-skinned and crazy Naomi never has a problem getting a man.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:15:00 +0000

I wish ya’ll IGNORANT black women would quit hating on Tyra. She has paved the way for soooooooo many black models. Damn her show is only an hour long. Excluding commercials about 40 minutes. No other tv show/celebrity si going to speak out on this issue. Tyra tries her best to make sure that the problems blacks, expecially women, go through are publicized and addressed. Black women HATE so much on another beautiful successful black woman. The same ones saying we need to support one another can’t even practice what they preach. Tyra is NATURAL… Iknow that’s hard for you jealous black women to realize and comprehend. Look at Tyra when she was on Fresh Prince…same complexion and everything. Makeup works in all types of ways. She even showed how makeup contours her nose. She has been seen on her show several times without her makeup and wigs. Ya’ll want to talk down about Tyra, but praise people like Rihanna and Beyonce. GTFOH!!
Those women on that show were plain out STUPID
I realized that during the mock session she had. It is MORE popular in BLACK women that’s why she chose them. I know it just kills ya’ll to see Tyra on top still after all these years or ya’ll dumb asses ridiculing her and PRAYING her shows fail. Well guess what they didn’t and she will ALWAYS have more money than ya’ll

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:14:00 +0000

The people on the panel think that light-skinned people get better play with society than darker people. However, it is not their light-skin that gives them the play, it is the assimilation into Western beauty.

Let Tyra remove her European wig and see how much play she gets. If a darker person wore color contacts, a European wig, and changed her facial features, she would get the play she wants from "white" people.

It's not the skin, it's the willingness to assimilate. Don't bring these sorry women on the panel again. Celebrate dark people who love themselves and children who love being dark.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:26:00 +0000

Annonyomous at September 22 5:01,

You hit the nail on the head. Thank you for your heartfelt story. Your blog is proof that this topic is too broad for Tyra to minimize and reduce it to dark-skinned black americans who bleach their skin to look "white." Tyra should stretch this out to a series to include dark black american women and men who are proud to be black and PREFER to have a dark-skinned spouse; light-skinned blacks who do not take glory in their skin and are proud to be recognize as a black american; all cultures of darker skin use of bleach lightning; people who wear European hair to look more "white;" people who get comestic surgery and wear contact lenses to look more "white." This list is endless.

However, Tyra chose to exploit the shame some people feel as dark skinned black american WOMEN. Notice how she did not have any dark skinned MEN on the panel. This story was clearly not about the harm of skin bleaching.

Sorry Tyra, it appears that the reason you gave this show was to sell the idea that light-skinned is more beautiful. If you meant to do otherwise, you failed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:01:00 +0000

