My Skin Global —Raising Awareness about the Dangers of “Skin Bleaching”

Africans and African Americans, Colorado, Headline

  Skin Bleach­ing or “col­orism” among peo­ple of col­or is a top­ic that rarely comes up in com­mu­ni­ty dis­cus­sions in the Unit­ed States or in African coun­tries. The prac­tice is also known as “skin light­en­ing.” It involves the use of chem­i­cal prod­ucts by most­ly black and brown peo­ple to help change or light­en their complexion…