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.