Nigerian Skin Whitening

[Sekhem]

The media has made no secret of the insane popularity of skin bleaching. While there are a lot of continents that use the products, Nigeria has the highest sales for any country in the world. According to the World Health Organization, 77 percent of Nigerian women bleach their skin and a lot of it is because of societal pressures.

Friend and Nigerian-American rapper Kingsley “Rukus” Okafor explains the obsession:

“It’s hard to understand until you’ve been in the streets of an African nation,” he wrote in a comment on my Facebook page. “There’s a different treatment and desirability factor in Africa for lighter skinned women, well beyond what we experience in the US. It’s an epidemic. You can’t walk a day in the streets of Lagos without seeing someone who has/is bleached. The possible benefits (more respect, increased desirability to men) outweigh the consequences, especially in a male-dominated society where women’s “independence” is frowned upon. Finding a well-to-do husband/sugar daddy is a priority and women are willing to do what they have to, to fit standards of beauty. The euphemism is “skin-toning” and although “bleaching” is banned, skin-toning is a huge money-maker that I’m sure has lined the pockets of enough politicians to allow it to keep being sold despite international outcry.”

Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, son of legendary artist Fela Kuti, says many bleach their skin because they praise Western cultures and products, while dismissing their own.

He told Al Jazeera: “An African will prefer to be called John-Philip. If you said your name was Chukwu Emeka Afongkudong they will say you are from the village. You are backward. How can you have such a name? We really look down on our culture and heritage instead of being proud of it.”

(source)

(before and after photos - disgusting)

The rancid influence of white culture strikes again.

Do you think it's disgusting what white culture has done to the self-esteem of beautiful Africans?

Is it horrifying that some young Africans believe they must "act white" in order to achieve social mobility?

Are some black Americans (such as Nicki Minaj) also to blame for lightening their skin and then exporting their image globally?

Is Dencia, the Nigerian pop star pictured below, hot?

Tell me what you think, Newgrounds.

[Tony-DarkGrave]

she's pretty hot I approve!

[supergandhi64]

Rest In Peace Africa

--supergandhi64

[ManDeep]

I always thought black skin on women just looks exotic and hot, but incredibly-tanned white women just look like they're trying too hard.

[yurgenburgen]

it's just reverse tanning. I don't see the problem.
but then again I'm not a gap-year-revolutionary looking for things to complain about

[Cyberdevil]

At 1/17/14 07:15 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: she's pretty hot I approve!

Ditto, though I wonder what she looked like before the bleaching.

[Sekhem]

At 1/17/14 08:01 AM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 1/17/14 07:15 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: she's pretty hot I approve!

Ditto, though I wonder what she looked like before the bleaching.

Like this.

[satanbrain]

It is not more disgusting than purposed tanning.

[Expectrum]

At 1/17/14 08:02 AM, Sekhem wrote:

At 1/17/14 08:01 AM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 1/17/14 07:15 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: she's pretty hot I approve!

Ditto, though I wonder what she looked like before the bleaching.

Like this.

Same shit, different skin tone. Looks like a brainless whore in both.

[Cyberdevil]

At 1/17/14 08:02 AM, Sekhem wrote:

At 1/17/14 08:01 AM, Cyberdevil wrote: Ditto, though I wonder what she looked like before the bleaching.

Like this.

Nice! First image still looks sexier, but I'm thinking that may be more due to a lack of clothing than the actual skin tone. :P As long as she's happy though it's all good.

[AxTekk]

At 1/17/14 08:02 AM, Sekhem wrote: Like this.

Conclusive proof that ghana >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nigeria

Nigeria's just ridiculously fucked up. I blame the oil.

[AxTekk]

At 1/17/14 09:23 AM, AxTekk wrote: Conclusive proof that ghana >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nigeria

What I mean about Ghana being better than Nigeria:

http://www.ghanahealthservice.org/articles.php?nd=18
http://www.fashionghana.com/site/skin-bleaching-models-were-banned-from-dakar-fashion-week-2013/
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=142753

Nigeria's just sad. It has some of the most ancient West African history, it's the home nation of Afrobeat and they got oil. What their politicians did to them is just disgusting. What companies like Shell did too, violently suppressing local nationalist and conservationist movements. Nigeria deserves better.

[KatMaestro]

Those people who're stupid enough to go for bleaching, should also enjoy skin cancer.

