A lot of Black American and African women (men are not isolated as they are bleaching their skin too). To cover up what they do in Senegal the term is "khessal" oppose to Skin Bleaching because that is too controversial of a term to use — either way #light skin seems to be the right skin if you're darker. Jasmine Burke's (Jolie) character feels the need to fit in, find a boyfriend (because most men want lighter or fair skin complexion women), so she finally gets her happy lighter life to she can't have babies because of the Skin Cream and now has a terminal illness. Jolie (Jasmine Burke's) character associates lighter with doing better in life because society associates dark skin with ugly, and sadly many girls like Jasmine Burke's character have to deal with different kinds of negativity.
