Hooray …Sammy Sosa Can Now Pass the Paper Bag Test
Over the past few days we have seen the before and after pictures of Sammy Sosa the baseball great. He claims his lightened skin was caused by some face creams he was using. The cream must have been “bleach and glow”. Black people have been using skin lightening creams for years. The paper bag test was the barometer for beauty. If you were lighter than the bag you passed the test. In the past people lightened their skin for acceptance by the mainstream, but it is hard to believe that Sosa craved acceptance. This is a guy who in his heyday was hailed by millions. He was accepted. One would tend to believe that he was comfortable in his own skin, and he would not want to look like a ghost of his former self.
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November 16, 2009 at 1:36 am
Oh my! I saw the before/after pictures of Sosa, WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS HE DONE? He looks terrible! I hope this is not permanent and that was just for halloween.