impishh:muneca-africana:lxttle-bxrd:saffronsoleil:blackandbrownlove:#Melanin #WarOnMelanin you know,
impishh:muneca-africana:lxttle-bxrd:saffronsoleil:blackandbrownlove:#Melanin #WarOnMelanin you know, LOTS AND LOTS of famous filipino actors and actresses are HALF filipino. like half australian or half spanish. Think of all the people who watch the movies and shows and other media they put out. What do you think that says to the people in this country? and this is within the philippines itself. I couldnt even BELIEVE the amount of advertising for skin lightening treatments and products, i was so shocked! my own cousin WHO IS 12, gets called racial slurs because shes darker skinned. And her family is really well off and well educated but that clearly doesnt matter when light skin is betterThese are european beauty standards, WHO do you think brought this over? WHO do you think keeps it going for capitalistic gain?This hurts my heart.Gisele bundchen would have been good for the Brazil one but good post either way considering Lima has been whitewashed by VS over the years.On a sidenote though, the two filipino women are from different tribes. The one on the right is most likely part of the negrito tribe. Most of the negrito tribe itself is still very traditional and secludes themselves from modern day advances.But still skin lightening is pretty bad in the philippines. Well i don’t know they call it “beauty” but not many people from where my family comes from really cares. And in Murica the new generation filipinos aren’t as cautious about the color of our skins because we’re all just filipino .Many people have commented on this image and for the most part all their comments are in regards to pale skin beautification. I believe that due to their cognitive dissonance they are unable to comprehend that this image actually speaks of issues that are far more severe.Not one person has said “black people deserve justice”.For many black people issues are something that black people have to fix themselves, and so when black people issues are brought up, in their minds it’s only a conversational topic. I think because of this a similar thing happens when we talk about reparations for Africans in the diaspora.“Awe so sad” is what you say when your best friend doesn’t get the grade they want or when someone gets a paper cut or if someones pet died. #Insensitive #Callous #DistractionDistraction #Derailing #Denial -- source link