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Yep, Jamaican here. Everyone is black, but there’s a huge problem with “bleaching” where people are whitening their skin color, as they perceive it to be of higher status.

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I think skin bleaching might be a rampant issue. iirc Africans and Asians also do it. Everyone seems to want lighter skin. Wonder if it’s due to Western influence.

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At least some of it comes from outdoor workers being darker from sun exposure and then cultures associate “dark = laborer.”

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I still think it’s funny that tanning salons are so popular in the US, to look like you have free time to lounge in the sun.

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Isn’t tanning a form of “skin darkening”

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