 Jamaican Researcher
 Basic Facts about HIV/AIDS and the Human Body
Posted: December 01, 2008
Extract: The AIDS Booklet by Frank D. Cox (1999) Q. What is AIDS? A. Acquired (conditions are not inherited, but are acquired from environmental factors, such as virus infections) Immunodeficiency (the viruses gradually cause deficient immunity, which reflects poor nutrition and low resistance to infections and cancers) Syndrome (viruses cause seve...
The Growing Illegal Trade of Skin Bleaching Products
Posted: November 23, 2008
The story of Marcia, a Jamaican woman, is articulated in this video, where she tells us about her physical and psychological scars associated with a long history of skin bleaching. From the video it is also clear that the illegal trade of skin bleaching products to counties and communities of Colour is significant. Despite banning the [...]...
A Historical Review of Perceptions of Beauty and Colour in the Jamaican Society
Posted: November 22, 2008
I decided to write this post as a follow-up to my articles: From Skin Lightening... and Skin Cancer... so as to demonstrate the impact of socialization on perceptions of beauty and colour, and the retention of such values for more than 30 years between 1940 when Kerr and Henriques researched the issue and 1970 when [...]...
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