I don’t think y’all understand how important Jackie is. She’s taking her title of influencer and actually using it to influence and speak on important subjects such as skin bleaching and colorism. Jackie we thank you for standing up and giving beautiful black women a voice against the hate and discrimination 🧡 Miss Jackie is THAT chick. PERIODT.
hello, I would like someone to explain to me the meaning of the sentence, please. ('im French, I thing I don't really understand the meaning) ou si un français pouvait m'expliquer ;)
hey guys, first of all thank you for watching this video. something that I want EVERYONE to take away from this is that this isn’t about just ”loving yourself”, that’s a very easy thing to say when you aren’t in the other person’s shoes. We don’t know what people go through daily and or hear daily to see themselves as less than. Instead of ONLY pointing the finger at the person, let’s continue to challenge our traditional media, our entertainment industry, the people on social media who perpetuate negative images of being dark. Let’s challenge people who continuously use their platforms to degrade being dark while uplifting those that are light/mixed. A lot of people TRULY are in this fight alone, and don’t have people in their corner telling them they are beautiful which is why they subject themselves to this. Everyone needs a bit of positive reinforcement at times. Even me! Obviously there are people out there who truly just hate themselves and there are different unique cases, but I just thought I would reiterate this.
I’m not dark skinned but my mother is and I love my moms complexion. Dark skin is beautiful to me, so I 100% agree with how you feel about the skin bleach thing. They tryin it!!!
I'm Asian, and i'm light skinned. Some of my classmates in school always asks me "Ugh, i want to be light skinned like you, how do you stay pale/light , and don't tan?" and i always reply with "just don't go out enough, so that's why i don't tan." And after watching this now i regret saying that instead of encouraging them to embrace their skin cause they still look beautiful no matter what skin color they have. Definitely not gonna repeat that again.
I'm light skinned too but I experience the exact opposite thing with my friends at school - "Why are you so light?Your skin looks like snow lol". I don't really mind it but it's funny to think about how different cultures are. I come from a sunny European country so I guess it's normal to be a little more on the tanned side. But if you look a bit too tanned for the standard they poke fun at you,thankfully not constantly,but you're probably going to hear people make comments about your skin.
i'm a light asian too and ngl, i always wanted to be darker mostly because sometimes i feel like asian isn't cute (it honestly is, but i just put myself down for things i shouldn't) i live with my "dad" who's black...not really my dad but he and my mom were together when i was born my mom is asian and mostly isn't able to care for me and my 2 other brothers she actually had with my dad maybe i want to be darker so people don't call me white or ask if i'm adopted 😞
Sapphire Mae I agree with what @momo bb did said. Embrace your skin and your story. You don’t gotta explain anything to anyone as long as you know who you are. And acknowledging colorism shouldn’t make anyone want to be “dark skin”, I know that’s not what you’re doing, but you can embrace your light complexion and still uplift those with a darker complexion, ain’t nothing wrong with that. Be you and be happy with you. Embracing yourself and your story is hard but it’s a journey worth starting.
As a south asian woman, skin bleaching has been pushed on my since I was a kid. All the way when I was NINE, and I didn’t understand what colourism was, my mom would make me use Fair and Lovely (prominent skin bleaching product for south asians). She always discouraged me from playing outside in the sub. And my dad said things like “yellow and white clothes don’t look good on darker skin like yours”. I had to get educated to understand just how brainwashed our colonizers made us, by making us hate the colour of our own skin.
Same. I genuinely felt like my skin was "ugly" because it was darker than your typical white girl. I also used Fair and Lovely when I was a kid. I feel better about my skin now that I understand colonizers tried to suppress our gorgeous skin to make themselves seem superior. I'm not going to let that happen again.
This legit happened to me the other day. Busted looking guy too. The nerve, lol i was so angry not cos he called me unattractive on sight, but cos he wasnt even on my level! HE WASNT ON MY LEVEL. LOL
This happens in the Middle East too! I am darker than most in my family and entire extended family and was using face bleaching products as a kid not realizing what they were. When I was old enough to understand i was like "NOPE" and started to truly be comfortable in my skin
LifeAsKia I agree with this 100% small girls see this.. We are all responsible for how our little women grow up.. We need to be promoting self love.. Im proud of Jackie
@@kimmyymmik the only person I see that it's ugly as you because you don't even have a photo up and you want to call her ugly I'm so sick of people in America want to judge someone and nine times out of 10 you probably have missing teeth your hairline is receding and you probably don't wash your ass everyday but you want to talk about her she is beautiful in her own way I'm so sick of you people shut the hell up and mind your own business people that sit back and judge other people are really upset about how they look and wish that they can change how they look but they can't
@@kimmyymmik and she is naturally pretty just because you can't see the beauty and people and you're just naturally evil. She looks better than you on her bad day even before she puts on the makeup so go f*** a dog
"I've never been called unattractive by someone who looked better than me" 😭😭😭😭😭 I posted that and my friend called dibs for it to be his yearbook quote. I should have moved faster
I’m south asian, and the desire for lighter skin is such a big thing in our culture, and it’s so frustrating to see. People always see lighter skin as “beautiful” but then see darker skin as unnattractive, and it pisses me off so much. Even my own family does this, they always comment that I’ve gotten darker when I spend time outside and say that they wish my skin was as light as it was when I was younger... Never stop talking about this Jackie, this is such an important issue
Samir Mirza I totally agree with you, I have been born with dark skin and some comment on my skin too. My family doesn’t really do it as much anymore, because it lead to me w/ a very low self esteem and it’s one of my insecurities now. I wish people in South Asia could learn to love their own skin, and I also hope Bollywood advocates this too...
I think one of the reason why asian prefer lighter skin is because getting darker, most of the time means you get additional wrinkles or freckles on your skin since not all asians are born with natural deep skin tone. But anyway that’s another type of evidence that culture needs to be changed and each and every one of us should embrace ourselves for who we are. As a fellow asian I grew up being told light skin is beautiful most of the time by the media. I also was obsessed with having my light skin as long as possible, but I now much want to have dark skin after I got interested in american tv program and music industry that are driven by black people. I think people like me need to wake up and love the way we are born..
Yes girl! She should go on tours in both unsaturated and saturated black communities. One to motivate young black women and two to educate those outside of the community.
Yes Jackie... I think you could maybe write an interesting book... About... Advice for women. Women our age, women who love makeup, women who want to be businesswomen, black women, women of color, etc. Women who've been divorced (me too!).... You're a wealth of knowledge that I think could sell out some theaters.
As a dark skin Jamaican who is VERY exposed to skin bleaching, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for using your platform to encourage us dark skinned Kings and Queens.
Is very prevalent in the Caribbean especially Jamaica and Haiti. You know I'm from Trinidad and I don't remember that really being an issue except for the fact that the Indians really hated the black people.
I’m sooooo sad to hear that the poison and propaganda that has effected the states for decades is spreading to Africa and the Caribbean. It breaks my heart. I ran to the islands and South Africa to escape this mess. 😩
I've oftentimes been told: "You're pretty for a black girl." "You're beautiful, but you're dark skinned." I'm often times left to wonder where the compliment is...👀
as a dark skinned asian who used to bleach their skin in middle school, THANK YOU for making this video. it took me a looooong time to love my melanin, not enough of the gp know about colorism and how normalized it is in our society. thank you for always advocating for darker skin women ✊🏾
Never stop talking about this . This message is so important and not enough of these big TH-camrs are talking about this. Jackie you are amazing and u are doing something so pure and honest.
I'm from India. I've been watching fair and lovely ads since I was little, and the sad part is I didn't find anything wrong with them. No one did. Growing up, it's honestly do disgusting how they portray "fairer is better" bs. The name of the brand "Fair and Lovely" just sickens me now, and worst part is that it's endorsed by A list actors and actresses in India. EDIT: I'm reading all the replies and I'm so happy people aren't falling for this BULLSHIT! y'all so so goddamn beautiful just as you are and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 💛💚💙💜❤
Anaida Rodrigues .. oh my god I HATE "fair and lovely"!! Everybody I know here in the middle East use it..my unties always tell me to use it cus I'm dark but im like I'm not using that racist trash on me
I know ...it's like in the Indian community it is so deeply ingrained that fair skin is better and people saying things like "she's fairer" or "you're so fair" as compliments not even realising the implicit colorism those words contain. It upsets and hurts me deeply me because I've had my 10 year old niece tell me she's sad coz she's dark and I'm light skinned. Like this is CRUEL and DISGUSTING
yeah.. so true.. in our country beauty means fairness.. people dnt think dark skinned people could be beautiful too. Its really pathetic. I have dusky friends who want to be fairer. Its not even their fault its because of the thinking of people. Its really sad watching ppl not loving who they are n more than that people commenting on dark skin 😑😑😑😑
It won't work. In south Africa they banned them and yet almost every street vendor sells them. If the demand is there they will never stop pumping that stuff into the countries
As a white girl obsessed with all of your content I found this really informative and I appreciate you explaining this so well. I don’t always understand these things even with direct research and I can’t say enough how important these conversations are.
There's a documentary called "Dark Girls" that's really informative. It used to be on Netflix, I'm not sure if it still is, but if not you can likely find it on Amazon.
I've seen documentaries how bleaching skin is pushed in a lot of Asian countries. I'm super white, can't tan, and a lot of white people try to darken their skin. I've been called ugly for being so white. It's ironic. The beauty industry profits off of insecurities and putting people down. PS: love your voice it is so soothing!
Bruh. This video is so powerful. I was JUST talking about how a Nigerian company took my photos to advertise skin bleaching. And as a person that is so vocal about dark skin in international beauty (I use a lot of Asian products in particular so I hear a lot from those with darker skin in Asia) I was so offended. It was so weird and funny in a sad way. Also, I always thought that bleaching your skin makes you look like sausage casing. Not a look. Love your skin regardless. Edit: the top is fire!
ᄏᄏᄏ태기야 the problem is, that bleaching is bad for your skin, while modern selftan products, atleast in my country are pretty safe to use. So yes there is a difference
@@misstricksandtipps yeah fake tan is safer than bleaching. But really people don't use fake tan. They burn their skin. Which will bring them skin cancer in the long term. (When I go swimming I see so many people now that the sun is out, so unhealthy. tanned yes, but only by burning their skin to a crisp every single year the last 50 years.) Litterally more than half of the sun cream products at the drug store are tanning or bronzing. People who should stay out of the midday sun are using SPF4 bronzing cream and burn in the sun all day, then use bronzing after Sun, then buy shower gel that claims to not wash the tan away. In the time in which i decided which SPF 50+ to buy i saw 3 people buy "bronzing" shower gel and low SPF tanning sun cream. It's the same sick mentality. I am really light skinned and have freckles. I litterally don't tan, only burn. And people tell me to go out in the sun to get a little tanned cause they think it's more beautiful. (Thankfully the times of when freckles were mandated to be bleached away by people are over) And I myself used skin lightening products before. It's ridiculous. When I studied abroad in Thailand it was litterally impossible to avoid, esp. Because i can't read Thai. It's in nearly every sun cream. In face cream in Soap. And so many Thai friends on facebook promoting these products. It's sad honestly. No one is made happy with what they have. The exactly same companies that want to sell me Tanning products in Europe, sell whitening products in Asia (and probably in other parts of the world too). And that is what is wrong with the world. Everyone is made to feel somehow inadequate by others and by companies that want to sell a solution to a problem that only exists in our heads.
