Are they not proud of their colour?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.guardian.c...th.healthandwellbeing

Why do these black men and women take a risk to their health by bleaching their skin to become whiter?

/// According to Sherry Dixon, editor of Pride - the lifestyle magazine for the British black community - the scale of the problem is alarming. She believes that in part it is propelled by the success of a new generation of black celebrities who have lighter skin, such as Beyoncé or Lil' Kim. ///

[jno]

why do white people try to get suntans? Are they not proud of their colour?

Answer: don't know.

[craft1948]

Well I'm not proud of my colour.................I'm just white.

[sandyRoe]

The message 'Black is beautiful' clearly hasn't reached everyone. It's sad that people should risk their health in order to lighten their skin.

Some colouired people have been subjected to so much racial hatred that they have internalised that bigotry and see their skin colour as something to be ashamed of.

[Zhukov]

why do White people regularly visit Sunbed/suntanning "salons" - these places seem to proliferate in towns up and down Britain,where other shops/businesses are in decline?

[Mamyalynne]

Since time began people have tried to modify all parts of their anatomy in some way, it may be seen sometimes as trying to be individual but when it becomes a craze - I see it as more a sheep like following.

[DrFilth]

anotheoldgit >>Some one else dares to voice yet another no, no word, has no one ever told him that Black isn't a colour? <<

13:54 Thu 22nd Dec 201

Are they not proud of their colour?

14:14 Thu 22nd Dec 2011


do you just look for articles with the word black in it

[237SJ]

I`m surprised it hasn`t made the news sooner. It`s common knowledge that dangerous skin-lightening concoctions are available in the UK. Having paler skin seems to be something that people the world over aspire to. I`ve heard black people look down their nose at other black people because they are "dark". If you buy face cream or cleanser in Far Eastern chemists, they have whitening agents in them. Maybe it is for the same reason as it was in Europe before the days that a tan became fashionable. If you have pale skin it means you don`t work outside "on the land" and are a cut above.

[rov1100]

Maybe its because they no longer want to be called black b...... by the likes of John Terry, etc.

[maggiebee]

I'm neither proud or ashamed of my colour - it's just the way I was born.

[pa___ul3]

I think a few of those points clearly answer your question but I have to agree with craft, how can you be proud of something you had no say in? I'm white because my parents are, I can't be proud of biology! It'd be more valid for me to be proud of having a wonky nose!

[Frank97]

This came to mind

[anotheoldgit]

DrFilth

/// do you just look for articles with the word black in it ///

I've had a quick look through my past posts and nope can't say I do, it's just you responding to an urban myth.

Sorry that I had to type this in 'BLACK' lettering, but I am afraid I will have to continue to do so until the Ed makes it possible for me to do otherwise.

[andy-hughes]

I'm with maggiebee on this - what is to be 'proud' of in your skin colour?

I am not 'proud' to be white, or British, both are an accident of birth - something the EDL should remember when they protest about 'their' country.

These issues are a matter of chance - nothing more than that.

(Although my personal configuration of being cloned from Paul McKenna and Loyd Grossman makes me weep with joy on a daily basis!)

[DrFilth]

strange that at 13:54 Thu 22nd Dec 2011 you say >>Black isn't a colour? <<

then at 14;14 you say >> Are they not proud of their colour? <<

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// I am not 'proud' to be white, or British, both are an accident of birth - something the EDL should remember when they protest about 'their' country. ///

You may not be Andy but i certainly am, obviously we cannot choose where we are born, but I am certainly pleased that I was born in this country.

What the ek the EDL has got to do with this, but since you have brought them into the argument, are they not allowed also to be proud to be British, just because you appear not to be?

And if they were born in this country they then they hold the right to call it 'their' country, just as the Africans or Indians have said many times in the past 'What are the British doing in 'OUR' country.

Incidentally Andy please tell me, if it hadn't been for the accident of birth that you referred to, what country and of what colour would you have been preferred to born into?

[andy-hughes]

AOG - like you, i am very pleased to have been born here, but that does not give me owners' rights on the bit of the planet on which I have finished up - which is actually not the same thing.

I fully appreciate your feeling of pride - it is something on which we differ, but i would in no way wish to denegrate anyone who wishes to feel a sense of pride which i do not myself experience.

But as far as intimidating other people whom incumbents decide for their own bizarre reasons have no 'rights' to be here, that is where I do take issue.

Forgive me for being a little mischievous in diverting your thread with my EDL add-on, it is relavent, but not strictly on-messasge.

"And if they were born in this country they then they hold the right to call it 'their' country, just as the Africans or Indians have said many times in the past 'What are the British doing in 'OUR' country." - actually I don't think they do - anymore than the Africans or Indians do - your nation of birth is down to fate, it does not come with a certificate of ownership.

As far as my own ethnicity choice - I am perfectly happy being white British, with all its many advantages, for which i am very greatful. Grateful yes - jealous and possessive of - no.

[emmie]

i like to change my colour from milk pasty to brownish, as normally look like a washed out milk bottle, courtesy of the British climate. As to black people wanting to change their skin tone, suggest that it's an insidious means by the film/ music business to cover the bases, appeal to white and black audiences.
Nothing new in this, you should look at what the Temptations, four tops, the Supremes, and any number of black artists, brilliant at their craft, went through to appeal to the white audience. Blame the film/advertising/record/music business they have far too much power over the artists.
Be black and proud use to be the motto once, but seems where money is, you have to change, adapt, not right but there you are

[anotheoldgit]

How else does one describe the tone of one's skin?

Take a rest DrFilth

I think the Black/Coloured references are perhaps becoming maybe a little too subtle for you to understand.