India.Arie – Brown Skin
Music video by India.Arie performing Brown Skin. (C) 2000 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Real Hip Hop 6: Brown Skin Lady by Black Star
I didn’t wanna put another black star record up. I didn’t. But i looked around and this song wasn’t up, which for current hip hop, is not good. Stick around past the intro and you’ll hear some nice shit. questLove review vibes 5/5 beat 4.5/5 lyrics 4.5/5 overall 4.5/5 Lyrics (youtube wont let me post them or something…)
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Do You Know The Facts About Sunburn on Brown Skin?
The amount of sun exposure that it actually takes to cause sunburn varies from person-to-person depending on their skin type and color. Your skin color is determined by the number, distribution, and type of pigment-producing cells (melanocytes) within the skin. Dermatologists refer to the amount of pigmentation in the skin by categorizing skin types, these types range from a Type 1 through Type 6. It is these types that determine how easily you burn in the sun, depending on how light or dark your skin is.
Type 1 skin is white to light brown, as I previously mentioned these types go right through to Type 6, which is deeply pigmented, dark brown to black and Type 5 is dark brown skin. A lot of people are under the impression that when you have brown skin you won’t burn. This isn’t necessarily true; however, dark skin does have minimal sensitivity and rarely burns but exposure over a lifetime can still risk skin cancer and an overexposure to the sun can still damage and age your skin.
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No skin type is entirely safe from sunburn and UV exposure. Regardless of your skin type, the energy from the sun will still penetrate deeply into the skin and cause damage to the DNA of the skins cells. This damage could go on to cause skin cancer. People with brown skin are more likely to develop skin cancer on the lighter areas of their bodies, which includes the palms and fingers.
The amount of sun exposure that is required to cause sunburn varies greatly from person-to-person. In the summer, a fair skinned person can burn in as little as 15 minutes, however, people with darker skin are less sensitive to the sun and, as a result, may rarely burn. Even so, sunburn is still a radiation burn to the skin. Your skin will turn red or darker within two to six hours of being burnt. This will then continue to develop up to as much as 24-72 hours. Basically, the more exposure that you receive to UV radiation, the worse the sunburn will become.
The reason why sunburn doesn’t affect people with darker skin is the melanin that is present in the skin. Melanin is the pigment within our skin that makes it brown. This is because melanin absorbs UV rays, making it your body’s natural sunscreen. This doesn’t mean for a second, however, that you shouldn’t also wear sunscreen. Melanin will only stop you burning to a certain degree, you still need the added protection that comes with sunscreen.
The amount of melanin that is produced by your body is determined genetically and the phases of sunburn are actually your body’s way of blocking the UV rays in order to prevent sunburn and other skin damage. However, even if you do have brown skin, it is highly advisable that you still protect your skin against the damage that the sun can cause by applying sunscreen. Not only will you be protecting against sunburn but you will also keep wrinkles at bay and reduce your risk of skin cancer. All of these are valid reasons that you should be considering today.
Susan Taylor’s Rx for Brown Skin
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this helped me get on my deployment to irqai
I remember as a little girl I used to want straight “white girl” hair…and light skin like theirs. So my mom would straighten my hair…and I’d say but it doesn’t move like theirs does! and my mom would say “and it ain’t going to either!..” years later I’m rockin this brown skin and locks in mostly caucasian university. I stick out like a sore thumb but hey! someones got to!
I love all skin colors tho red, yellow, brown 
& white!
@HearWithoutPrejudice well put
I love this song. It speakes the truth we all are beautiful men or women of color.
@TarantulaCandy Your point, the darker the skin the more beautiful were are, every shade is beautiful from the darkest to the lightest, and your wrong you said the darker the less fine, dark skin has more melanin in it, which makes the skin more smooth, and delicate is only going by your eyes, other people may think differently.
out of all the songs she’s put out, this one really stands out. Being a beautiful brown skin woman myself. i really hits home. LOVIN IT
eu amo sua pele negra…amo demais essa musica.
thumbs up if you saw cee lo green at the concert in this vid
@KELSTEVENS80 wow deep.
@kurvs2 thank you so much for your comment, it was really sweet! and true! and no I don’t mind, she is 5 and I am 14. She’s really mature for her age though, so I think that’s why she notices little things a lot, but I think she would like this song.
@TarantulaCandy what’s your problem? All I meant by it was that I liked the song. I do plenty to be proud of, but me as a 14 year old girl who goes to a white school gets told a lot that I have no reason to be proud of my skin. India’s songs help a lot with that. I’m sorry you have an issue with that.
@lovelyasarose1 pls teach ur sista that she IS beautiful & take a look @ society now. THEY WANT BROWN SKIN!!! They tan 2 b like us. They inject 2 b like us. I am considered caramel but I used 2 want browner skin as a child. Crazy but I did.. LOL! I hate the fact that our younger generation is still on this light skinned is superior or beautiful trip. Black ppl in all are beautiful. Must b emotional rite now cuz I shed a tear 4 what we go thru as this hits my heart
i love this song. its so beautiful . especially since i am a brown skin myself. I think brown skin is a beautiful skin tone to have.! embrace your beautiful brown skin
Love yourself. I consider myself caramel though lol.
@TheSexigurl100 thank you, they think they are the best because of their skin color, wrong, I brown skinned and I find myself way more attractive than a lot of white and light skinned/redbone people , I been seeing. if more brown skinned women would realize that most of those whites and redbone chicks in hollywood are fake and plastic, and look horrible without makeup, that;s makeup that making them look good,
@lilangel2225 YOU AIN’T LYING BECAUSE IV’E SEEN SOME UGLY ASS LIGHT SKIN PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE AND THEY THINK THAT THEIR HOT SHIT KNOWING DAMN WELL THEY LOOK A HOT ASS MESS LOL!
@lameizcool01 Yeaaa At 1:39
SOooooo did no one else notice that cee lo green was in there ? lol
Black People are truly angels
One of the most important hip hop songs in the last 15 years
This is in my top 5 fave Hip-Hop songs
Talib and Def should have gotta statue erected for this achievement in music…fucka MoonMan or Five Mics
That’s my word
R.I.P. NUJABES forever in our hearts, the number of amazing songs you gave birth too, thumbs up guys.
@acallow83 REAL TALK!!!
wow!!! this song describes the natural beauty of our women, without classifying them as “hoes” or “bitches”. unlike nowadays, you find them in wack rap music videos shaking their ass! c’mon now, black is beautiful, not a trend. without women we wouldent exist here on earth.
@acallow83 shut up you dumb slut.
atl;)
i love me some brown skin lady’s
used to have a complex about gettin complex
even my conditioning has been conditioned
I like that good hair
@acallow83 gotta cosign your comment. not one mention of sex, derogatory language or whatever. who could dislike this? track is straight timeless
always loved the brown skinned ladies. the darker the better
this just went off my pandora station .. and yep, imma #brownskinladay!!
whoo!
Only 128,000 views? How depressing…
The Hook is perfect
Wow! 4 Dislikes. Why? Because they’re not calling us bitches and telling us to bend over? I love how we have a GOOD rap song about women by RESPECTED and FAMOUS rappers. Whoever doesn’t like this song is just mad cuz theres no booty shakin’ and talkin about bangin’ eachother…
mos def killed dis n brought it back to life n da same verse
This is one of the greatest songs ever
@BlaqSmithSCS ok!!! thank you!