First off: this totally sucks and is inexcusable. Secondly, I have to say I'm somewhat impressed with KFC's response. Sure, it's standard to issue something like that and is expected from a national corporation, but the language is different this time. It's less, "this is unfortunate and we're sorry," and more, "dude,…

Fuck those people. What kind of cruel monster would do say such a thing to a child? It's so sad that this little beautiful girl has already convinced herself that she's "ugly"! Fuck those people, seriously!

Ooh, it's not that deep.

Now you are really trolling. It is no coincidence that this woman has altered SEVERAL things in her appearance in a way that would make her appear more Caucasian. She lightened her skin and is rocking a wig that looks like a white woman's hair. Tell me the last time you saw a white starlet rock a tan AND an afro wig? …

There is no serious conversation about black women skin bleaching that can be held with white women making the majority of the comments. Just NONE. The majority of them will be confused and outraged at the idea that their skin color is not 'normal and most desirable' - they cannot understand why it would bleaching is…

Girl, there's already somebody comparing this to tanning. *sigh* *walks away*

Jezebel and more importantly jezebel commenters are not mentally equipped to talk about colorism or global anti blackness. This section is so mindnumbly stupid, that I just cannot. Like..OMG *headdesk*

Black people tan too (unintentionally, but we do too). In the fall/winter, I'm pale yellow. By summer, I'm a darker shade of honey

Oh look. A Black woman who was born with fair skin! Shocking!

Seriously your family and friends give you crap for being pale and that means there is no infatuation light skin in the west. OK. If you want to deny this is a thing and that is your experience fine. We're free to disagree.

I think it's the far reaching influence of our media and movies. My mom and I went to China and they were selling lightening creams left and right. My aunties said they haven't seen an advert with a dark skinned Asian either.

I didn't say to conform to, I said " to be accepted as "beautiful/successful/desirable" to the western gaze" which you can't tell me that shit isn't true.

That is NOW, but historically it has not been the case. I am waiting to see if she ever gets a leading love interest role or a sexy vixen role. That is the true test of black women's sexual viability on the silver screen. Most of the roles I am talking about go to the light and bright almost whites, if not just plain…

Race and faction change? Damn..

People are not tanning to look like minorities. There's not the stigma with tanning that there is with skin bleaching and you know it.

It's a big deal because colorism in the media effects everyone. To ignore the effects of white supremacy in many of these places is just ignorant. There is history behind why people whiten their skin and relax their hair. Books are written about this topic. Classes are given on it.

Well, there's always ONE Black person who stands up for white folks "right" to be ignorant and offensive,

Not understanding that white people NEVER do that for us.

Gurrrrrrrl be careful where you say such things...

It reminds me of the Residential Schools for Native children in Canada- an attempt at cultural genocide- where they also did medical and nutritional experiments on children in additional to every kind of abuse imaginable. As much as I blame the Catholic church for this bullshit, it really is part of a larger pattern…

Let's call it what it really was, a concentration camp for unwed mothers and their children. I do hope we've learned something from this and make sure it never, ever happens again.