Today's lesson, Racism. If you see something written here that you’ve said or done, use it as an opportunity. Take it as a wake up call and make the decision to grow, change and be conscious of your own privilege. Remember, I am not a speaker for the entirety of a people.

 

Dem a Bleach by Nardo Ranks

Dem a bleach dem a bleach out dem skin

Skin dem a bleach for look like a brownin’

Gyal mi honor yu

And yu na bleach out yu skin

Yu na use na chemical fe look like a brownin’

(The term “brownin’” refers to someone who has used a chemical to lighten or brown their skin.)

  1. ibloodbenddicks reblogged this from marchoftigers
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  3. lalazarda said: “brownin” can simply mean someone who is light skinned. I never knew it to mean that they have bleached it
  4. tallawa said: ‘brownin’ actually refers to someone with natural light skin, not chemically altered.
  5. lastnightsmusings reblogged this from racismschool and added:
    never knew that’s what the song was saying
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