ᄏᄏᄏ태기야 you assumed that people are okay with tanning because we are speaking against skin bleaching is deflection and a poor argument. We are talking about bleaching , stay on topic.
I wanted to bleech my skin but Jackie made me realize that just because I'm dark I'm still beautiful in my own way I love what u doing and u should carry on with it Thx boo Love ya
Yes we stan a qween! I'm so happy you decided not to; you've made my day. Your brown skin is beautiful, and dark skin is beautiful. We are all rooting for you; love ya!
This isn't just a problem with black women. It's an epidemic in several Asian countries too. I'm from India and I tan very easily. Everytime I meet my relatives they make sure to comment how much darker I look and why don't I do something about it. Thanks to Allah SWT though I'm much more comfortable with my skin than I used to be and I don't let their comments get to me. Casual body shaming and colour shaming is sadly very common in India.
In Bangladesh too. I was never personally attacked but I hear my elders speak and insult so many women who are naturally dark skinned or is gaining weight. It’s a shame we live in such a progressive time but some countries are so regressive in nature.
I'm white (obviously) but I love watching Jackie's videos bc I find that she talks about topics all the white beauty gurus avoid bc things like this don't necessarily affect them. I genuinely hate that women of color get put down and left out in the beauty community bc you're all so beautiful and your skin is beautiful. It's not something I always think about because I've always seen myself represented and can always find makeup in my color, so thank you Jackie for drawing attention to some things I don't know I would be aware of. All women, despite the color of their skin, are beautiful. and that's the facts.
I love you so much for saying this! My daughter is a beautiful dark chocolate complexion just like my husband and in her KINDERGARTEN class a little boy told her she looked like a black sheep. She came home crying wanting to straighten her hair like rapunzel and she wished she was lighter. Girl I was heartbroken. I took my ass right up to that school with the principal (whom is beautifully melanin like she is) and we had a talk with her class. We HAVE to educate our young ones. They are our future and can change the world.
When I worked at Sephora, there would be so many white women that came up to me saying my skin color was gorgeous and that they wished they had darker skin like me, that’s why they tanned. I would tell them “what if I told you your skin tone is more beautiful than mine, that’s why I want to bleach my skin.” They would get real quiet... I say this to say that we really shouldn’t let these “false beauty standards” dictate our perceptions. Whether you are as light snow or as dark as dark chocolate you are beautiful and fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms 139:14)
Thanks dear, I’m white as snow and I always get told to go outside and that I’m a vampire or a corpse, and I need to be reminded that my skin color is beautiful because sometimes it’s hard. Thanks for making my night :)
Dark skin is so damn beautiful. Black, brown, all the shades in between. To each their own it just breaks my heart that any woman would feel they NEED to lighten their skin.
Angel Xoxo Because all skin in beautiful? A lot of these comments with replies like this are only saying that dark skin is beautiful, excluding people who are light skinned (light skinned without skin whitening).
Thanks Beck. Hey I was wondering any chance you can tell those white cops to stop killing us on sight. I think that's a hell of a lot more important than you commenting bout this post.
Jackie, I came from one of those homes where hearing "You are beautiful, " was rare and didn't mean much. Where television shows and commercials showed me or influenced me what beauty was...I use to HATE my skin color and my natural hair. I would always ask why me God, why me.... When I met my partner, he introduced me to what it meant to be Black. We would watch documentaries and he really opened my eyes. I was 22 years old...so prior to that I hated what GOD gave me. I always felt guys would and DID overlook me because I am dark skinned and I didnt have the "exotic" looks. Blac Chyna endorsing bleaching and K. Michelle and others using whitening DISGUSTS me! I constantly tell my children how beautiful their skin is and how lucky they are to have melanin. In my son's school kids will try to insult him and put him down because of his dark beautiful skin. I tell him the joke is on them GOD blessed you with beautiful dark skin. You have people who ran and burn their skin just to try and achieve your beauty, so dont ever be ashamed of your beautiful dark skin. Your Call to Action is NECESSARY!!
I am so glad you had someone intervene and help you learn to love yourself. You deserve that. Everyone does. Thank God your kids have a mama like you to remind them how lovely they are BECAUSE of their skin, not in spite of it.
Nothing wrong with being light-skinned or pale. The problem is that the lighter skins are very heavily promoted, while certain cultures/societies prop these light skins on pedestals, thereby messing with people's self-image.
Honestly, black girls have tought me to love my dark skin. I live in the Netherlands (white country), my ancestors came from India (what makes me Asian). My mom is extremely light skinned so everybody always tells me how beautiful my mom is, but they never say anything about me lol. I rarely see darker skinned Asian women, even here in Holland all the Asian girls they show on tv and in music videos are light skinned, and they definitely don’t uplift darker skinned girls like me (not a lot at least). So I’m so grateful that I get to see all these black women who keep uplifting each other and other darker skinned females. I know I’m not black and I don’t want to disrespect anyone, but I feel more ‘at home’ when I look at black women like Jackie or when I see Instagram accounts with black women, cause they’re more relatable to me. ❤️ So thank you so much Jackie!
You know what's so crazy I have lots of friends from Holland and alot of the white women would actually wear foundation 4 of 5 shades darker just because they wanted deeper skin. One man I dated from there used to always tell me the other men "secretly" loved and wanted darker skin women.....its so crazy. I love my melanin. Hell I love all shades.
Thank you so much! So are you! Yes I mean the white people all wanna be ‘bronze’ but not like dark dark. They still don’t see that as pretty sadly enough. But I’m sure there are boys who like ‘exotic’ looks more than they wil admit!
Loved the video auntie Jackie!! I am a white teacher who teaches at a predominantly black high school. Sometimes I get questions or hear comments from my girls and even the boys and as a white woman I don't always know the best way to answer to uplift them. I ask myself "what would Jackie say?" You're making a difference, Jackie! 💕
I am Nigerian and I am glad my mom, Joy, raised me to be a person who loves other people's skin but doesn't want to be any other way. I am black, I accept it, and I live it.
this made me cry. I used to think of bleaching but now thanks to people like you I can see the beauty within myself as a dark skin girl. everything about this video is important and effective. The supportive comments too.
Bleaching and extreme tanning (Black fishing) is such a big topic. I’m happy there are people in big roles (like you) who accept themselves and can help the young ones know that it is okay to love your skin the way you were born.
Omg I just learnt about black fishing. The bleaching cream company tell us dark isn't attractive and then here comes a white person using blackness to make money . Dark skin people need to know that they are boom . Put the bleaching cream company out of business
If i had a dollar for EVERYTIME i heard “you’re pretty for a dark skin girl” or i was asked what i was mixed with because the grain of my natural hair is more fine than what considered “norm” for dark skin women i'd be swimming in money
@@nuhaomar9542 well, duh. There are ugly people of every race. My point is that a beautiful dark skinned woman is no less beautiful than any other beautiful woman, imo, often more so.
I am a brown skinned Indian and I exactly know what you are talking about. For the longest period of time I have been told that bleaching helps reducing my tan and I freaking believed it like a dumb teen..so thank you so much for this video. I can bet that half of us don’t even realise what we are doing to ourselves because that’s how deep rioted this sickening culture is.
I'm Guyanese (West Indian), and my aunties and my own mother have gave me "skin whitener" growing up, as I'm "too dark". It's sad how much people will try to change our skin colors for a "better treatment of life". I love my dark skin and I can't imagine my life with light skin.
Shoutout to Jackie for not only being a bomb beauty guru but also a smart, beautiful woman who focuses on issues that need to be addressed in real life affecting many many WOMEN. can’t even express how grateful I am to be able to grow knowledge as someone who is not a person of color. She speaks out on change and reaches people more than she ever knows. 🙌🏼
I'm a caucasian woman (who lives in the Southeastern US) who watches your videos aaaaalllll the time and I am so glad women with deeper skin tones are taking the beauty industry by storm. People who don't get why you are saying these things don't understand how deep deep DEEP racism runs, or they're just ignoring it. Love your videos and your personality and your beautiful face!!!!!!!!!!
The same goes for white women and self tan, it's toxic and you don't get a beautiful tan you just become a creepy shade of orange. And most white women who use these products are clueless.
I’m white as paper, but I’ve always thought that all dark skin is beautiful. Edit: and on the flip side, I’m always told that I should go get a tan, yet I cannot physically get one that’s noticeable. And I’m fine with that. Love the skin you’re in💜
This is so true, I live in Mexico and the majority of the population is medium to dark skin yet on the media you only see people lighter than me with European features, the only time you see dark Mexicans on the media is on governments comercials about poverty or crimes, and yes there's tons of lighting products for every part of your body
When i was a kid i watched some of my aunt's applying fair & lovely..i was too young to understand all this...i was just excited about applying it on m face out of curiosity...but my parents said to me .that i should stay away for such products and that cream is really bad .my father was so so so against this type of products...
They sold it as skin care in my country. I remember the ads showing clearer skin not lighter (maybe I was too young to understand subtext) I only realized it was a bleaching product in my twenties when someone mentioned it. I'm still so freaking mad. I didn't use it, I'm just mad at the dishonesty
I come from India, a place where colour is taken into consideration even before you get married. I am on the lighter side. Every 👏 Single👏 Time👏. I meet someone they have to mention my colour and at times it puts me in a very uncomfortable situation. I am not telling I am not grateful but it's just that... I really respect you for speaking about them... Because even if we tell that we are open-minded about the whole woman of colour, the society is not.
Thank you for bringing Asians into the discussion too. Being Sri Lankan, this is such a relevant topic for so many people. It's so empowering seeing people of colour, like you embracing the beauty of dark skin! Sis we love u 💓💓💓
Wait! The owner attacked you? For speaking out against blatant colourism and complete selfishness for profiting off vulnerable people?! Absolute trash. God will deal with Dencia. Period.
