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Posted: Saturday May 28th, 2005 17:55 |
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| Hello peeps! it's almost summertime and i was wondering even though our skin is used to the sun, do we still need to wear sunscreen?
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Posted: Saturday May 28th, 2005 22:08 |
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BlackBrainChild wrote: Hello peeps! it's almost summertime and i was wondering even though our skin is used to the sun, do we still need to wear sunscreen?
they say black ppl still need it...but i dont need it....born and bred in da sun n it neva kill mi..
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Posted: Saturday May 28th, 2005 23:56 |
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Im flying to Portugal on Monday and my mum always bangs on about using Suncream, especially when we go to Jamaica.
Im sorry but I dont buy that crap about Black ppl need to use it-i dont know what's in it, i dont like the smell and it makes my skin look and feel dry.
If someone thinks WE should use it give us reasons pls
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Posted: Sunday May 29th, 2005 01:02 |
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Lol....i have been puzled by all this none sense about black people needing sunscreen.....i have news for all of you: In Africa, i NEVER met any one who used or even knew what the bloody hell sunscreen is.....and you all know that well, thats where the sun is at....and no skin cancer rubish either.....the best thing to do is not to lie in the sun like white folks do.....what i noticed is that back home people did NOT sunbath.....people were always under a shade or using umbrellas as conver from the sun.....
So just keep away from too much of it and you should be fine.....like Blackbeauty said, you never know what they put in there or if its even suitable for black skin.....
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Posted: Sunday May 29th, 2005 01:15 |
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Not starting the Light/Dark thing...but it really depends on the shade and tone of your skin...Obviously lighter black people will tend to burn more easily has there less melanin in there skin. When I have been away, I have burnt so easily because my skin is quite fare even though i'm black. And dimoke, i know your saying that black people back home didn't even know about sunscreen and tings, but they wouldne't because there skin adapts to the sun. They can only really tan by going to hotter climates abroad.....black people who live in hotter climates have very radiant glowing smooth skin has if it's in perfect condition.
Well anyway, i'm going away this summer and i'm going to come back sporting a deep glowing tan that even black people will be jealous off...! LOL
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Posted: Sunday May 29th, 2005 09:32 |
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It seems like a ploy to sell more sunscreen.
 LOL! Talk about selling snow to the Eskimo's!
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Posted: Sunday May 29th, 2005 18:49 |
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well im not light skinned or dark skinned, but i do get sunburn. you don't have to be light skinned to get sunburn, Finest_G. 
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Posted: Sunday May 29th, 2005 22:34 |
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Hmmmm....interesting post!
No I personally never tried suntan lotion. I remember when I was in school and we use to go on field trips all the White teachers would make it a piont to remind everyone that they should be using sunscreen- even the Black students!
I use to laugh just thinking abou it! I've always said when I started hearing about numberous cases of Blacks, espcially AAs, catching skin cancer then I'd consider it!
As of now I'm keeping my $3.00 (or whatever sunscreen costs) in my pocket.........
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Posted: Sunday May 29th, 2005 23:50 |
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i was watching BET Nightly News one time and they were talking about skin cancer and they said that there's more percentage of black people getting skin cancer than white people. i laughed so hard at that.  i know that can't be true.
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Posted: Sunday May 29th, 2005 23:50 |
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by the way afroamericangirl, i like your avatar  . she's one of my beauty idols although she was biracial.
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Posted: Monday May 30th, 2005 00:49 |
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| As a rule we don't need sunscreen. However, there are exceptions. I have chocolate brown skin, was born in the Caribbean and use sunscreen, protection factor 30, otherwise I get heat rash!
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Posted: Tuesday May 31st, 2005 20:27 |
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BlackBrainChild wrote: by the way afroamericangirl, i like your avatar . she's one of my beauty idols although she was biracial.
(warning gettin off topic):
I've read a lot of people debating on whether Dorothy Dandridge was 'Biracial' or not!
To be honest with you, I've read 3 biographies on her and never found any proof that she was. I've seen a picture of her mother Ruby, who was a dark skinned woman but never her father. From the biographies I've read on her they claimed her father was a light skinned Black man, & his mother was a quadroon! In one of the books the author says dorothy (and her sisters) and her mother Ruby use to stay with their father and his mother (Dorthory's grandmother) before Ruby took the children, ran off, and left her husband .
I doubt at the time period if her father would have been White, she would have stayed with him and his mother. Possible, but highly unlikely considering the interracial marriage laws of the time.
I will say this. I believe Dorothy Dandridge was MULTIRACIAL, but Biracial (meaning having 2 parents from a different race), no! I don't think so.............
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Posted: Wednesday June 1st, 2005 16:17 |
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Now as African Americans we have sort of a natural barrier from the harmful effects of the sun. The darker you are the more of a barrier you have. But, if you have lighter skin, sunscreen is something you may have to concern yourself with.
Also, knowing the affects of the sun and the steps needed to safer sun
exposure. Have you ever driven your car with the sun beaming directly on your arm..darn it's hot? I'd rather be safe than sorry. Plus, I use sunscreen because I see how old women who've had too much sun exposure in their younger days there skin is yuck..plus as a moisturizer before applying my makeup before going out in the sun in the summertime. I've been a victim my face skin tone not matching the rest of my body.
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Posted: Wednesday June 1st, 2005 17:43 |
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On the basis of having an Uncle passing away 3 years ago of skin cancer... I would suggest being careful with your skin and if possible use sunscreen if you are going to spend long periods of time outdoors...
