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20 Nov 2007, 1:49 pm

Lee Thomas has the disease vitiligo, which gradually turns black skin white.

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Here is his book on what it's like, socially and psychologically, to go through this slow but dramatic transformation:

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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/ENT03/710310415


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20 Nov 2007, 2:44 pm

The same thing supposedly happened to Michael Jackson. Allthough he used to cover up the white spots before the majority of his skin became white. He still has some black spots which he covers with makeup.



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20 Nov 2007, 3:18 pm

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The same thing supposedly happened to Michael Jackson. Allthough he used to cover up the white spots before the majority of his skin became white. He still has some black spots which he covers with makeup.


If you believe Jackson's attention whore crap then pigs must be flying.


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20 Nov 2007, 3:19 pm

But why?

Why attempt to change who you are on the outside, when your genes will remain the same? Why change your ethnicity at all?


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20 Nov 2007, 3:28 pm

It doesn't happen by choice, it is more genetic.


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20 Nov 2007, 3:31 pm

Jackson's was not genetic - it was a circus act for him.


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20 Nov 2007, 3:46 pm

Very interesting. I once read Black Like Me - about a woman who darkened her skin in the South then wrote about her experience. Hope this man finds a way to keep it real and strong throughout this. I wish him well.


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20 Nov 2007, 5:46 pm

jjstar wrote:
Very interesting. I once read Black Like Me - about a woman who darkened her skin in the South then wrote about her experience. Hope this man finds a way to keep it real and strong throughout this. I wish him well.

I read that book too.
The person was male.
His name was John Howard Griffin.



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20 Nov 2007, 6:33 pm

Helek_Aphel wrote:
jjstar wrote:
Very interesting. I once read Black Like Me - about a woman who darkened her skin in the South then wrote about her experience. Hope this man finds a way to keep it real and strong throughout this. I wish him well.

I read that book too.
The person was male.
His name was John Howard Griffin.


The book I ~actually~ meant was Soul Sister - http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Sister-Anniv ... 0967401305

Thanks for pointing out the faux pas :)


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20 Nov 2007, 6:50 pm

TheZach wrote:
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The same thing supposedly happened to Michael Jackson. Allthough he used to cover up the white spots before the majority of his skin became white. He still has some black spots which he covers with makeup.


If you believe Jackson's attention whore crap then pigs must be flying.


I didn't say I believe it. But people should stop accusing MJ of things that can't be proved.



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20 Nov 2007, 7:04 pm

Mmmm - marbled sponge 8)

Im not joking - the pictures in the OP are giving me nostalgic cake cravings!



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22 Nov 2007, 2:24 am

Vitiligo has nothing to do with race. It is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system attacks the melanin pigment in the skin. While it is most striking in blacks. It attacks all races including whites.


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22 Nov 2007, 9:42 pm

Silver_Meteor wrote:
Vitiligo has nothing to do with race. It is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system attacks the melanin pigment in the skin. While it is most striking in blacks. It attacks all races including whites.


I was just about to point out the same thing. It tends to become more visible on white people when they get a sun tan. It is not uncommon in any group of people.



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23 Nov 2007, 3:16 am

Anubis wrote:
But why?

Why attempt to change who you are on the outside, when your genes will remain the same? Why change your ethnicity at all?


Haha, my mistake. I didn't see that it was something to do with a disease.


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24 Nov 2007, 6:59 pm

Ah. That made something make a lot of sense. I knew a guy at school that looked like that. It freaked me out at the time though.


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24 Nov 2007, 10:20 pm

psych wrote:
Mmmm - marbled sponge 8)

Im not joking - the pictures in the OP are giving me nostalgic cake cravings!


Hahaha... so inappropriate. I love it.


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