[ChaRee]

I spent a few months in Nigeria a few years back. Beautiful country, beautiful people, but the sheer diversity between white and black races was astounding to me. My friend and I were constantly called 'master' by anyone who didn't know us by first name, simply because we were white. I honestly never knew of skin whitening, or at least to this extent. I had heard women over there had used agents to make their skin appear lighter, but I didn't know it was with the intention of looking 'whiter'.

It's sad to read. I know OP is just having a troll but it's legitimately disgusting that these are the lengths they feel they need to go to for social/occupational pursuits.

[ZJ]

The sad thing is that the lips make it look like it's just an albino black person. Although, if you could have surgery on them, I'll bet it's completely possible to go from black to white entirely.

[kazumazkan]

At 1/17/14 11:34 AM, ZJ wrote: The sad thing is that the lips make it look like it's just an albino black person. Although, if you could have surgery on them, I'll bet it's completely possible to go from black to white entirely.

big lips good blowjob.
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anyways let them do what they want we are not them

[Gobblemeister]

If they make a spray for making black women quieter at the movies then we'll finally have utopia

[Idiot-Finder]

At 1/17/14 07:17 AM, supergandhi64 wrote: Rest In Peace Africa

--supergandhi64

It's been dead for a while, such as its persecution of African albinos.

[Lemonardo]

So they can make themselves look white but we can't make ourselves look black.

This is racism.

[Darthdenim]

Nobody really wants to be black.

Big shock.

[Conal]

That's like white people getting a tan.

Fashion is hurtling towards white women and black men.

Call me crazy, but I find black people attractive too.

[naronic]

The situation in most Asian countries are not all that different. Where children in Korea are being encouraged by their parents to undergo rhinoplasty and eye reshapening for a more desired look.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/15/21851418-cant-afford-gangnam-style-plastic-surgery-korean-teens-resort-to-diy?lite
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/06/diy-plastic-surgery-can-you-change-your-face-without-going-under-the-knife.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/niptuck-nations-countries-cosmetic-surgery/story?id=16205231

"#1 -- South Korea
The plastic surgery industry has stormed Asia, and South Korea has the continent's biggest clientele. The Economist first reported that a 2009 survey by a market-research firm known as Trend Monitor found that about one in five women from Seoul have undergone some sort of plastic surgery.

According to the report, more than 360,000 total procedures were performed in 2010, with the most common procedures being liposuction, nose jobs and blepharoplasty, or double eyelid surgery. More than 44,000 double eyelid surgeries were performed in 2010.

"In Asia, it's very common for patients to want more Western-looking eyes," said Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. "So that's really no surprise there.""

[NuclearInfected]

Oh yeah, that baseball player Sammy Sosa did that. Now he looks like a vampire.

[Otto]

To those saying it is like reverse tanning:

consider that tanning is not in aid of trying to look unwesternised, or to look more African. It is a western fad based on strange health biases, just like how paleness was attractive on the basis that you looked wealthy (i.e. not having to work outside like a peasant). What these Nigerians are doing is not 'reverse tanning' because they are not attaining a natural state with what they are doing, and are very sadly told that their own way of life is disgusting.

If you can't see the error here, then you are the fault.

[Ruby-S]

abc

[yurgenburgen]

At 1/17/14 03:25 PM, Otto wrote: What these Nigerians are doing is not 'reverse tanning' because they are not attaining a natural state with what they are doing

Whether it's "natural" or not isn't the point; they are altering their skin for aesthetic reasons.

and are very sadly told that their own way of life is disgusting.

Who is saying that?
All I can see is that they are saying that looking white is better than looking black. It doesn't mention anything to do with their "way of life"; it's completely superficial.

[Boomstick]

It's no different than putting White War Paint on yourself. Except for well, taking it off.

[argile]

She looks to damn pale ,she better get that color back on her.

[Jester]

Fuck it, let them do what they want.

[Otto]

At 1/17/14 03:39 PM, yurgenburgen wrote:

At 1/17/14 03:25 PM, Otto wrote: What these Nigerians are doing is not 'reverse tanning' because they are not attaining a natural state with what they are doing

Whether it's "natural" or not isn't the point; they are altering their skin for aesthetic reasons.

Yes, but why they are altering it is the point.

and are very sadly told that their own way of life is disgusting.

Who is saying that?
All I can see is that they are saying that looking white is better than looking black. It doesn't mention anything to do with their "way of life"; it's completely superficial.

Did you not read the quote at the bottom?
"We really look down on our culture and heritage instead of being proud of it."

bell end