Although melanin offers us a great deal of protection, it still does not guarantee that you will not be susceptible to skin cancer... Although, cases are rare... it does happen...
Better to be safe than sorry!
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Posted: Wednesday June 1st, 2005 18:35 |
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when i was little i remember looking forward to seeing MR T in panto but he had to cancel because he had skin cancer- dont know how related to sun exposure his illness was tho.
i would say its better to be safe than sorry- ive got med/dark skin an have been burnt on holiday before- my skin would sting when i went in the sea and also peeled.
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Posted: Wednesday June 1st, 2005 19:10 |
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BlackBrainChild wrote: Hello peeps! it's almost summertime and i was wondering even though our skin is used to the sun, do we still need to wear sunscreen?
This topic really is individual based. I agree with Finest G that it depends on yr skin tone, but none the less i have had black friends go on hols and over do it and come back only to peel like crackling.
I dont think that we that are born over here need to be comlacent. We aint as used to the sun as our families back home. They can work bare back on steaming pitch in degrees that most would find unbearable plus they dont have the pullutants in the extremes that we have have here which gives no strength to our natural protection (melanin).
Sayin all of that, I have a friend in the Bahamas that wears sunblock and the highest spf at that, to avoid getting darker. I was disappointe but it some kind of cultural thing there . She is quiet a dark sister and assures me that if she didnt use it she'd be way darker... *i dont know why that matters either.. but like i say.. cultural*. I go on hols to get darker... but i dont have to live there.
Like i said before... its an indiviual thing but i do think precautions do still need to be made. Especially as most of us are foreigners to the sun.
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Posted: Wednesday June 1st, 2005 19:53 |
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This thread is jokes blacks using SUNSCREEN helloooo!!!! lol
When i was in the Caribbean i saw a black gal from NYC sunbathing in the MID DAY SUN. My cousins were shocked and looked at the gal like she mad. Blacks or (REAL Africans) don't need suncreen. What they need is to use IS their common sense. If the suns hot take shade, dress sensibly, don't spend too long in the mid day heat and you'll be fine. My family have been living under the sun for hundreds of years and NO reported sun cancer. Hell i love it when i come back from holiday with a dark ebony rich tan, my skin looks much smoother and better.
OF Course enjoy the sun; but also respect it.
ps. like mi gone splash out on sunblock mi backside*kiss teet*
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Posted: Thursday June 2nd, 2005 00:44 |
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Seriously do take precautions when going in the sun.....Black brits especially has our skin is not adaptive to the sun like others in hot climates.......I am going to be using sunscreen this year when i go into the sun because I'm going to be in the hot sun every single day working for 3 months so i'm being careful! I will tan nicely and get a nice even tone, but u need to take caution seriously!
You don't have to be light skinned to get sunburn, and that's true, but if your light. the sun will take a deeper effect on your skin sometimes....! So be careful...! Trust me, sometimes i have burnt at times in some areas.
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Posted: Thursday June 2nd, 2005 01:11 |
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Had this discussion in Oasis yesterday.
We dont need sunscreen because in our original countries we stay out of the direct sun. In hot countries people take siestas, naps, wear long loose clothing (not bikini's), wear hats and generally seek shade and not stand like lemons in the sun... They go about their business in the hot sun and live in it yes but they dont stand still in the sun trying to let it burn them... Melanin protects you if you live like a normal person!
The difference is that in the west some of us are adopting European practices and engaging in SUNBATHING which is a silly thing to do. Nobody in Botswana for example sits out at midday in the direct sun for hours on end with no clothes on.... its plain stupid. Over here now that is what some black people are doing. It is not a natural practice (unless you are a lizard) so to rely on natural melanin alone is inadvisable... not to mention the hole in the ozone layer.
Simply
If you are going to behave like a European and partake in sunbathing, tanning salons (lol) and all sorts of funniness... then protect yourself like one or burn!!! Dont think you can't
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Posted: Thursday June 2nd, 2005 13:21 |
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DrunkMonkey wrote:
We dont need sunscreen because in our original countries we stay out of the direct sun.
simple!
saw a white man
burn himself raw in southern africa
he looked like he went 12 rounds with tyson
while drunk
the next day
he was out there again
deck chair, body spread out seeking more radiation
is that rational behavior?
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Posted: Saturday June 4th, 2005 06:19 |
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why would black people be jeolous of you because your skin tone may be what some people call desireable. I am black dark skinned and I am not jeolous of any person regardless of the colour of skin. I know I am great. I need no one to tell me otherwise. and to all black dark skinned women you are great love yourself dont watch no one or compare yourself as you will lose sight of who you are.
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Posted: Saturday June 4th, 2005 06:20 |
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Last message was for finest g.
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Posted: Sunday June 5th, 2005 07:20 |
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| I wear sunscreen for the UVA protection. I know that we age well because of the melanin in our skin, but I wear sunscreen to help prevent premature aging.
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Posted: Thursday June 9th, 2005 12:29 |
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| no need no sunscreen, what i need is a WINTERSCREEN or COLDSCREEN
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Posted: Thursday June 9th, 2005 17:49 |
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Lol @ Jah Jah child, I totally agree!
I once got sunburnt bad on my back..........the first time ever and l'm dark skinned. Reason being, I laid out directly in the sun imitating the tourists and went home with a very sore back. Serve mi right, l never ever tried that again!
I've never used sunblock and never plan to. At my daughters nursery they gave me a form to fill out to say whether or not they should put sunblock on her. I put no thank you, and I provide them with her moisturiser and shes good to go. I make sure mine and her skin is well moisturised and thats all is needed.
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