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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Just30: 8:21am On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:
They are still using bleaching creams in Ghana undecided

whats your problem
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 8:28am On Feb 02, 2019
Just30:


whats your problem
excuse me do I know you?if not then carry your stupidity out of my mention.

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Just30: 8:30am On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:
excuse me do I know you?if not then carry your stupidity out of my mention.
im just questioning your mental breakdown on everything Ghana grin grin grin



stupidity is really born within
foolish brats
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 8:32am On Feb 02, 2019
Just30:
im just questioning your mental breakdown on everything Ghana grin grin grin



stupidity is really born within
foolish brats
Ghana use bleaching cream get that in to your thick skull head gorilla

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 8:34am On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:
Ghana use bleaching cream get that in to your thick skull head gorilla
grin grin grin grin

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by BlackSaints: 8:37am On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:
Ghana use bleaching cream get that in to your thick skull head gorilla
Mercy please

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Just30: 8:38am On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:
Ghana use bleaching cream get that in to your thick skull head gorilla
so whats your problem again ?


when your have 90% of your population bleaching , including men
you wont go solve that but will want to equalize that another country pop also bleach.
go and solve your national disaster.


ignorance is a disease
like i said
foolishness was born with you
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 8:44am On Feb 02, 2019
Just30:
[s]so whats your problem again ?


when your have 90% of your population bleaching , including men
you wont go solve that but will want to equalize that another country pop also bleach.
go and solve your national disaster.


ignorance is a disease
like i said
foolishness was born with you[/s]

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 8:46am On Feb 02, 2019
BlackSaints:
Mercy please
trust me I'm being nice kiss

Can you believed the lie? Ghana have banned bleaching cream? grin grin

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by BlackSaints: 8:53am On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:
trust me I'm being nice kiss

Can you believed the lie? Ghana have banned bleaching cream? grin grin
funny enough the bitch is asking you what's your problem, meanwhile he masturbate anything Nigeria. grin grin
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Originalsly: 11:30am On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:


Black Americans bleach oooo, you clearly have no idea lipsrsealed even in Ghana they still use bleaching creams


Not saying Black Americans don't bleach period.... it's rare. What do they say about Lil Kim?....she is pretty and didn't have to do that to herself.... she lost popularity after bleaching and doing the plastic surgeries. In general... from what I observed with Black Americans.... they do not like when you try to change 'what God gave you'.... but only if you're Black.....they don't care a damn what others do to their bodies. You clearly have no idea.

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by NileValley: 12:09pm On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:
Black Americans bleach oooo, you clearly have no idea lipsrsealed even in Ghana they still use bleaching creams

You're the one who has no idea,Ghana has also banned the import and the sale of skin bleaching creams.

[url][/url]http://www.africanews.com/2017/08/18/ghana-implements-ban-on-import-sale-of-skin-bleaching-products/[url][/url]

You're lying to people and calling people gorillas,you're untrustworthy.

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 12:36pm On Feb 02, 2019
NileValley:


You're the one who has no idea,Ghana has also banned the import and the sale of skin bleaching creams.

[url][/url]http://www.africanews.com/2017/08/18/ghana-implements-ban-on-import-sale-of-skin-bleaching-products/[url][/url]

You're lying to people and calling people gorillas,you're untrustworthy.
oga they are still using bleaching cream's, is it not the Same Ghana I've been to?

I don't give a shlt if you think am untrustworthy. I don't fvcking care.
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 12:45pm On Feb 02, 2019
Originalsly:


Not saying Black Americans don't bleach period.... it's rare. What do they say about Lil Kim?....she is pretty and didn't have to do that to herself.... she lost popularity after bleaching and doing the plastic surgeries. In general... from what I observed with Black Americans.... they do not like when you try to change 'what God gave you'.... but only if you're Black.....they don't care a damn what others do to their bodies. You clearly have no idea.
you are talking about their celebrities undecided I'm talking about the average Black Americans

There's one guy on YouTube, he's show people how to bleach their skin. guess what? he's Black American.

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Originalsly: 1:45pm On Feb 02, 2019
ThatIjawBoy:


you are talking about their celebrities undecided I'm talking about the average Black Americans

There's one guy on YouTube, he's show people how to bleach their skin. guess what? he's Black American.