@@nairabee245 Right! Skin bleaching causes serious health issues especially later down the line. All makeup does for me is maybe give me a pimple or two on occasion
Growing up as an Indian born in America, i had so many aunties and uncles talk about how light skin was more beautiful than dark skin. I even had an older lady tell me that the reason why the baby she was holding didn't want to come to me was because I was too dark and the baby was only used to seeing light skinned people! Because of this and many other occurrences in my childhood and young womanhood, i grew up thinking i was ugly because i was dark. I would avoid the sun like the plague for fear of getting darker. Well, i now know different and embrace how dark i am. I wouldn't have it any other way! Thank you for speaking out on this! You are beautiful and i love the color of your skin!
CRAZZZZYYY Because people of color always say Indians with darker skin tones are beautiful!!! you just have a glow please know White supremacy does not want people of color to get along no matter were we come from it is called Divide and conquer You are BEAUTIFUL and will not age quickly due to your melanin rich skin
Proud Momma Bee no, no one is born racist! That woman has likely used her baby to excuse her colorism or the baby has been nurtured with pale faces in the household. No one is born racist, but it is a culture that can be taught on very young minds. It's only a matter of time and with better people that ideology would be un-learned.
I SEE A LOT OF COMMENTS SIMPLIFYING THIS AS A “BEAUTY STANDARD” or equally harmful as a lighter skinned person being asked to tan ...It’s not equal , darker skinned people being told to be lighter is a direct result of Colonialism by Europeans. The creation of race was always meant to benefit those considered white . Not only does race effects economics but also every other part of human society including what is deemed beauty AKA your social currency. Lighter skinned individuals feeling pushed to tan is not ok but it doesn’t effect their life the same way say a Black Latino , Black African or African American, or dark and black Asians.
Glad you made this video, really wanted to hear your opinion on this. I hate that Black women , women of color in general, feel that they need to have a lighter skin tone because the media deem it as “beautiful”. LOVE YOUR SKIN people.... it’s beautiful ❤️ It personally took me years to love the skin I’m in. I may not be dark skinned however, I hate seeing dark skinned women beating their self up bc of their skin. Please don’t bleach your skin, learn to love it !
Preach, don't bleach! Well said, looking fierce and a very classy two cents from Folake! I'm from Zambia and a couple of months ago I encountered a billboard-type advert in town for a product called 'So White!' With the tag line: 'So young, so pretty, so white!' Featuring a black woman smouldering into camera. My jaw practically hit the floor. I couldn't believe such advertising is still legal in Africa post the Rhodesian era! Keep on keeping on, Jackie A, love your work! From a man who has no business being on this channel but loves it anyway. Peace, lurve and a melange of melanin to boot!
@@ongezwamtuse9313 I love every skin tone!!!! My one friend is a gorgous young black woman she's the sweetest person ever!!! If I found out someone told her to bleach her skin my nofie ass is coming for blood!
@@RY-fe3rtyou know that skin bleaching is just a choice. Customers should use products correctly and carefully. I’m brown , not black and i definitely does not really understand why skin bleaching is so controversial.
Junky Mack you do know that Micheal Jackson had vitiligo right, do your research before you type hunny 🙄 some people just say shit from the media but don't actually research, of course he had no melanin as a result if a MEDICAL condition.
This is why you’ll always remain a TRAILBLAZER in the beauty industry! You talk about the things that no one wants to talk about. You EDUCATE and we listen my good sis!! I love this! PROSPER!!!!!!
I always find Asian women who are already naturally more pale than me bleaching their skin to look porcelain odd. (Big population from Hong Kong in Vancouver, Bc)
(We’re indian)I have a cousin who had a baby and she was so upset her child came out dark skinned. Even my own mother always makes fun of how dark skinned I am. I not even that dark she only thinks so cuz she’s a lot lighter than me. Also as a brown girl I have discoloration especially around my mouth and if I go to an indian salon they always have to comment on my skin and say I need to use a whitening cream. Honestly Indian people are the worst when it comes to embracing dark skin.
Ever since I was little I was shaded for being "dark" and even my nickname in Spanish was " negrita" . And this was my family..... even in school ....and in traveling especially my skin color was a topic of discussion . But the difference now is that I love my skin color , and I just spread this found love.... and I see with different eyes now .
The launch was 5 minutes from my house and It made me really happy to see it wasn’t a success, people barely turned up and most people that did, didn’t buy the cream. Most of the people who know and could afford Blac Chyna’s cream in Nigeria are well exposed and educated on the beauty of black skin. My opinion.
dear fellow pale people in the comments im begging u to learn to talk about supporting dark skinned people without bringing up how hard it is to be pale
It doesn't even need to be mentioned. No need to say "i'm white and i love your channel"... nobody cares. Just say "i love your channel" and let's stop making it all about us LOL
Yessssss. This is not about white people. Be a good ally by liking, commenting support, subscribing, and sharing with everyone you know. If anyone else has any tips on how to be a good ally, please share them! We are here for you.
This! I know it might seem like the same struggle but it’s really not. Being tan for white ppl just became a trend in the 70s and primarily just in America. But being darker skinned has been associated with being poor, dirty, ugly, and worthless for ages, worldwide. It’s deeply ingrained into our society that “white is right” and the closer you are the better. Just learn, like and share the message.
I hope more and more people get empowered via change in our society and embrace whatever color they are because beauty is not just one particular color but the whole spectrum. Videos like this help the social change. Thank you!
"I've never been called unattractive by someone who looks better than me" - Jackie Aina girl, you nailed it here. you are way more beautiful than she is
Also I hate how "white girls" are seen as some kind of trophy to Latin/ black men and darker women are seen as easily obtainable or average. I wish who we are as people mattered more than our looks. I want to feel worthy too.
@Sophia Lopez you're a white Hispanic, not a black woman! The cop who killed Philando Castle was darker than you but still he was called white from pro-blacks....
Sophia Lopez You are worthy if you make yourself worthy, NEVER allow other people’s opinions and preferences to determine how you see yourself. Determine who you are and how to feel about yourself and you’ll never feel insecure again.
Yep. My fiance is from India where being fair is desirable. His extended family loves me BECAUSE I'm pale. His mother in law didn't want her son (fiance's dad) to marry my fiance's mom because she was too dark. That's the basis of whether you're good for men. I'm seen as a trophy because I'm light and that's fucked
when I was 15 I was considering skin bleaching because I grew up not liking my skin color. The Mexican culture really praises light skin girls- you see it all over TV shows, novelas, and even Miss Universe contestants. My nickname in my home is Canelita (Cinnamon) my mom and sister are really light skin compared to me. I am 21 and I am barely learning to love my brown skin. I still don't see brown skinned Mexican-American gals on TH-cam nor Instagram- Jenny 69 or Daisy Marquez are Hispanic but light skinned. That's why I follow black girls- y'all really taught me to love my skin I know it sounds weird but there's barely any brown skinned Influencers. I love how you're different! teaching young girls to love there skin is so IMPORTANT. I love this video! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I fell where you’re coming from! I’ve always been dark but I’ve learned to love my skin tone growing up! There’s a lot of Latina youtubers one in specifically that i follow a lot it irisbellin! Need anymore just let me know!
I’m not there yet I’m Salvadoran and the light skinned Mexicans in California would always call me ugly cause I wasn’t Mexican. I was one of two of the dark Salvadorans and the rest where blonde, blue eyed; So unfair. Or my skin color would be sexualized by the white guys - like I was an object.
Her calling you horseface speaks on her character, not yours & people that don’t know how to communicate always jump on how people look like they’re the best looking thing in the world 💀
It really shows her insecurities. Bleaching already does that but lashing out on a naturally dark skinned woman speaking out by calling her names REALLY shows how sad she is. I hope she finds self love and peace.
*I’m not even black and she pi**ed me off with that! How insulting and disrespectful! To all black QUEENS: y’all are PERFECT with your beautiful melanin!!!!!*
The struggle is real. My grandmother treated the dark skinned grandchildren differently than the light ones. I now have grandchildren of my own and encourage, nurture and love them the same. They are all mine and what skin color they have doesn't factor into it. That mess stopped with my kids. Btw, I have one light child and one super dark one. You better believe he knows his dark chocolate goodness is bomb and she knows her God given beauty doesn't come from the color of her skin. Being a dark chocolate woman is a blessing. All the haters are missing out. Bless their hearts.
I absolutely agree. I have a wheatish complexion and my cousin sister has a very fair complexion. We all live in a joint family and as a child I always noticed that my grandmother always favoured and praised my cousin telling her she looked like Katrina Kaif and she criticized me everyday, telling me I looked darker after coming back from school and that I should use home remedies to get fairer. She praised her in front of everyone else and never mentioned about me. It would hurt me a lot but I would never complain because I've always loved her no matter what. Now my grandmother is 89 years old. She stays in bed all the time owing to her weakness and every time I visit home I take care of her and my cousin stays at home all the time and still doesn't bother to even look at her. A person's complexion can never determine the person's character. I think karma is paying my grandmother back now.
CreativeMsKitty To have a Grandparent treat grandchildren different, because of skin color is shameful. You would think an elder would know the struggle and teach all of their family equally. I hope you have gotten past any stigma. ♥️😊
CreativeMsKitty I totally agree with you, but be careful not to make your lighter skin child pay for the darker skin child. Example: I noticed you said he knows his dark chocolate goodness is bomb. But that her beauty doesn’t come from her skin. Why can’t both their skin be the bomb no matter how dark or light. Be careful not to make the same mistake your grandma made but only reversed.
C J I think she meant her beauty doesn’t (only) come from her skin, pertaining to the belief that if you’re fair skinned, then you’re automatically beautiful being perpetuated.
Sometime my bf and I talk about issues in society that have to do with women and he tells me that there are some things that he could never think of before talking with me or hearing my side of the story simply because he is not a woman and it's hard for him to see the world through the eyes of one. I'm not a person of colour and I am watching your channel because you are fun and reliable but you have opened my eyes regarding issues which concern people of colour because no matter how hard I try I will never experience the world as one. Just like in the discussions with my bf. So you haven't just helped people of colour, you play an important role in helping society as a whole learn, understand and identify with you and people of colour on a personal level that was not possible before. Not that you need to hear this from me but you are doing great work that I too try to do myself (I work in the humanities sector). You should be proud regardless of who you've helped because you are are transparent and brave and you say things that you could get a hateful response. This inspires strength, integrity and honour that are not easily found today because you possess and project them. xx
I'm white and I love watching your videos and educating myself on stuff I don't usually think about. I've always been very opened about anything so I pretty much respect all cultures, religions and mentalities in general but this is also something that often leads to neglectance. It's great to have someone like you to point out minor and major differences in society that open people's eyes because as you've said many times before, you don't know it until you've gone through it... Respect!
