In a recent photo taken on London’s Regent Street, iconic MLB slugger Sammy Sosa surprised many fans by appearing…well…white.
Fans were caught off guard with many expressing their dismay that the former Dominican player was an advocate of skin bleaching. Aside from being a medically questionable practice, to say the least (many skin lightening products contain mercury), it’s a highly controversial practice that is often associated with racism. In particular, the concept that racist indoctrination has made darker-skinned people ashamed of their own color.
Sosa has been using bleaching cream for more than a decade and in an interview with Univision’s Primer Impacto in 2009, he denied being racist or embarrassed by the color of his skin.
“It’s a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed and it lightens my skin tone. It is a cream that I have to use to soften, but it has discolored me a bit. I’m not racist, I live my life happy. “
While some supporters tried to suggest it could be used to combat vitiligo, the skin condition that can cause patches of skin to turn white and sensitive to sunlight, others pointed out that skin creams don’t smooth The hair. In the pictures, Sosa has noticeably straightened his hair, raising allegations that he was trying to somehow make himself less black.
“What happened was that I had been using the cream for a long time and that, combined with the bright lights from the TV, made my face look whiter than it really is. I don’t think I look like Michael Jackson.”
The star now resides in Dubai, which insulates him somewhat from criticism for his skin tone. Some have defended his actions and total disregard for critics as a form of self-expression, similar to tattoos or piercings. Whatever the reason behind this, we wish Sammy the best in his life after baseball.
2023-08-04 02:35:33
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