Tag: skin bleaching

  • Beauty and the Bleach: This Issue is More than Skin Deep Ebony 2016-06-20 Yaba Blay, Dan Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science North Carolina Central University Skin bleaching is a billion-dollar industry. Considering its global reach, Dr. Yaba Blay says we have to stop treating bleaching as just a matter of self-hate. Over the past…

  • Ghana To Ban Skin Bleaching Products in August The Root 2016-05-29 Angela Bronner Helm, Adjunct Profesor of Journalism City College of New York The government of Ghana will ban all products containing hydroquinone this summer. Colorism, that which privileges lighter skin over darker, is an issue that not only affects African Americans, but pretty much…