I’m lighter then my little sister. And I saw growing up the way people would talk about her. Like, they would say to me shit like, “Oh, that color looks lovely on you but maybe you should get something else for your sister. It makes her look darker.” She is 10 years younger then me. She internalized that shit. Other POC made her feel like shit because she is darker then average Indian while I was lighter. It was devastating to her growing up. I have called out more then one Auntie who is saying this shit to her. She is my world. I don’t want your fake ass compliments if it comes at the expense of a darker skinned girl. Keep that racist/colorist shit to yourself.
I am latina and i am not dark skinned but i can relate to feeling unhappy with my skin color. As a 7-8 year old girl i was the darkest in my little group of friends (all light skinned kids) and I clearly remember one of my friends mom mentioned how white and beautiful her daughters legs and knees were and how “dark” mine were. I went home and cried all night. Next day in the shower I took one of those really harsh aluminum scrubs for pots/pans and scrubbed my knees until they bled.. my mom found me in the bathroom and I explained to her why i felt so ugly. Needless to say my mom handled that lady but I’ll never forget how horrible I felt because I was tan and my friends were white. I was seen as ugly and dirty. Thank god i grew up and realized how Ridiculous that is.
I'm not even that tan and my mom makes fun of me for being a little bit dark. I think it's in the culture tho. I dont take it personal because she calls me gordo and other stuff lol.
Jo I’m Mexican and was bullied my entire childhood for being the “dark” one. I would cry about it because they made me feel ugly. As I got older I really embraced and started loving my color. So I feel you. Sadly in Latin families it’s a horrible thing
When I was a young girl, my grandma used to tell me and my twin sister we were ugly because we were dark like our dad and we need to stay out of the sun and beach our skin like Michael Jackson. We had cousins that were very light skinned, and they were always praised and were gifted the nicest and most abundant gifts. As a teen, I felt ugly, hated myself, even tried using several shades lighter foundation because of my grandma’s disgust with our skin tone . Now, as an adult, I feel very blessed to be a semi- dark skinned Latina! I know I will NEVER EVER know the struggles of darker skinned people, but I do know what it feels like to be mistreated by someone because of the color of the skin. Thank you Jackie for being a proud and confident melanin woman. Our youth needs more people like you! God Bless you! 🙏🏼✌🏽💛
Actually it flopped in nigeria,there was a heavy protest here in nigeria and thank God for that .
Thank you Lord!!!!!
That’s sooo good to hear! 🙏🏾
So proud of my Nigerian brothers and sisters for that 🇳🇬
Thank God people are aware of this mess 🙏🙏
isimi taiwo thank goooddd 😩
“I’ve never been called unattractive by someone who looks better than me” YASSS MS JACKIE 👏
Just Justice that whole part was completely valid!
I don’t think y’all understand how important Jackie is. She’s taking her title of influencer and actually using it to influence and speak on important subjects such as skin bleaching and colorism. Jackie we thank you for standing up and giving beautiful black women a voice against the hate and discrimination 🧡 Miss Jackie is THAT chick. PERIODT.
Nikitas Gerakios EVERY word of this!!! ❤️
I think we do.
Great passionate platform.
big facts 🙏🙏🙏
She's the bom digity Jaca Jackie yeah
My neck hurts from nodding/agreeing with you.
Melanie Helo lol 🤣😂😂😂
Same
Same😂
MOOD
“I’ve never been called unattractive by someone who looks better than me.”
Amen.
Preach!
Whew! That was a read!
The facts in this statement alone... chile
i have
hello, I would like someone to explain to me the meaning of the sentence, please. ('im French, I thing I don't really understand the meaning) ou si un français pouvait m'expliquer ;)
hey guys, first of all thank you for watching this video. something that I want EVERYONE to take away from this is that this isn’t about just ”loving yourself”, that’s a very easy thing to say when you aren’t in the other person’s shoes. We don’t know what people go through daily and or hear daily to see themselves as less than. Instead of ONLY pointing the finger at the person, let’s continue to challenge our traditional media, our entertainment industry, the people on social media who perpetuate negative images of being dark. Let’s challenge people who continuously use their platforms to degrade being dark while uplifting those that are light/mixed. A lot of people TRULY are in this fight alone, and don’t have people in their corner telling them they are beautiful which is why they subject themselves to this. Everyone needs a bit of positive reinforcement at times. Even me! Obviously there are people out there who truly just hate themselves and there are different unique cases, but I just thought I would reiterate this.
Jackie Aina yes auntie Jackie
Jackie Aina ❤️
HI Jackie
Jackie Aina yesssss!!!
I’m not dark skinned but my mother is and I love my moms complexion. Dark skin is beautiful to me, so I 100% agree with how you feel about the skin bleach thing. They tryin it!!!
I'm Asian, and i'm light skinned. Some of my classmates in school always asks me "Ugh, i want to be light skinned like you, how do you stay pale/light , and don't tan?" and i always reply with "just don't go out enough, so that's why i don't tan." And after watching this now i regret saying that instead of encouraging them to embrace their skin cause they still look beautiful no matter what skin color they have. Definitely not gonna repeat that again.
💖
an important lesson
I'm light skinned too but I experience the exact opposite thing with my friends at school - "Why are you so light?Your skin looks like snow lol". I don't really mind it but it's funny to think about how different cultures are. I come from a sunny European country so I guess it's normal to be a little more on the tanned side. But if you look a bit too tanned for the standard they poke fun at you,thankfully not constantly,but you're probably going to hear people make comments about your skin.
i'm a light asian too and ngl, i always wanted to be darker
mostly because sometimes i feel like asian isn't cute (it honestly is, but i just put myself down for things i shouldn't)
i live with my "dad" who's black...not really my dad but he and my mom were together when i was born
my mom is asian and mostly isn't able to care for me and my 2 other brothers she actually had with my dad
maybe i want to be darker so people don't call me white or ask if i'm adopted 😞
Sapphire Mae I agree with what @momo bb did said. Embrace your skin and your story. You don’t gotta explain anything to anyone as long as you know who you are. And acknowledging colorism shouldn’t make anyone want to be “dark skin”, I know that’s not what you’re doing, but you can embrace your light complexion and still uplift those with a darker complexion, ain’t nothing wrong with that. Be you and be happy with you. Embracing yourself and your story is hard but it’s a journey worth starting.
As a south asian woman, skin bleaching has been pushed on my since I was a kid. All the way when I was NINE, and I didn’t understand what colourism was, my mom would make me use Fair and Lovely (prominent skin bleaching product for south asians). She always discouraged me from playing outside in the sub. And my dad said things like “yellow and white clothes don’t look good on darker skin like yours”. I had to get educated to understand just how brainwashed our colonizers made us, by making us hate the colour of our own skin.
I used Fair and Lovely when I was younger too :( :( .I'm disgusted now......
Same. I genuinely felt like my skin was "ugly" because it was darker than your typical white girl. I also used Fair and Lovely when I was a kid. I feel better about my skin now that I understand colonizers tried to suppress our gorgeous skin to make themselves seem superior. I'm not going to let that happen again.
Agreed. Also the fact that they only renamed fair and lovely doesn’t do shit. Smfh.
Isha Biswas it really does 🤦🏽♀️ our parents need to teach us to be proud of and love our skin color instead of change it bc of beauty standards
@@sreoshibhaumik5891 I used to literally compare my skin colour in skin colour scale they use to give with the cream? I feel disgusted doing it!
“I’ve never been called unattractive by someone who looked better than me” whewww chyleeee that read went over some folks’ head, yesssss QUEEN 👑
Trixy 0930 - I love that ‘read’ - funny but so so true😂😂
This legit happened to me the other day. Busted looking guy too. The nerve, lol i was so angry not cos he called me unattractive on sight, but cos he wasnt even on my level! HE WASNT ON MY LEVEL. LOL
The sad thing is that these type of insecurities are being passed down to children. It needs to stop.
This happens in the Middle East too! I am darker than most in my family and entire extended family and was using face bleaching products as a kid not realizing what they were. When I was old enough to understand i was like "NOPE" and started to truly be comfortable in my skin
For real
LifeAsKia I agree with this 100% small girls see this.. We are all responsible for how our little women grow up.. We need to be promoting self love.. Im proud of Jackie
“I’ve never been called unattractive by someone who’s prettier than me “ FACTS 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Akorede Bamidele big fucking facts 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Facts af
"there's nothing offensive about calling me a horseface when you look like a bowl of clam chowder" -Jackie Aina
I DIEDDDDD HAHAHAHA
Vicky Moore, that was the best part 🤣🤣🤣
Ppl who say that are jealous
Angel Gray Fr sis
That was BRUTAL and true LOL
I loved that line so much-
Imagine calling Jackie ugly. She’s sooooo far from it. Literally a goddess.
Ally SHE IS UGLY 😍
Not to be mean but she is ugly. Naturally she’s not pretty duh, but with makeup anyone can go from 0 to 10
@@kimmyymmik the only person I see that it's ugly as you because you don't even have a photo up and you want to call her ugly I'm so sick of people in America want to judge someone and nine times out of 10 you probably have missing teeth your hairline is receding and you probably don't wash your ass everyday but you want to talk about her she is beautiful in her own way I'm so sick of you people shut the hell up and mind your own business people that sit back and judge other people are really upset about how they look and wish that they can change how they look but they can't
@@kimmyymmik and she is naturally pretty just because you can't see the beauty and people and you're just naturally evil. She looks better than you on her bad day even before she puts on the makeup so go f*** a dog
Johnna Conner lmfao bitch no one is gonna read all that 🤣🔫
"I've never been called unattractive by someone who looked better than me" 😭😭😭😭😭 I posted that and my friend called dibs for it to be his yearbook quote. I should have moved faster
I’m south asian, and the desire for lighter skin is such a big thing in our culture, and it’s so frustrating to see. People always see lighter skin as “beautiful” but then see darker skin as unnattractive, and it pisses me off so much. Even my own family does this, they always comment that I’ve gotten darker when I spend time outside and say that they wish my skin was as light as it was when I was younger... Never stop talking about this Jackie, this is such an important issue
Samir Mirza I totally agree with you, I have been born with dark skin and some comment on my skin too. My family doesn’t really do it as much anymore, because it lead to me w/ a very low self esteem and it’s one of my insecurities now. I wish people in South Asia could learn to love their own skin, and I also hope Bollywood advocates this too...
I got same situation here especially in Malaysia all the people who sells whitening products becomes a millionaire
this is disappointing. jella, who is south korean and has a youtube channel, has darker skin and she is FLAWLESS.
dnwalkingoneggshells jella actually pretty light, look up her old videos. I was shook
I think one of the reason why asian prefer lighter skin is because getting darker, most of the time means you get additional wrinkles or freckles on your skin since not all asians are born with natural deep skin tone. But anyway that’s another type of evidence that culture needs to be changed and each and every one of us should embrace ourselves for who we are.
