Azealia Banks Defends Skin Bleaching and Her Fans Are Not Having It

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Azealia Banks wants her fans to see the light.

The singer, rapper and provocateur took to Facebook Live recently for an off-the-cuff, 21-minute conversation while visiting San Francisco. The most interesting chunk of it is a 7-minute stretch where the New York native defends her use of skin bleaching creams.

"What"s the difference between getting a nose job and changing your skin color?" Azealia Banks asked, referring to the process as a "body modification" no different than wearing a weave.

Banks is no stranger to controversy. Already in 2016, she"s been suspended from Twitter for calling pop star Zayn Malik a "curry scented b***h." She"s also been repeatedly criticized for using the word "f****t," gotten into a beef with 14-year-old Disney star Skai Jackson, and taken Beyonc to task for what she called the "heartbroken black female" narrative of Lemonade.

But while those antics have outraged fans, her honest discussions about bleaching her skin have broken fans" hearts. Some were outraged:Others felt sorry for her because she"s obviously internalized the United States" racism:

It"s not the first time Banks has spoken about lightening her skin. Earlier in 2016, she posted a message to Instagram about her plans to write an article about the "differences between skin bleaching and skin lightening."

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And in a tweet that"s since been deleted, Banks hinted at the music industry pressures that made her start lightening her skin:

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Congratulations, American racism. You win.

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Azealia Banks Defends Skin Bleaching, Says It Doesn"t Negate Her Past Comments About "Blackness in America"

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Rapper Azealia Banks admitted to lightening her skin and defended the process of skin-bleaching. The "212" MC, who was suspended from Twitter following her controversialremarks on race in May, took toa 21-minute Facebooklivestreamwhile riding her bike on Friday (July 1).

"I don"t really think it"s important to discuss the cultural significance of skinbleaching anymore because I think that, just as African-American people, just as black people in this world, you assimilate, and there are things you accept, not just out of necessity but things become norm because they just happen all the time," she began. "I guess people see the skin-bleaching thing as something different but I see it as another ...assimilation thing. It"s a continuation of the falsification of self that comes with being a black person in America."

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Banks continued, "My personal opinion about skinlightening. I consider anything that has to do with removing layers of skin or pigment, I consider it all bleaching ...I say lightening." She explainedhow a bad diet andhormones could contribute to clogged pores and that getting a chemical peel to remove the dirt could make a person"s skin appear lighter.

The rapper also called the world of skin-bleaching a "dark world," describing the different "corrosive"ingredients that may be sold to average women to "sell a dream" versus wealthy ladies who can afford certain products. She noted, "It"s a deeper conversation into a woman"s right to choose."

Banks then asked her supporters. "To say that [skinbleaching] negates what I"ve been saying about blackness in America is ignorant and just stupid," she said. She added."Nobody was upset when I was [wearing] 30-inch weaves, tearing out my edges, and doing all types of s**t like that," she said. "You guys loved it, but what is the difference?"

Watch the full video below.

Two weeks ago, Banks shared on Instagram that she was working on an article that would detail the difference between skinbleaching, skinlightening, skinbrightening and skin whitening.

Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7430326/azealia-banks-defends-skin-bleaching

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