Comments on: Sammy Sosa’s Skin Silliness (and Sickness)

By: Val

Val — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:40:50 +0000

he looks a hot mess!

By: findm

findm — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:34:07 +0000

Skin lightening-bleaching cream-skin whitening-fade cream. Don’t bleach your skin until you read this.

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By: Philippe

Philippe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:46:01 +0000

That is seriously just wrong. People give MJ so much shit, but he had vitiligo, Sammy Sosa doesn’t. He has no reason to lighten his skin whatsoever.

By: Cel

Cel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:06:15 +0000

You know racism in DR/PR (and all of Latin America for that matter) is much like that in the US but, as you so accurately stated, there’s that extra level of denial: light-skinned folks wanting to pass as white (when everyone is of mixed race), darker-skinned folks often choosing not to consider themselves “black” and on and on… It’s just sad..

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By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:15:55 +0000

You’re so right about the racism in DR being very similar to the one here in America. I’m Dominican, and I still get a little shocked at how much people hate black features over there. I have long curly/wavy hair, light brown skin, and dark eyes. You should see the way they fuss about me straightening out my “bad” hair even when it’s 90 something degrees outside. This is the culture that the people are raised on. I’ve heard people comment “He actually looks better.” There is denial all over the place. We are not a white people. We are not a black people. We are mixed with strong influences from both. Until we can learn to embrace the incredible African culture that gave us our physical features, music, food, and so much more then we can never move forward. There will be more like Sammy Sosa, and it’s so sad to see.

By: Corporate AfroPuff

Corporate AfroPuff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:22:17 +0000

It’s so Frankenstein-esque. So wrong. Sammy is a certified, prime, grade A, mess! In my East Coast adventures, I often have been disappointed by my Islander brothers and sisters who seem to embrace the European ideals with no questions asked, even at the highest levels of education, not just pro athletes…it’s sad.

By: Reginald Dorsey

Reginald Dorsey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:23:49 +0000

Nutrients Of The Nile.

By: don

don — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:22:12 +0000

Then he has the nerve to smile. LOL.

By: don

don — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:21:53 +0000

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how much Sammy Sosa needs his *ss kicked. To each its own, true enough, but there are times where I cannot understand certain things witnessed. What would make a grown man bleach his skin? Not sure.

It could be an effect of years of steroid abuse.