Appreciating the image of God in all humanity: Towards a pastoral response to skin lightening as image enhancement to exit dark skin

Appreciating the image of God in all humanity: Towards a pastoral response to skin lightening as image enhancement to exit dark skin

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The practice of skin lightening is prevalent amongst dark-skinned people globally.Various current studies that map this practice and that seek motivations ACAI behind the practice are examined.It is observed that through shrewd marketing, dark-skinned people are offered a promise of a better quality of life, obtained by a lighter skin, through the use of skin lighteners.In spite of the severe health risks involved, the promise is ostensibly irresistible to some dark-skinned persons.A pastoral response is offered that affirms the full personhood and complete humanity of dark-skinned people as fully human Kids and whole in their dark skins.

Keywords: Skin lightening, Dark skin, Image of God.