Breanna Robinson
Final Paper
15 December 2017
Dr. Monteiro The Fact of Blackness: Skin Bleaching and Black Identity in Jamaica Introduction There has been an inherent struggle related to Eurocentric And African values on the island of Jamaica. These ideologies are based on the influence that the British monarchy has, that is quite relevant to the country‘s political and social education systems. African dissent Jamaicans make up majority of the population in Jamaica. Over 90% of the population is of African descent
, yet there is an increase of Eurocentric values that contradict the African values of life that’s in place (Nettleford, 1978). This …show more content…
This holds tremendous impact for women because having light skin essentially works as a form of capital for women. Women who have light skin are able to take their “beauty” which is capital and convert it to economic, educational ,and social capital (Hunter 37).Having this capital made the practice of skin lightening become very popular as a means to improving one’s beauty and increasing their opportunities for success. In addition, the process of skin lightening usually happens through a regimen of sorts.
This is surprisingly a normal circumstance that happens to People of color all over the globe. In Santo Domingo ,Dominican Republic has stated that as early as the 16th century
Indian woman used intense and painful processes to light in their skin, in the hopes to become more attractive to the colonizers. In durians as well, it also states that indigenous women bleach their skin to be considered more attractive the white settlers as well (Menke,
2002). In addition, it has been stated through the works that black females have been …show more content…
These analyzed narratives detail how the participants structured their descriptions to make sense of their stories( Riessman, 1993). Findings Research shows that since slavery the light skin color was always considered more attractive and appealing than dark skin. With this judgment for the preference of light skin, colorism really came to the forefront ( Graham 1999; Hunter 2002). This study discovered that British values are held in high regard on the island. Particularly, there is significant preference for light skin over dark. The nation of Jamaica has history and experience with the remaining colonialization and slavery as the core of their belief in daily life. The influences of this preference in which participants conceptualize this ideal of beauty and identity can be understood and appreciated that individual values are taught in informal and non formal ways from when they are very young. The Jamaican people then become socialized with
Final Paper
15 December 2017
Dr. Monteiro The Fact of Blackness: Skin Bleaching and Black Identity in Jamaica Introduction There has been an inherent struggle related to Eurocentric And African values on the island of Jamaica. These ideologies are based on the influence that the British monarchy has, that is quite relevant to the country‘s political and social education systems. African dissent Jamaicans make up majority of the population in Jamaica. Over 90% of the population is of African descent
, yet there is an increase of Eurocentric values that contradict the African values of life that’s in place (Nettleford, 1978). This …show more content…
This holds tremendous impact for women because having light skin essentially works as a form of capital for women. Women who have light skin are able to take their “beauty” which is capital and convert it to economic, educational ,and social capital (Hunter 37).Having this capital made the practice of skin lightening become very popular as a means to improving one’s beauty and increasing their opportunities for success. In addition, the process of skin lightening usually happens through a regimen of sorts.
This is surprisingly a normal circumstance that happens to People of color all over the globe. In Santo Domingo ,Dominican Republic has stated that as early as the 16th century
Indian woman used intense and painful processes to light in their skin, in the hopes to become more attractive to the colonizers. In durians as well, it also states that indigenous women bleach their skin to be considered more attractive the white settlers as well (Menke,
2002). In addition, it has been stated through the works that black females have been …show more content…
These analyzed narratives detail how the participants structured their descriptions to make sense of their stories( Riessman, 1993). Findings Research shows that since slavery the light skin color was always considered more attractive and appealing than dark skin. With this judgment for the preference of light skin, colorism really came to the forefront ( Graham 1999; Hunter 2002). This study discovered that British values are held in high regard on the island. Particularly, there is significant preference for light skin over dark. The nation of Jamaica has history and experience with the remaining colonialization and slavery as the core of their belief in daily life. The influences of this preference in which participants conceptualize this ideal of beauty and identity can be understood and appreciated that individual values are taught in informal and non formal ways from when they are very young. The Jamaican people then become socialized with