As a fellow asian I grew up being told light skin is beautiful most of the time by the media. I also was obsessed with having my light skin as long as possible, but I now much want to have dark skin after I got interested in american tv program and music industry that are driven by black people. I think people like me need to wake up and love the way we are born..
You should be a motivational speaker. Specially for young black girls.
👏🏽👏🏽 excellent suggestion... She could talk anything, motivation, business, beauty, career!!
She already is, she does through makeup. Her having this platform is already generating the conversations young black women need to hear.
Yes girl! She should go on tours in both unsaturated and saturated black communities. One to motivate young black women and two to educate those outside of the community.
Yes Jackie... I think you could maybe write an interesting book... About... Advice for women. Women our age, women who love makeup, women who want to be businesswomen, black women, women of color, etc.
Women who've been divorced (me too!).... You're a wealth of knowledge that I think could sell out some theaters.
AGREED
As a dark skin Jamaican who is VERY exposed to skin bleaching, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for using your platform to encourage us dark skinned Kings and Queens.
Is very prevalent in the Caribbean especially Jamaica and Haiti. You know I'm from Trinidad and I don't remember that really being an issue except for the fact that the Indians really hated the black people.
I’m sooooo sad to hear that the poison and propaganda that has effected the states for decades is spreading to Africa and the Caribbean. It breaks my heart. I ran to the islands and South Africa to escape this mess. 😩
@@SharellJ Nah skin bleaching has been prevalent in Jamaica for decades. Nuff people a walk round a look like duppy in Jamaica.
homedecorbudgetista 😂😂😂😂😂 tell dem again
Dear black girl/dark girl:
You're beautiful, you're worthy, you're deserving!
I've oftentimes been told:
"You're pretty for a black girl."
"You're beautiful, but you're dark skinned."
I'm often times left to wonder where the compliment is...👀
I’ve been told that too. Sometimes it’s just like, don’t even bother complimenting if it’s that backhanded.
They say exactly same things to overweight /obese girls or other races in general.... It hurts
Your skin is part of what makes you beautiful :)
That’s super gross. I’m sure you’re lovely. Period. ❤️
It’s not a compliment it’s an insult.
as a dark skinned asian who used to bleach their skin in middle school, THANK YOU for making this video. it took me a looooong time to love my melanin, not enough of the gp know about colorism and how normalized it is in our society. thank you for always advocating for darker skin women ✊🏾
Alyanna Posadas Just stopping by in solidarity to say you’re beautiful and I’m glad you stopped bleaching 🤟🏾
Alyanna Posadas same
Same
girl you are gorgeous dont ever allow anyone to make you think any different 💕
I was gonna say this!!! Thank you so much for this video & for this comment!! 💜🖖
Never stop talking about this . This message is so important and not enough of these big TH-camrs are talking about this. Jackie you are amazing and u are doing something so pure and honest.
I'm from India. I've been watching fair and lovely ads since I was little, and the sad part is I didn't find anything wrong with them. No one did. Growing up, it's honestly do disgusting how they portray "fairer is better" bs. The name of the brand "Fair and Lovely" just sickens me now, and worst part is that it's endorsed by A list actors and actresses in India.
EDIT: I'm reading all the replies and I'm so happy people aren't falling for this BULLSHIT! y'all so so goddamn beautiful just as you are and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 💛💚💙💜❤
Anaida Rodrigues ikr. hypocrisy at its finest
It's so horrible. Thanks for speaking up.
Anaida Rodrigues .. oh my god I HATE "fair and lovely"!! Everybody I know here in the middle East use it..my unties always tell me to use it cus I'm dark but im like I'm not using that racist trash on me
I know ...it's like in the Indian community it is so deeply ingrained that fair skin is better and people saying things like "she's fairer" or "you're so fair" as compliments not even realising the implicit colorism those words contain. It upsets and hurts me deeply me because I've had my 10 year old niece tell me she's sad coz she's dark and I'm light skinned. Like this is CRUEL and DISGUSTING
yeah.. so true.. in our country beauty means fairness.. people dnt think dark skinned people could be beautiful too. Its really pathetic. I have dusky friends who want to be fairer. Its not even their fault its because of the thinking of people. Its really sad watching ppl not loving who they are n more than that people commenting on dark skin 😑😑😑😑
African leaders should come to agreement to ban those types of products.
It won't work. In south Africa they banned them and yet almost every street vendor sells them. If the demand is there they will never stop pumping that stuff into the countries
Many African countries have but like drugs, the black market exists.
no they wont coz they cant coz most of the bleaching agents are manufactured in the US
They are banned in South Africa but there's always a black market
They're wives probably use it 💀💀
As a white girl obsessed with all of your content I found this really informative and I appreciate you explaining this so well. I don’t always understand these things even with direct research and I can’t say enough how important these conversations are.
There's a documentary called "Dark Girls" that's really informative. It used to be on Netflix, I'm not sure if it still is, but if not you can likely find it on Amazon.
Thank you for trying to educate yourself on this tragic issue within our community
THERES NOTHING OFFENSIVE ABOUT CALLING ME A HORSEFACE IF YOU LOOK LIKE A BOWL OF CLAM CHOWDER
-Philosopher Auntie Jackie 2091
Lol🤣🤣🤣😃
this need goes up fr🔝🆙
2091 lmaooo
The shade!!!! Epic!!!!!
YASSSSSSSSS
“When you bleach your skin you don’t look light skin” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 omg that you for saying that. They look crazy
sheree banks and plus you can hurt your skin
I've seen documentaries how bleaching skin is pushed in a lot of Asian countries. I'm super white, can't tan, and a lot of white people try to darken their skin. I've been called ugly for being so white. It's ironic. The beauty industry profits off of insecurities and putting people down.
PS: love your voice it is so soothing!
It's disgusting honeslty, that should be changed
No matter what culture you come from. The “attractive” skin colour is the one that is near impossible to obtain.
Same!
Same, people always make fun of how pale i am and tell me i look ugly.
dracarys 👁👄👁 youd be considered a goddess in my country
Bruh. This video is so powerful. I was JUST talking about how a Nigerian company took my photos to advertise skin bleaching. And as a person that is so vocal about dark skin in international beauty (I use a lot of Asian products in particular so I hear a lot from those with darker skin in Asia) I was so offended. It was so weird and funny in a sad way. Also, I always thought that bleaching your skin makes you look like sausage casing. Not a look. Love your skin regardless.
Edit: the top is fire!
Kennie J.D. Kennie omggg love you
Kennie J.D. lol @ sausage casing 😂
Kennie J.D. girlllll now I’m going follow you
KENNIE ILY 💕💕💕💕
Love your channel
Your insecurity is someone else's money. Be proud of your skin, people. God gave that look for a reason. Everyone is unique in their own. ❤
malikadevi1961 1961 “your insecurity is someone’s else’s money.” CHURCH 👏🏿
Preaaaaaaaach
ᄏᄏᄏ태기야 the problem is, that bleaching is bad for your skin, while modern selftan products, atleast in my country are pretty safe to use.
So yes there is a difference
@@misstricksandtipps yeah fake tan is safer than bleaching. But really people don't use fake tan. They burn their skin. Which will bring them skin cancer in the long term. (When I go swimming I see so many people now that the sun is out, so unhealthy. tanned yes, but only by burning their skin to a crisp every single year the last 50 years.) Litterally more than half of the sun cream products at the drug store are tanning or bronzing. People who should stay out of the midday sun are using SPF4 bronzing cream and burn in the sun all day, then use bronzing after Sun, then buy shower gel that claims to not wash the tan away. In the time in which i decided which SPF 50+ to buy i saw 3 people buy "bronzing" shower gel and low SPF tanning sun cream.
It's the same sick mentality. I am really light skinned and have freckles. I litterally don't tan, only burn. And people tell me to go out in the sun to get a little tanned cause they think it's more beautiful.
(Thankfully the times of when freckles were mandated to be bleached away by people are over)
And I myself used skin lightening products before. It's ridiculous. When I studied abroad in Thailand it was litterally impossible to avoid, esp. Because i can't read Thai. It's in nearly every sun cream. In face cream in Soap. And so many Thai friends on facebook promoting these products.
It's sad honestly. No one is made happy with what they have.
The exactly same companies that want to sell me Tanning products in Europe, sell whitening products in Asia (and probably in other parts of the world too). And that is what is wrong with the world. Everyone is made to feel somehow inadequate by others and by companies that want to sell a solution to a problem that only exists in our heads.
ᄏᄏᄏ태기야 you assumed that people are okay with tanning because we are speaking against skin bleaching is deflection and a poor argument. We are talking about bleaching , stay on topic.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼YES! God’s entire complexion spectrum is BEAUTIFUL! Thank you Jackie for your courage.
Nicole Burton preach 😭❤️
U can say that again and again sis
U just made me realise that the emojis have a more diverse range than tarte😂😂😂
💯💯❤️🙏
"God's entire complexion spectrum is beautiful" YES GIRLLLL thank you ♥ 💕💕💕
I wanted to bleech my skin but Jackie made me realize that just because I'm dark I'm still beautiful in my own way
I love what u doing and u should carry on with it
Thx boo
Love ya
And the ads in between the video are so not worth it
Dont bleach it. You are absolutely PERFECT and BEAUTIFUL just the way you are❤
Congratulations my love💜💜💜💜
I’m proud of u for deciding not to do it!! Dark skin is absolutely beautiful! And so are you!💕🍫
Yes we stan a qween! I'm so happy you decided not to; you've made my day. Your brown skin is beautiful, and dark skin is beautiful. We are all rooting for you; love ya!
This isn't just a problem with black women. It's an epidemic in several Asian countries too. I'm from India and I tan very easily. Everytime I meet my relatives they make sure to comment how much darker I look and why don't I do something about it. Thanks to Allah SWT though I'm much more comfortable with my skin than I used to be and I don't let their comments get to me. Casual body shaming and colour shaming is sadly very common in India.
Zaara Nausheen mashallah sis your skin is beautiful no matter what
And in pakistan
Zaara Nausheen you are beautiful, please remain resilient 💛
Uv rays are dangerous though, use suncream if you also burn
In Bangladesh too. I was never personally attacked but I hear my elders speak and insult so many women who are naturally dark skinned or is gaining weight. It’s a shame we live in such a progressive time but some countries are so regressive in nature.
I'm white (obviously) but I love watching Jackie's videos bc I find that she talks about topics all the white beauty gurus avoid bc things like this don't necessarily affect them. I genuinely hate that women of color get put down and left out in the beauty community bc you're all so beautiful and your skin is beautiful. It's not something I always think about because I've always seen myself represented and can always find makeup in my color, so thank you Jackie for drawing attention to some things I don't know I would be aware of. All women, despite the color of their skin, are beautiful. and that's the facts.