Ok...you know. Your topic..... from comments.... do you now understand why some African Americans are light skinned?
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Nobody: 4:59pm On Feb 02, 2019
Originalsly:


Ok...you know. Your topic..... from comments.... do you now understand why some African Americans are light skinned?
Yes because some of them bleach, e.g Michael Jacksonundecided

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Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by QnVee: 5:15pm On Feb 05, 2019
The term African American is a fairly new identification of a race people previously known as Negros. In fact many Native Americans/Indians were also classified as Negro or Mulatto according to phenotype. Some Black/African American still identify themselves as Native American despite the advent of DNA ancestry due to the fact there were so many tribes not just one. Many were told of their Indian ancestry passed down from generation to generation yet DNA test doesn't reflect. What tribe are they testing for When there were many. Most believe originally tribes of America were of African descent. Later tribes arrived of Asian descent. There were many wars between tribes. Europeans allied themselves with willing tribes to kill or enslave their enemies. When the Africans arrived during the slave trade it was common for them to mix with Native Americans / Indians who were also enslaved. Then there are cases of rape of women slaves by Europeans producing mulatto children. There are many admixtures that continues on today. If one was to research paintings (not photographs as camera had not been invented) of Native Indians when Europeans first arrived they are depicted as dark skinned with short coiled hair. Many Black Americans identify as Hebrew or Israelites from the tribe of Judah, the Levant, or Nubia who fled into Africa to escape turmoil to later have been sought out and captured as slaves. Some believe the Igbos are a remnant of their tribe. Some practice Kemetic spiritualism. Others identify themselves as Moorish. Contrary to popular belief there were many free Blacks in America during slavery. Mixing between European and African Americans is on the increase thus producing lighter offspring. As always though Black people come in all shades of brown. I believe climate eg Africa's hot sunny climate adds to a darker hue.
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by compton11(m): 4:56pm On Oct 09, 2019
khiaa:

We are not an admixture of the Chinese. angry
some are,like James Brown.
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by khiaa(f): 6:34pm On Oct 09, 2019
compton11:
some are,like James Brown.

Same can be said of whites and other races but it is not the norm for black Americans.
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by compton11(m): 7:07pm On Oct 09, 2019
khiaa:


Same can be said of whites and other races but it is not the norm for black Americans.
yeah,u know through Asian indented workers
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by khiaa(f): 9:19pm On Oct 09, 2019
compton11:
yeah,u know through Asian indented workers

My ancestors weren't connected with those workers.
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by compton11(m): 12:10am On Oct 10, 2019
khiaa:

My ancestors weren't connected with those workers.
ok
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Tmerz: 2:49pm On Jan 27, 2021
Genetics. African Americans origins come from slavery. White Americans did alot of rapings in those times like most Europeans in that time involved with slavery so most African Americans have alot of white heritage. The majority of African Americans are dark. Many of these celebrities have white parents. Only African Americans who are descendant of mulattos who have European ancestry in their bloodline are pale. Like Rihanna
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by Ekealterego: 8:32pm On Jan 28, 2021
Tmerz:
Genetics. African Americans origins come from slavery. White Americans did alot of rapings in those times like most Europeans in that time involved with slavery so most African Americans have alot of white heritage. The majority of African Americans are dark. Many of these celebrities have white parents. Only African Americans who are descendant of mulattos who have European ancestry in their bloodline are pale. Like Rihanna
























That's what they don't know. They don't know that light skinned blacks are historically overrepresented in the media.

I had the privilege of travelling round the the east coast a few years back and I do not think this theory holds any water.
Re: Why Do African Americans Generally Have Lighter Skin Tone Than Africans? by bjnorl: 11:38pm On Jan 28, 2021
Ekealterego:

That's what they don't know. They don't know that light skinned blacks are historically overrepresented in the media.

I had the privilege of travelling round the the east coast a few years back and I do not think this theory holds any water.

But that is the problem of one drop rule. People don't aceppt the term "mulatto" of mixed race. The narrative is " all people with African blood is black". In Brazil for example the narrative is 60% of the population is "black" ( blacks + brown people). United States African Americans included mixed race people. If is the same category. If white media only choice light skinned blacks what is the problem? Is all the same.
If blacks aceppt that mulattos who look like white are black. What is the problem

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