To see this episode is infuriating to me. I am a “light-skinned/red-bone” (depending on whom you are talking to and what time of the year it is). All of MY life, I have been teased.. Being called “ight-bright-and-almost-white” and “sand-n!99a”- and things like that. I consider myself to be BLACK. I am multiracial- having enough Native American blood flowing through me to be considered by the Government as Native American… however, I IDENTIFY myself with my BLACK heritage. When I was in elementary school, I attendended a VERY BLACK catholic school.. there were hardly any other children of any other races. It really was an empowering thing for me- because at this school.. they taught us that black IS BEAUTIFUL.. and to be PROUD of who we are as Americans… and that society views us as “minorities” but we are not.. we are ALL Americans.. and we are Blessed to be that of color.. They would tell us of the story about how God made us from the Earth.. And how the clay of the Earth varies in colour from contry to country… God created us from those different colours to display the array of beauty that each and every one of us posseses inside AND out! It’s hurtful to know that there are black americans out there that don’t believe that they are beautiful… My family ranges in colour from “light-bright and almost white(and even some looking and can pass for white if they chose to) to the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice” and we are all PROUD to say that we are black. When I was 4, I remember looking to my aunt (who is dark skinned) and I would try to emulate her essence. She is a very beautful black woman inside and out, and I used to wish to be her skin color often .. until I realized that all shades of black are beautiful. I had to remind one of my sisters about how important it is to re-affirm self esteem and preserverance as a brown skinned woman to her brown skinned child. My sister called her baby ugly at one point because she was brown skinned with thick curly hair.. instead of being lighter with not so thick hair. I had to hold her baby up to her face to face, and ask her why she felt like something that was a part of her wasnt just as beautiful as she was. That saddened my deeply, because it reminded me of the video with all those little black girls-playing with white dolls and saying that the black ones were ugly. Growing up, we had all shades of dolls.. but the ones that we felt most comfortable playing with were the black ones… Today, as a young woman in my early 20’s- I can say that I see how soiciety can be crude to darker skinned women.. and it isnt fair. My son’s dad is a beautiful dark skinned man- (@ least on the outside).. but he refuses to date brown skinned or dark skinned women. He only will date red/yellow/light/multi racial women ( i found this out after i broke up with him). It’s sickening to know that there are people that are brazen enough to discriminate based upon skin tone-epecially when they too themselves are black. Because of my skintone and facial features- I can “pass” per se- as a multitude of different races- when my hair was longer- people would ask me if I were western indian- pakistanian-balck and asian-ect.. and now that I have cut my hair off ( I did it because I got tired of hearing how pretty and good my hair was.. and being reffered to as being a mixed breed-mullato-mutt.. and also tired of having people ask me what my nationality was)people say I look like Im Dominican, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, Latin.. ect… It’s really frustrating.. because I really had to do some soul searching. I was never black enough for the balck kids.. and never white enough for the white kids- so I was constantly being outcasted- because I was too light or my hair was too long and curly or beacuse I was too tan and my hair was too curly. I thank God, that I found peace within myself.. and that I was blessed with the opportunity to attend that school where they helped each and everyone of us define who we were as american children that just so happened to be black. My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to EVERYONE that is struggling with self- identity. It is like being the uncool kid in school.. but the uncool kid in school usually turns up to the class re-union and is the showstopping attention stealing magnet of the event…. God bless each and everyone of you that are struggling and trying to cope.. and those of you that are trying to help someone that is in the situation

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:58:00 +0000

applaud for what? this issue does not only affect black women! It’s an all round thing every other culture goes through the same things, some things she said like YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL DARK SKINNED WOMAN, exactly what we’ve been talking about why can’t it just be you are a beautiful woman??? or a beautiful African-American woman? she plays into teh stereotype and yeah she didn’t really do a good job with this subject I think.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:52:00 +0000

I’m trying to understand why some of you feel the need to attack Tyra. She’s not exploiting these women. She’s exploiting SOCIETY. I loved it when she put the media on blast. She called out celebrities like Halle Berry,Beyonce’and Ashanti;but there’s also Rihana,Alicia Keyes,Keyshia Cole and more. I only wish Tyra had presented the deep brown celebrities who are drop dead gorgeous and doing there thing: Erykah Badu,India Arie,Kelly Rowland,Lauryn Hill,Jennifer Hudson;and those are just recording artists. Then we have the actresses: Angela Basset,Kimberly Elise,Tasha Smith and Gabrielle Union,just to name a few. Then there are the models. Alek Wek,Naomi Campbell,Iman,Dani(from ANTM)and ofcourse Bre (from ANTM). Why do you think white society tries so hard to make people of color feel inferior? It’s because they know we’re not really the minority. THEY ARE! If they can divide us,can get us to hate ourselves and each other. If they can convince us that we must procreate outside of our race in order to have “pretty babies”,then they can continue to feed us the lies that we’ve been swallowing since time began. It’s time to wake up. Deep brown skin is the most beautiful skin on this planet. Most people who don’t have it want it and the people who do have it need to start appreciating it. And yes,there are plenty of deep brown sisters in this world who know they are the $#!t; no matter what society says. I applaud Tyra for exposing this issue. Now do a show that celebrates women who are dark and lovely. We desrve it.