Maggie Dorrell Thanks Maggie!
Thank you so much for speaking up. Peace!
Same!
Same here!
I agree!! I learn so much from her videos about women of color I didn’t know about before
I love you so much for saying this! My daughter is a beautiful dark chocolate complexion just like my husband and in her KINDERGARTEN class a little boy told her she looked like a black sheep. She came home crying wanting to straighten her hair like rapunzel and she wished she was lighter. Girl I was heartbroken. I took my ass right up to that school with the principal (whom is beautifully melanin like she is) and we had a talk with her class. We HAVE to educate our young ones. They are our future and can change the world.
Cece TheSagi so awesome that you took action
So glad you were the Tiger Mom who wouldn’t let that go! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️
Black Sheep are extremely rare and very very beautiful
"those who are neutral in times of injustice have chosen the side of the oppressor."
I have chosen the side of myself. The side that keeps me safe and happy.
@@simoneoliver7379 Me too. "ALWAYS". But i get the gist of her comments. Kinda' the truth tho' huh?
When I worked at Sephora, there would be so many white women that came up to me saying my skin color was gorgeous and that they wished they had darker skin like me, that’s why they tanned. I would tell them “what if I told you your skin tone is more beautiful than mine, that’s why I want to bleach my skin.” They would get real quiet... I say this to say that we really shouldn’t let these “false beauty standards” dictate our perceptions. Whether you are as light snow or as dark as dark chocolate you are beautiful and fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms 139:14)
Meagan M 💖💖💖💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🙌🏼 preach! Btw I am Puertorrican tan with freckles
Amen 💯💯💯❤💓💙
I love this 💖
💕
Thanks dear, I’m white as snow and I always get told to go outside and that I’m a vampire or a corpse, and I need to be reminded that my skin color is beautiful because sometimes it’s hard. Thanks for making my night :)
Dark skin is so damn beautiful. Black, brown, all the shades in between. To each their own it just breaks my heart that any woman would feel they NEED to lighten their skin.
Thank you
ᄏᄏᄏ태기야 it’s not about u 🤦🏾♀️ every time someone says this somebody comes and says all skin is beautiful
Angel Xoxo Because all skin in beautiful? A lot of these comments with replies like this are only saying that dark skin is beautiful, excluding people who are light skinned (light skinned without skin whitening).
Thanks Beck.
Hey I was wondering any chance you can tell those white cops to stop killing us on sight.
I think that's a hell of a lot more important than you commenting bout this post.
You’d be surprised... I’ve had people literally frown at me because I was dark. And 100% of them were white.
Jackie,
I came from one of those homes where hearing "You are beautiful, " was rare and didn't mean much. Where television shows and commercials showed me or influenced me what beauty was...I use to HATE my skin color and my natural hair. I would always ask why me God, why me....
When I met my partner, he introduced me to what it meant to be Black. We would watch documentaries and he really opened my eyes.
I was 22 years old...so prior to that I hated what GOD gave me. I always felt guys would and DID overlook me because I am dark skinned and I didnt have the "exotic" looks.
Blac Chyna endorsing bleaching and K. Michelle and others using whitening DISGUSTS me!
I constantly tell my children how beautiful their skin is and how lucky they are to have melanin.
In my son's school kids will try to insult him and put him down because of his dark beautiful skin. I tell him the joke is on them GOD blessed you with beautiful dark skin. You have people who ran and burn their skin just to try and achieve your beauty, so dont ever be ashamed of your beautiful dark skin.
Your Call to Action is NECESSARY!!
I am so glad you had someone intervene and help you learn to love yourself. You deserve that. Everyone does. Thank God your kids have a mama like you to remind them how lovely they are BECAUSE of their skin, not in spite of it.
Love this! And the funny part is Black women are the most exotic out of any group. No one else looks like us, but they sure try.
Darker skin no matter what race is beautiful! You are so right this is very serious. Dark is so beautiful!!!!
Nothing wrong with being light-skinned or pale. The problem is that the lighter skins are very heavily promoted, while certain cultures/societies prop these light skins on pedestals, thereby messing with people's self-image.
Honestly, black girls have tought me to love my dark skin. I live in the Netherlands (white country), my ancestors came from India (what makes me Asian). My mom is extremely light skinned so everybody always tells me how beautiful my mom is, but they never say anything about me lol. I rarely see darker skinned Asian women, even here in Holland all the Asian girls they show on tv and in music videos are light skinned, and they definitely don’t uplift darker skinned girls like me (not a lot at least). So I’m so grateful that I get to see all these black women who keep uplifting each other and other darker skinned females. I know I’m not black and I don’t want to disrespect anyone, but I feel more ‘at home’ when I look at black women like Jackie or when I see Instagram accounts with black women, cause they’re more relatable to me. ❤️ So thank you so much Jackie!
You know what's so crazy I have lots of friends from Holland and alot of the white women would actually wear foundation 4 of 5 shades darker just because they wanted deeper skin. One man I dated from there used to always tell me the other men "secretly" loved and wanted darker skin women.....its so crazy. I love my melanin. Hell I love all shades.
Oh btw you're stunning!
Me too, as someone else of Indian descent. I'm also glad to see the unfair and lovely hashtag and movement in India.
Thank you so much! So are you! Yes I mean the white people all wanna be ‘bronze’ but not like dark dark. They still don’t see that as pretty sadly enough. But I’m sure there are boys who like ‘exotic’ looks more than they wil admit!
Right, so am I!
Loved the video auntie Jackie!! I am a white teacher who teaches at a predominantly black high school. Sometimes I get questions or hear comments from my girls and even the boys and as a white woman I don't always know the best way to answer to uplift them. I ask myself "what would Jackie say?" You're making a difference, Jackie! 💕
Love this. Not all hero wear capes ❤️
❤❤❤
Carrie Lee You should also listen to Jane Elliot. Thank you for your service as a teacher!
I have so much respect for you!!
I am Nigerian and I am glad my mom, Joy, raised me to be a person who loves other people's skin but doesn't want to be any other way. I am black, I accept it, and I live it.
Glasses Gru my dads Nigerian! He’s not directly from Nigeria but his grandad is 🖤 so hey Nigerian sis/bro 😁
Same I'm Nigerian and my Mum taught me the same thing. What tribe are you from?
aww your mom is my namesake
Same my mom is from Zimbabwe and she made sure to teach me that everyone is beautiful.
Glasses Gru love that, you said it perfectly
this made me cry. I used to think of bleaching but now thanks to people like you I can see the beauty within myself as a dark skin girl. everything about this video is important and effective. The supportive comments too.
May God bless you sister!
Bleaching and extreme tanning (Black fishing) is such a big topic. I’m happy there are people in big roles (like you) who accept themselves and can help the young ones know that it is okay to love your skin the way you were born.
Girl me too about time we speaking up .
Omg I just learnt about black fishing. The bleaching cream company tell us dark isn't attractive and then here comes a white person using blackness to make money . Dark skin people need to know that they are boom . Put the bleaching cream company out of business
Black fishing 😂😂😂
SNSD Anti Some white girls on Instagram are taking melanin shits and literally tanning themselves to around Jackie’s shade 💀
OHEMAA BONSU what is black fishing?:)
If i had a dollar for EVERYTIME i heard “you’re pretty for a dark skin girl” or i was asked what i was mixed with because the grain of my natural hair is more fine than what considered “norm” for dark skin women i'd be swimming in money
"asked what I was mixed with" lowkey that sounds a bit inhumanish
Me too. Omfg. Or ya know "I don't usually date black girls but you're pretty" bitch I know you didn't just go there.
@@neko6656 I was asked what breed I was that was awesome.
@@TheLutastic
Someone said that to my oldest sister and they got slapped with the quickness. She was NOT having it. 😆😆😆
@@xiamariansupreme72 dam my reaction was so delayed all that came out was "what" 😂😂😂
And this is why I consider you a great and exemplary leader, Jackie. Your good character takes you far. Please don't change.
thank you ❤️
TheLifestyleLuxe I totally agree with u 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Jackie Aina ❤️
So true!!!
All skin tones are stunning. Dark-skinned women are some of the most beautiful. LIKE HAVE YOU SEEN DARK-SKINNED WOMEN?? They're gorgeous.
"you" being people in general
Especially those dark DARK skin tones *chefs kiss*
Except all man wanted a blonde hair blue eyes girl >.>
Not all of them
@@nuhaomar9542 well, duh. There are ugly people of every race. My point is that a beautiful dark skinned woman is no less beautiful than any other beautiful woman, imo, often more so.
Jackie is literally me after an argument thinking about all the comebacks I coulda said but knowing Jesus gave me the strength not to throw hands
Bats beauty_ AHHH SIS YES!!!😂😂😂
OMG YESSSSSS
Hahaha. Standing in the shower and winning arguments 😂
Welcome to her TED talk. She said what she said. Spilled the tea. Thank you Jackie, you are a treasure.
I am a brown skinned Indian and I exactly know what you are talking about. For the longest period of time I have been told that bleaching helps reducing my tan and I freaking believed it like a dumb teen..so thank you so much for this video. I can bet that half of us don’t even realise what we are doing to ourselves because that’s how deep rioted this sickening culture is.
Shinjini Dutta And when aunties give you Fair & lovely as a gift 🤦🏻♀️
Exfoliating gets rid of a "tan"
I'm Guyanese (West Indian), and my aunties and my own mother have gave me "skin whitener" growing up, as I'm "too dark". It's sad how much people will try to change our skin colors for a "better treatment of life".
I love my dark skin and I can't imagine my life with light skin.
Savannah Marie gtfoh not the place to be giving advice on how to get rid of a “tan” cough*naturalskincolor*cough so stfu
Dont ever let those individuals affect how you feel about yourself
"Iv'e never been called unattractive by someone who looked better than me" ... Lets take a moment to process this level of savagery for a sec...
My absolute most favorite Jackie moment EVER!
Shoutout to Jackie for not only being a bomb beauty guru but also a smart, beautiful woman who focuses on issues that need to be addressed in real life affecting many many WOMEN. can’t even express how grateful I am to be able to grow knowledge as someone who is not a person of color. She speaks out on change and reaches people more than she ever knows. 🙌🏼
I’m am as white as they come and even if no one reads this I want everyone to that BLACK IS GORGEOUS PERIOD
Yaass period!
thank you ! ❤❤❤
I love you 😢
Healthy skin is beautiful skin
Thanks girl
I'm a caucasian woman (who lives in the Southeastern US) who watches your videos aaaaalllll the time and I am so glad women with deeper skin tones are taking the beauty industry by storm. People who don't get why you are saying these things don't understand how deep deep DEEP racism runs, or they're just ignoring it. Love your videos and your personality and your beautiful face!!!!!!!!!!
