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Unit 11
Grades 11-12
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Skin Bleaching and the Politics of 'Browning' in Dancehall

Jamaica has some of the highest documented rates of skin-bleaching product use in the world, with public health studies estimating substantial portions of women in some surveyed communities reporting current or past use. This is not a marginal phenomenon — it has become a…

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