Comments on: A Girl Like Me

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:49:10 +0000

I think that it’s not about people wanting to be white, it’s about people wanting to be what they’re not. I could be wrong, but as I watched this I thought about how when I was little I had a white friend who always chose black dolls because she thought they were prettier. I also thought about how when I was younger, in middle school all the way up until 11th grade, I wanted to be black. I finally grew out of that when I decided to embrace my pale skin. I don’t know if my initial statement is 100% true, in fact, I’m sure it’s not, but I do think that wanting to be something that you’re not may have a big impact on the desire for some black girls to be white.

By: Tash

Tash — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:59:45 +0000

I just wanted to leave a comment in response to this video. It is very sad that black people feel like this. As a black british citizen I can relate to this wholeheartedly. I have heard many stories of skin bleaching, some very horrific ones at that. I’m not sure if it works but I do know of the dangers of some bleaching products that have been on the market. There are manhy physically scarred, as well as emotionally scarred people out there due to skin bleaching products. I can identify with wanting to be white as I grew up in a predominately white family. I no longer wish that as i love my beautiful black skin, just not the person who sits within it.

With regards to the term African-American it angers me as it is not acknowledging that most people today were born in America and yes they are American first and foremost. Whoopi Goldberg describes it best for (in plain terms) in Book in the chapter named Race.

When I fill out an ethnicity form here in the UK it asks if I am Black African, Carribean and then other. It never says Black British which is my category. What’s up with that!!!

Just as I think that wanting to bleach your skin is abhorrent (although I really can undertsand why) I also think that leathering skin on a sunbed is just as bad. I think all sides of the issue need to be addressed and we all need to accept our colour for what it is, a colour. I am hoping that I will teach my children, my bi-racial children just that.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:33:34 +0000

I am a white male and I have a wife and 2 kids.

I cannot believe the mentality that is out there, white girls wanting to be darker, black girls wanting to be lighter….. The media is to blame for all of our mental disorders.

The women on this video need to realize that they are VERY beautiful, and that goes to everyone of every race, we all are beautiful and we all represent the miracle of life.

And the girl who said her mom told her that she was starting to look African……she and every one of African decent need to realize, unless they themselves were born in Africa then they are AMERICAN not African-American.

With all the biracial marriages going on there will be a new race of Americans who aren’t to dark or not to light…but just right. I give it 30 years.