The same goes for white women and self tan, it's toxic and you don't get a beautiful tan you just become a creepy shade of orange. And most white women who use these products are clueless.
I respect your comment 👍🏽
Me too! I get worked up too when she talks about brands that don't offer a full range of foundation.
You're so sweet for going out of your way to show appreciation to our Ethnic group. Thank you so much
Thanks!!!
I’m white as paper, but I’ve always thought that all dark skin is beautiful.
Edit: and on the flip side, I’m always told that I should go get a tan, yet I cannot physically get one that’s noticeable. And I’m fine with that. Love the skin you’re in💜
"Y'all TRIED IT....if YOU wanna roll ova and PLAY DEAD...."
HYSTERICAL😂😂😁😁😁😂😂😂😁😁😁😀😀😀
And you don't need to tan, you are beautiful just the way you are ♥️
Everyone want too different is normal
I hate my pale skin.. i wish i was darker and i also can’t physically get a tan either it _really_ sucks
@@aesthetix3398 - not tanning will reduce your chances of getting wrinkles though.
“I’ve never been called unattractive by somebody that looked better than me.” A MOTTO 💅🏽
t shirts!
Yas!!!
Car bumper sticker! 💁🏿♀️😂
This is so true, I live in Mexico and the majority of the population is medium to dark skin yet on the media you only see people lighter than me with European features, the only time you see dark Mexicans on the media is on governments comercials about poverty or crimes, and yes there's tons of lighting products for every part of your body
chris toledo rightttt I was just telling my mom that novelas only have really pale people and she was shocked because she never really noticed that
If they have dark people they’re the “help” smh..
El clasismo mexicano
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Jasmine Rose girl I must be bitterrrrr😂
The darker the chocolate the richer the taste
The darker the flesh, then the deeper the roots
MelaninBeauty Luvvs run and tell that
Point blank period. ❣️
When i was a kid i watched some of my aunt's applying fair & lovely..i was too young to understand all this...i was just excited about applying it on m face out of curiosity...but my parents said to me .that i should stay away for such products and that cream is really bad .my father was so so so against this type of products...
God bless your father.
They sold it as skin care in my country. I remember the ads showing clearer skin not lighter (maybe I was too young to understand subtext) I only realized it was a bleaching product in my twenties when someone mentioned it. I'm still so freaking mad. I didn't use it, I'm just mad at the dishonesty
My mom hated it. I am thankful to her now
My parents are exactly like this!
Not to mention the major problem down the road (skin cancer)
Curlyfitness1980 They want to ignore that! Losers!
Your channel taught me eye shadow wasn't only for lighter skin girls or white people. Your channel matters.Provides education and inspiration.
+1
Shekira Thompso
Lpp
I honestly always thought eyeshadow looks way better on darker skinned women. I am light skinned but eyeshadow looks hideous on me.
Black women and women of color ARE SO BEAUTIFUL! You ladies are SO BEAUTIFUL!!
Rachelle Spier Thank you, So are you! 🌸✊🏾
Thank you very much😍
Yur beautiful also😍
Thank you sis. You are gorgeous too
Thank you! 😊💖💖💖
I wrote a paper about the effects of colorism on dark-skinned women and I got an A
Thats_So_Gabby99 YESSS GIRL
YES SISSS
i did too🅿️
Is it possible to make this paper public? I'd love to read it 😁
Go girl!
I come from India, a place where colour is taken into consideration even before you get married. I am on the lighter side. Every 👏 Single👏 Time👏. I meet someone they have to mention my colour and at times it puts me in a very uncomfortable situation. I am not telling I am not grateful but it's just that... I really respect you for speaking about them... Because even if we tell that we are open-minded about the whole woman of colour, the society is not.
Thank you for bringing Asians into the discussion too. Being Sri Lankan, this is such a relevant topic for so many people. It's so empowering seeing people of colour, like you embracing the beauty of dark skin! Sis we love u 💓💓💓
Wait! The owner attacked you? For speaking out against blatant colourism and complete selfishness for profiting off vulnerable people?! Absolute trash. God will deal with Dencia. Period.
Shanette Quao did that idiot really just compare skin BLEACH to makeup?🤔
@@nairabee245 Right! Skin bleaching causes serious health issues especially later down the line. All makeup does for me is maybe give me a pimple or two on occasion
Growing up as an Indian born in America, i had so many aunties and uncles talk about how light skin was more beautiful than dark skin. I even had an older lady tell me that the reason why the baby she was holding didn't want to come to me was because I was too dark and the baby was only used to seeing light skinned people! Because of this and many other occurrences in my childhood and young womanhood, i grew up thinking i was ugly because i was dark. I would avoid the sun like the plague for fear of getting darker. Well, i now know different and embrace how dark i am. I wouldn't have it any other way! Thank you for speaking out on this! You are beautiful and i love the color of your skin!
You are gorgeous!✌😊
Chandra Lawson Thank you 🙏🏽
CRAZZZZYYY Because people of color always say Indians with darker skin tones are beautiful!!! you just have a glow please know White supremacy does not want people of color to get along no matter were we come from it is called Divide and conquer You are BEAUTIFUL and will not age quickly due to your melanin rich skin
ps Subscribed!!!!
Proud Momma Bee no, no one is born racist! That woman has likely used her baby to excuse her colorism or the baby has been nurtured with pale faces in the household. No one is born racist, but it is a culture that can be taught on very young minds. It's only a matter of time and with better people that ideology would be un-learned.
I SEE A LOT OF COMMENTS SIMPLIFYING THIS AS A “BEAUTY STANDARD” or equally harmful as a lighter skinned person being asked to tan ...It’s not equal , darker skinned people being told to be lighter is a direct result of Colonialism by Europeans. The creation of race was always meant to benefit those considered white . Not only does race effects economics but also every other part of human society including what is deemed beauty AKA your social currency.
Lighter skinned individuals feeling pushed to tan is not ok but it doesn’t effect their life the same way say a Black Latino , Black African or African American, or dark and black Asians.
You got it.
"There's nothing offensive about calling me a horseface when you look like a bowl of clam chowder" GIRL STOP 😂😂😂🙌🙌
Thank you for acknowledging the other cultures that suffer from colorism. 😘
Glad you made this video, really wanted to hear your opinion on this. I hate that Black women , women of color in general, feel that they need to have a lighter skin tone because the media deem it as “beautiful”. LOVE YOUR SKIN people.... it’s beautiful ❤️ It personally took me years to love the skin I’m in. I may not be dark skinned however, I hate seeing dark skinned women beating their self up bc of their skin. Please don’t bleach your skin, learn to love it !
B R E A your beautiful
Beautiful words ❤️
Preach ma’am ♥️
You mean women of color, no one colored us in lol
Agree
Preach, don't bleach! Well said, looking fierce and a very classy two cents from Folake!
I'm from Zambia and a couple of months ago I encountered a billboard-type advert in town for a product called 'So White!' With the tag line: 'So young, so pretty, so white!' Featuring a black woman smouldering into camera. My jaw practically hit the floor. I couldn't believe such advertising is still legal in Africa post the Rhodesian era! Keep on keeping on, Jackie A, love your work!
From a man who has no business being on this channel but loves it anyway.
Peace, lurve and a melange of melanin to boot!
Before this video i saw the add about bleaching I wanted to throw my phone on the wall
@@ongezwamtuse9313 I don't blame you.
@@ongezwamtuse9313 I love every skin tone!!!! My one friend is a gorgous young black woman she's the sweetest person ever!!! If I found out someone told her to bleach her skin my nofie ass is coming for blood!
Ryan Yamba c’mon melange of melanin!
@@RY-fe3rtyou know that skin bleaching is just a choice.
Customers should use products correctly and carefully.
I’m brown , not black and i definitely does not really understand why skin bleaching is so controversial.
Our melanin is so beautiful...the colorism is crazy. People who bleach look so ghostly to me, smh.
BeSpiffyBeYou Sammy Sosa is a perfect example. He looks like Dracula
Junky Mack you do know that Micheal Jackson had vitiligo right, do your research before you type hunny 🙄 some people just say shit from the media but don't actually research, of course he had no melanin as a result if a MEDICAL condition.
You don't have to insult another skin color to make you feel better about yours. Youre hurting the cause.
You ladies are beautiful and so lucky..
Bleaching never makes them look light skinned instead they look pale and Twilight Saga ready.
Twilight saga ready😂😂😂
💀💀
u killed me w 'twilight saga ready'
This is why you’ll always remain a TRAILBLAZER in the beauty industry! You talk about the things that no one wants to talk about. You EDUCATE and we listen my good sis!! I love this! PROSPER!!!!!!
I always find Asian women who are already naturally more pale than me bleaching their skin to look porcelain odd. (Big population from Hong Kong in Vancouver, Bc)
The ridiculousness just gets worse.
@Del Ag preach.
Lol
“A bowl of clam chowder”😂💀 get on her sis!!!
That was funny as hell!!
(We’re indian)I have a cousin who had a baby and she was so upset her child came out dark skinned. Even my own mother always makes fun of how dark skinned I am. I not even that dark she only thinks so cuz she’s a lot lighter than me. Also as a brown girl I have discoloration especially around my mouth and if I go to an indian salon they always have to comment on my skin and say I need to use a whitening cream. Honestly Indian people are the worst when it comes to embracing dark skin.
Tulsiedevi Arjoon I definitely feel that too
No matter where I go I get a million product suggestions to lighten my skin
It’s frustrating and not okay
Indian skin is so beautiful, don’t let them affect you sweetheart :)
You are beautiful!
Indian and Bangladeshi people are like this.
I know. I like to keep my skin healthy, nothing is going to change that. :)
Ever since I was little I was shaded for being "dark" and even my nickname in Spanish was " negrita" . And this was my family..... even in school ....and in traveling especially my skin color was a topic of discussion . But the difference now is that I love my skin color , and I just spread this found love.... and I see with different eyes now .
The launch was 5 minutes from my house and It made me really happy to see it wasn’t a success, people barely turned up and most people that did, didn’t buy the cream. Most of the people who know and could afford Blac Chyna’s cream in Nigeria are well exposed and educated on the beauty of black skin. My opinion.
Faniimokun Folashade wow, that’s good 👏🏾
Good to hear!!!
Amazing!!
Faniimokun Folashade wow your absolutely beautiful your skin looks flawless and I’ve never been so relieved to to read something💀
I'm so happy to read this right now
dear fellow pale people in the comments im begging u to learn to talk about supporting dark skinned people without bringing up how hard it is to be pale
It doesn't even need to be mentioned. No need to say "i'm white and i love your channel"... nobody cares. Just say "i love your channel" and let's stop making it all about us LOL
Yessssss. This is not about white people. Be a good ally by liking, commenting support, subscribing, and sharing with everyone you know. If anyone else has any tips on how to be a good ally, please share them! We are here for you.
This! I know it might seem like the same struggle but it’s really not. Being tan for white ppl just became a trend in the 70s and primarily just in America. But being darker skinned has been associated with being poor, dirty, ugly, and worthless for ages, worldwide. It’s deeply ingrained into our society that “white is right” and the closer you are the better. Just learn, like and share the message.
Ayeee y'all invited to the cookout 😂🙌❤
I hope more and more people get empowered via change in our society and embrace whatever color they are because beauty is not just one particular color but the whole spectrum. Videos like this help the social change. Thank you!
"i've never been called unattractive by someone who looks better than me"... DEAD
shanchip1 that hit me
She made a very good point lol!
"I've never been called unattractive by someone who looks better than me" - Jackie Aina
girl, you nailed it here. you are way more beautiful than she is
Also I hate how "white girls" are seen as some kind of trophy to Latin/ black men and darker women are seen as easily obtainable or average. I wish who we are as people mattered more than our looks. I want to feel worthy too.
@Sophia Lopez you're a white Hispanic, not a black woman! The cop who killed Philando Castle was darker than you but still he was called white from pro-blacks....
I agree
Yes hunny! Women are all equal! Let’s empower each other so that men no longer see us as an object to obtain but as a PERSON ❤️
Sophia Lopez You are worthy if you make yourself worthy, NEVER allow other people’s opinions and preferences to determine how you see yourself. Determine who you are and how to feel about yourself and you’ll never feel insecure again.
Yep. My fiance is from India where being fair is desirable. His extended family loves me BECAUSE I'm pale. His mother in law didn't want her son (fiance's dad) to marry my fiance's mom because she was too dark. That's the basis of whether you're good for men. I'm seen as a trophy because I'm light and that's fucked
when I was 15 I was considering skin bleaching because I grew up not liking my skin color. The Mexican culture really praises light skin girls- you see it all over TV shows, novelas, and even Miss Universe contestants. My nickname in my home is Canelita (Cinnamon) my mom and sister are really light skin compared to me. I am 21 and I am barely learning to love my brown skin. I still don't see brown skinned Mexican-American gals on TH-cam nor Instagram- Jenny 69 or Daisy Marquez are Hispanic but light skinned. That's why I follow black girls- y'all really taught me to love my skin I know it sounds weird but there's barely any brown skinned Influencers. I love how you're different! teaching young girls to love there skin is so IMPORTANT. I love this video! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I know exactly what you mean. I'm the darkest from my 5 siblings and I just barely started loving my skin tone a few years ago.
LOVE YOUR SELF UR SKIN SINGS BEAUTY
I fell where you’re coming from! I’ve always been dark but I’ve learned to love my skin tone growing up! There’s a lot of Latina youtubers one in specifically that i follow a lot it irisbellin! Need anymore just let me know!
I’m not there yet
I’m Salvadoran and the light skinned Mexicans in California would always call me ugly cause I wasn’t Mexican. I was one of two of the dark Salvadorans and the rest where blonde, blue eyed;
So unfair. Or my skin color would be sexualized by the white guys - like I was an object.
On a less serious not, Canelita is an adorable sweet nickname
Jackie Aina: *talking about real issues*
Almost Every Other MUA/Beauty Guru: *JameS ChArLes PaLeTtE* 🙄
Hehehe
Why not both? *mexican music*
@@cassidyvanbavel681 this comment is GOLD
@@cassidyvanbavel681 I'm screaming 😂😂😂😂 ¿por que no los dos? God I love that commercial
@@cassidyvanbavel681 lololol
I love her voice! She has a radio personality’s voice. I’m here for all the melanin that’s dripping from this video!!
Her calling you horseface speaks on her character, not yours & people that don’t know how to communicate always jump on how people look like they’re the best looking thing in the world 💀
It really shows her insecurities. Bleaching already does that but lashing out on a naturally dark skinned woman speaking out by calling her names REALLY shows how sad she is. I hope she finds self love and peace.
Woah wtf?!? An owner of a company called another human being that stuff on a public platform holy shit
yes Jackie 👏🏽DRAG 👏🏽HER 👏🏽WITH 👏🏽FACTS 👏🏽AND 👏🏽EDUCATION👏🏽 she’s canceled
*I’m not even black and she pi**ed me off with that! How insulting and disrespectful! To all black QUEENS: y’all are PERFECT with your beautiful melanin!!!!!*
I love how angry she gets while talking about this and then how lovely she says the beauty product idk why it makes me happy ☺
As a white woman, I feel that I have learned a lot from this video- and why representation is truly so important! Thanks for informing me Jackie!
Thank you for watching 🙏🏾
That's so dope!
The struggle is real. My grandmother treated the dark skinned grandchildren differently than the light ones. I now have grandchildren of my own and encourage, nurture and love them the same. They are all mine and what skin color they have doesn't factor into it. That mess stopped with my kids. Btw, I have one light child and one super dark one. You better believe he knows his dark chocolate goodness is bomb and she knows her God given beauty doesn't come from the color of her skin. Being a dark chocolate woman is a blessing. All the haters are missing out. Bless their hearts.
I absolutely agree. I have a wheatish complexion and my cousin sister has a very fair complexion. We all live in a joint family and as a child I always noticed that my grandmother always favoured and praised my cousin telling her she looked like Katrina Kaif and she criticized me everyday, telling me I looked darker after coming back from school and that I should use home remedies to get fairer. She praised her in front of everyone else and never mentioned about me. It would hurt me a lot but I would never complain because I've always loved her no matter what. Now my grandmother is 89 years old. She stays in bed all the time owing to her weakness and every time I visit home I take care of her and my cousin stays at home all the time and still doesn't bother to even look at her. A person's complexion can never determine the person's character. I think karma is paying my grandmother back now.
You rock.
CreativeMsKitty To have a Grandparent treat grandchildren different, because of skin color is shameful.
You would think an elder would know the struggle and teach all of their family equally.
I hope you have gotten past any stigma. ♥️😊
CreativeMsKitty I totally agree with you, but be careful not to make your lighter skin child pay for the darker skin child. Example: I noticed you said he knows his dark chocolate goodness is bomb. But that her beauty doesn’t come from her skin. Why can’t both their skin be the bomb no matter how dark or light. Be careful not to make the same mistake your grandma made but only reversed.
C J I think she meant her beauty doesn’t (only) come from her skin, pertaining to the belief that if you’re fair skinned, then you’re automatically beautiful being perpetuated.
Sometime my bf and I talk about issues in society that have to do with women and he tells me that there are some things that he could never think of before talking with me or hearing my side of the story simply because he is not a woman and it's hard for him to see the world through the eyes of one.
I'm not a person of colour and I am watching your channel because you are fun and reliable but you have opened my eyes regarding issues which concern people of colour because no matter how hard I try I will never experience the world as one.
Just like in the discussions with my bf.
So you haven't just helped people of colour, you play an important role in helping society as a whole learn, understand and identify with you and people of colour on a personal level that was not possible before. Not that you need to hear this from me but you are doing great work that I too try to do myself (I work in the humanities sector). You should be proud regardless of who you've helped because you are are transparent and brave and you say things that you could get a hateful response. This inspires strength, integrity and honour that are not easily found today because you possess and project them. xx
Dia Andreadi Beautiful soul!
@@candygamingcat3243 Thank you truly
I'm white and I love watching your videos and educating myself on stuff I don't usually think about. I've always been very opened about anything so I pretty much respect all cultures, religions and mentalities in general but this is also something that often leads to neglectance. It's great to have someone like you to point out minor and major differences in society that open people's eyes because as you've said many times before, you don't know it until you've gone through it... Respect!
Ppl who bleach almost look casket ready 🤣
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bich ☠☠☠
Not almost...beyond!
I’m lighter then my little sister. And I saw growing up the way people would talk about her. Like, they would say to me shit like, “Oh, that color looks lovely on you but maybe you should get something else for your sister. It makes her look darker.” She is 10 years younger then me. She internalized that shit. Other POC made her feel like shit because she is darker then average Indian while I was lighter. It was devastating to her growing up. I have called out more then one Auntie who is saying this shit to her. She is my world. I don’t want your fake ass compliments if it comes at the expense of a darker skinned girl. Keep that racist/colorist shit to yourself.
PREACHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I am latina and i am not dark skinned but i can relate to feeling unhappy with my skin color. As a 7-8 year old girl i was the darkest in my little group of friends (all light skinned kids) and I clearly remember one of my friends mom mentioned how white and beautiful her daughters legs and knees were and how “dark” mine were. I went home and cried all night. Next day in the shower I took one of those really harsh aluminum scrubs for pots/pans and scrubbed my knees until they bled.. my mom found me in the bathroom and I explained to her why i felt so ugly. Needless to say my mom handled that lady but I’ll never forget how horrible I felt because I was tan and my friends were white. I was seen as ugly and dirty. Thank god i grew up and realized how Ridiculous that is.
Wow❤
I once asked my mom when I was 5, that if I scrubbed my knees very hard, if they’d become lighter in color.
Jo I hate that you went through that, I’m glad you grew up in a home where you felt and knew your worth! You are mad pretty!
I'm not even that tan and my mom makes fun of me for being a little bit dark. I think it's in the culture tho. I dont take it personal because she calls me gordo and other stuff lol.
Jo I’m Mexican and was bullied my entire childhood for being the “dark” one. I would cry about it because they made me feel ugly. As I got older I really embraced and started loving my color. So I feel you. Sadly in Latin families it’s a horrible thing
Brown and black skin is beautiful ❤️
When I was a young girl, my grandma used to tell me and my twin sister we were ugly because we were dark like our dad and we need to stay out of the sun and beach our skin like Michael Jackson. We had cousins that were very light skinned, and they were always praised and were gifted the nicest and most abundant gifts. As a teen, I felt ugly, hated myself, even tried using several shades lighter foundation because of my grandma’s disgust with our skin tone . Now, as an adult, I feel very blessed to be a semi- dark skinned Latina! I know I will NEVER EVER know the struggles of darker skinned people, but I do know what it feels like to be mistreated by someone because of the color of the skin. Thank you Jackie for being a proud and confident melanin woman. Our youth needs more people like you! God Bless you! 🙏🏼✌🏽💛
ok wow... girl you're gorgeus. You are a strong woman...
amazing ☺️❤️